Christian Prayer p785
Ezekiel 36: 25-28
I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees. You shall live in the land I gave your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
USCCB - NAB - Psalm 18
USCCB - NAB - Psalm 18:
"He said: I love you, LORD, my strength,
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2 LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, my saving horn, my stronghold!
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Praised be the LORD, I exclaim! I have been delivered from my enemies.
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The breakers of death surged round about me; the menacing floods terrified me.
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3 The cords of Sheol tightened; the snares of death lay in wait for me.
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4 In my distress I called out: LORD! I cried out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry to him reached his ears."
Today I will begin the Novena for our country(and our world). The Lord is putting in my heart to praise Him and to bless our country by focusing and putting out there all the good that we have been blessed with. There are so many that are 'cursing' our country and it has been repeated so often on news programs and so forth. It is time to break the curses and call down the blessings.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
USCCB - NAB - Psalm 122
Psalms
Chapter 122
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A song of ascents. Of David. 1 I rejoiced when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
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And now our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem.
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2 Jerusalem, built as a city, walled round about.
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Here the tribes have come, the tribes of the LORD, As it was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
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Here are the thrones of justice, the thrones of the house of David.
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For the peace of Jerusalem pray: "May those who love you prosper!
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May peace be within your ramparts, prosperity within your towers."
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For family and friends I say, "May peace be yours."
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For the house of the LORD, our God, I pray, "May blessings be yours."
Chapter 122
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A song of ascents. Of David. 1 I rejoiced when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
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And now our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem.
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2 Jerusalem, built as a city, walled round about.
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Here the tribes have come, the tribes of the LORD, As it was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
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Here are the thrones of justice, the thrones of the house of David.
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For the peace of Jerusalem pray: "May those who love you prosper!
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May peace be within your ramparts, prosperity within your towers."
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For family and friends I say, "May peace be yours."
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For the house of the LORD, our God, I pray, "May blessings be yours."
Friday, October 24, 2008
Psalm Prayer
p 1018 'Christian Prayer'
"Send the fire of your Holy Spirit deep within us, Lord, so that we can serve you with chaste bodies and please you with pure minds."
"Send the fire of your Holy Spirit deep within us, Lord, so that we can serve you with chaste bodies and please you with pure minds."
YouTube - Only by grace can we enter
Song Lyrics
Only by grace can we enter
Only by grace can we stand
Not by our human endeavor
But by the blood of the Lamb
Into Your presence You call us
You call us to come
Into Your presence You draw us
And now by Your grace we come
Now by Your grace we come
Lord if You makr our transgressions
Who could stand
Thanks to Your grace we are cleansed
By the blood of the Lamb
USCCB - NAB - Psalm 24
USCCB - NAB - Psalm 24: "Who may go up the mountain of the LORD? Who can stand in his holy place?
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2 'The clean of hand and pure of heart, who are not devoted to idols, who have not sworn falsely.
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They will receive blessings from the LORD, and justice from their saving God.
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Such are the people that love the LORD, that seek the face of the God of Jacob.' Selah"
A Call for a Rosary Novena
A Call for a Rosary Novena
By Fr. John Corapi
www.fathercorapi.com
Among the most important titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary are Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of the Rosary. These titles can be traced back to one of the most decisive times in the history of the world and Christendom. The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7 (date of feast of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial battle for the Christian forces against the radical Muslim navy of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peters Square in Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral leadership in recognizing the danger posed to Christendom by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary to defeat it. Spiritual battles require spiritua l weapons, and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins in the spiritual order a true battle between good and evil. Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress - a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God - total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death - unwanted, unborn children.
No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion. I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory between October 27th and Election Day , November 4th. Pray that Gods will be done and the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion. No woman, and no man, has the right to choose to murder an innocent human being.
May God grant us the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and counsel to form our conscience in accordance with authentic Catholic teaching, and then vote that well-formed Catholic conscience.
Please copy, email, link and distribute this article freely.
God Bless You
Fr. John Corapi
www.fathercorapi
By Fr. John Corapi
www.fathercorapi.com
Among the most important titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary are Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of the Rosary. These titles can be traced back to one of the most decisive times in the history of the world and Christendom. The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7 (date of feast of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial battle for the Christian forces against the radical Muslim navy of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peters Square in Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral leadership in recognizing the danger posed to Christendom by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary to defeat it. Spiritual battles require spiritua l weapons, and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins in the spiritual order a true battle between good and evil. Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress - a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God - total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death - unwanted, unborn children.
No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion. I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory between October 27th and Election Day , November 4th. Pray that Gods will be done and the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion. No woman, and no man, has the right to choose to murder an innocent human being.
May God grant us the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and counsel to form our conscience in accordance with authentic Catholic teaching, and then vote that well-formed Catholic conscience.
Please copy, email, link and distribute this article freely.
God Bless You
Fr. John Corapi
www.fathercorapi
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Psalm 33
USCCB - NAB - Psalm 33
The LORD foils the plan of nations, frustrates the designs of peoples.
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But the plan of the LORD stands forever, wise designs through all generations.
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Happy the nation whose God is the LORD, the people chosen as his very own.
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From heaven the LORD looks down and observes the whole human race,
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Surveying from the royal throne all who dwell on earth.
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The one who fashioned the hearts of them all knows all their works.
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A king is not saved by a mighty army, nor a warrior delivered by great strength.
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Useless is the horse for safety; its great strength, no sure escape.
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But the LORD'S eyes are upon the reverent, upon those who hope for his gracious help,
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Delivering them from death, keeping them alive in times of famine.
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Our soul waits for the LORD, who is our help and shield.
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For in God our hearts rejoice; in your holy name we trust.
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May your kindness, LORD, be upon us; we have put our hope in you.
Fear not! No matter who is elected President and what their own plan for this great country is...God is still the One in charge. His "eyes are upon the reverent, upon those who hope for his gracious help".
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Prayer
Prayer to Our Lady of Silence
Mary, Mother of God teach me to be still.
Then listening I'll understand to do God's Holy Will.
Mary, Mother of God teach me to be still.
Then listening I'll understand to do God's Holy Will.
USCCB - NAB - Isaiah 12
USCCB - NAB - Isaiah 12: "Isaiah
Chapter 12
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1 On that day, you will say: I give you thanks, O LORD; though you have been angry with me, your anger has abated, and you have consoled me.
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God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior.
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With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation,
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and say on that day: Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.
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Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement; let this be known throughout all the earth.
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Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!"
Chapter 12
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1 On that day, you will say: I give you thanks, O LORD; though you have been angry with me, your anger has abated, and you have consoled me.
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God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior.
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With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation,
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and say on that day: Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.
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Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement; let this be known throughout all the earth