Invocation

O Mary, Virgin Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me.
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Virgo Dei Génitrix, Maria, deprecáre Iesum pro me.


An indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if this invocation is repeated every day for a month.
(S. P. Ap., April 7, 1921, March 28, 1933).

~ The Raccolta (1943)

Devotions for Every Day of the Week
FRIDAY
A Prayer to Jesus suffering

O SPOTLESS Lamb! O innocent Victim! who by thy death and blood has effaced the sins of mankind; blot out my iniquities, and do not permit that thy sufferings should become useless to me. O Jesus, humbled, sorrowful, desolate and resigned to death! help me to receive, with a resignation like thine, whatever afflictions thou shalt please to send me.

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FRIDAY ~ A Prayer to Jesus suffering

O Jesus calumniated, accused, and despised, teach me to look down with indifference on the judgments of men, and to suffer with patience the most provoking injuries. O Jesus, torn with stripes, pierced with thorns, weltering in blood for my sake, teach me to endure for love of thee, the anguish and inconvenience of ill health, misery, or afflictions. O Jesus, abandoned to executioners, and shamefully condemned to a cross, enable me to fly all vain glory, and patiently to endure the most humbling contradictions. O Jesus, sinking under the weight of thy cross, I unite myself to thee, and my crosses also to thine—grant me grace to bear them with patience and resignation. O Jesus, raised up on the cross, draw me now powerfully to thee; thou art expiring for my sake, O let me never live but for thine; that being henceforth crucified with thee, my whole occupation may be to love and adore thee incessantly. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839

When St. Paul preached at Ephesus, St. Timothy admired his virtues, renounced all his worldly possessions in order to be his disciple, and accompanied him in the evangelization of many cities. He was consecrated Bishop of Ephesus by St. Paul. He died in the year 97.

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JANUARY 24th ~ FEAST of ST. TIMOTHY, Bishop, Martyr

HAVE regard for our weakness, almighty God; and since the weight of our own deeds bears us down, let the glorious intercession of Blessed Timothy, Thy Bishop and Martyr, protect us.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.


Collect, January 24, St. Timothy, Bishop, Martyr

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950

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PRAYER
At the beginning of the day

Lord God Almighty, Who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day, defend us in the same by Thy mighty power, that this day we may fall into no sin, but that all our words may so proceed, and all our thoughts and actions may be so directed as to do always that which is just in Thy sight. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. (Roman Breviary)

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Dómine Deus omnípotens, qui ad princípium huius diéi nos perveníre fecísti: tua nos hódie salva virtúte; ut in hac die ad nullum declinémus peccátum, sed semper ad tuam iustítiam faciédam nostra procédant elóquia, dirigántur cogitatiónes et ópera. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen. (ex Brevario Romano)

An indulgence of 5 years.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if they persevere in its devout recitation for a month, (S. P. Ap., Oct. 15, 1935).

~ The Raccolta (1943)

PRAYER
At the end of the day

Visit, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this dwelling, and drive far from it all snares of the enemy; let Thy holy angels dwell herein, to preserve us in peace; and let Thy blessing be always upon us. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. (Roman Breviary)

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Vísta, quǽsumus Dómine, habitatiónem istam, et omnes insídias inimíci ab ea longe repélle: Angeli tui sancti hábitent in ea, qui nos in pace custódiant; et benedíctio tua sit super nos semper. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen. (ex Brevario Romano)

An indulgence of 5 years.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if they continue to recite the same for a month, (S. P. Ap., July 16, 1936).

~ The Raccolta (1943)

Invocation

LORD, increase our faith. (Luke 17, 5)
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DÓMINE, adáuge nobis fidem. (Luc. XVII, 5)


An indulgence of 500 days.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if the invocation is devoutly recited every day for a month.
(S. C. Ind., March 20, 1908; S. P. Ap., April 15, 1935).


~ The Raccolta (1943)

Devotions for Every Day of the Week
SATURDAY
A Prayer to the Blessed Virgin

O BLESSED Virgin, Mother of God, and by this august quality, worthy of all respect from men and angels, I come to offer thee my most humble homage, and to implore the aid of thy prayers and protection. Thy intercession is most powerful, and thy goodness for mankind on earth, is equal to thy influence in heaven.

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SATURDAY ~ A Prayer to the Blessed Virgin

Thou knowest ,O blessed Virgin, that I look up to thee as my Mother, my patroness, and my advocate: I acknowledge with humble gratitude, that thy virtues singled thee out for the mother of our Redeemer. I will henceforth honour and serve thee assiduously. Accept, O blessed Virgin, my protestations of fidelity; look favourably on the confidence I have in thee; obtain for me of thy dear Son a lively faith, a firm hope, a tender, generous, and constant love. Obtain for me a cautious purity, a sincere humility, a placid resignation to the will of God, and so faithful an imitation of thy virtues through life, that I may exult in thy patronage at the hour of my death. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839

ASPIRATION

O Jesus, grant that I may be Thine, wholly Thine, forever Thine.


An indulgence of 300 days. (S. P. Ap., Dec. 9, 1936).


~ The Raccolta (1943)

“Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.” Matt. 8, 8

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THIRD SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, graciously look upon our infirmity, and, for our protection, stretch forth the right hand of Thy majesty.

Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

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OMNÍPOTENS sempitérne Deus, qui infirmitatem nostram propítius réspice: atque, ad protegéndum nos, déxteram tuæ maiestátis exténde.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.


Collect, Third Sunday after the Epiphany

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950 - English
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937 - Latin

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THIRD SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY

The Centurion asked only one word of Jesus so that his servant could be cured; similarly only one word is sufficient from our Redeemer to cure the leprosy of mortal sin.

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THIRD SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY
Matt. 8, 1-13. At that time, when Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed Him. And behold, a leper came up and worshipped Him, saying, “Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean.” And stretching forth His hand Jesus touched him, saying, “I will; be thou made clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a witness to them. Now when He had entered Capharnaum, there came to Him a centurion who entreated Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying sick in the house, paralyzed, and is grievously afflicted.” Jesus said to him, “I will come and cure him.” But in answer the centurion said, “Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man subject to authority, and have soldiers subject to me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it. And when Jesus heard this, He marvelled, and said to those who were following Him, “Amen I say to you, I have not found such great faith in Israel. And I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and will feast with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, but the children of the kingdom will be put forth into the darkness outside; there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee.” And the servant was healed in that hour. S. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.

Gospel, Third Sunday after the Epiphany

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, (1950)

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The conversion of Saul while journeying to Damascus is perhaps the greatest miracle in the history of the Primitive Church. The doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ which teaches that all the faithful are members of the same Body, whose head He is, receives a very clear meaning in the words of Christ addressed to Saul, the persecutor of Christians: “Saul, Saul, why dost though persecute Me?”

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January 25th ~ FEAST of the CONVERSION of ST. PAUL, APOSTLE

O GOD, Who hast taught the whole world by the preaching of Blessed Paul the Apostle, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who today celebrate his conversion, may, through his example draw nearer unto Thee.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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January 25th ~ FEAST of the CONVERSION of ST. PAUL, APOSTLE

DEUS, qui univérsum mundum beáti Pauli Apóstoli prædicatióne docuísti: da nobis quæsumus; ut, qui ejus hódie Conversiónem cólimus, per ejus ad te exémpla gradiámur.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesus Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Collect, January 25, The Conversion of St. Paul

~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950 - English
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937 - Latin

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PRAYER

Very Bread, good Shepherd, tend us,
Jesu, of Thy love, befriend us,
Thou refresh us, Thou defend us,
Thine eternal goodness send us
In the land of life to see.

Thou Who all things canst and knowest,
Who on earth such food bestowest,
Grant us with Thy saints, though lowest,
Where the heavenly feast Thou shewest,
Fellow-heirs and guests to be. Amen.
(Roman Missal)

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Bone pastor, panis vere,
Jesu, nostri miserére:
Tu nos passe, nos tuére:
Tu nos bona fac vidére
In terra vivéntium.

Tu, qui cuncta sis et vales;
Qui nos pastis hic mortáles;
Tuos ibi commensáles,
Coherédes et sodáles
Fac sanctórum cívium. Amen.
(ex Missali Romano).


An indulgence of 5 years.

A plenary indulgence once a month under the usual conditions for its daily recitation (S. P. Ap., June 15, 1935).

~ The Raccolta (1943)

PRAYER
TO BE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY

LORD, God almighty, behold me prostrate before thee, in order to appease and honor thy divine majesty, in the name of all creatures. But how can I do it,— I a wretched sinner? Yes, I can, and I will do it; because I know that thou dost glory in being called the Father of mercy, and that, for love of us, thou hast given even thy only-begotten Son, who offered himself for us on the cross,and who continually renews for us the same sacrifice on our altars.

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PRAYER
TO BE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY

And therefore, though a sinner, yet truly penitent, wretched, and yet rich in Jesus Christ, I present myself before thee, and with the fervor of all the saints and angels, and with the ardent love of the immaculate heart of Mary, I offer thee, in the name of all creatures, the masses which are now being said, with all those which have been said, and which will be said to the end of the world. I also desire to renew this offering, at every instant of this day, and of my whole life, in order to give thy infinite majesty honor and glory worthy of thee; to appease thy wrath, and to satisfy thy justice for our many sins; to render thee thanks in keeping with thy benefits, and to implore thy mercy for mvself and for all sinners, for all the faithful, living and dead, for the whole Church, and chiefly for its visible head, the Roman Pontiff; and lastly, for all poor schismatics, heretics, and infidels, that they also may be converted and saved. Amen.

~ The Raccolta (1878)

ASPIRATION

Love, honor, and glory be to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.


An indulgence of 300 days. (S. P. May 10, 1924).


~ The Raccolta (1943)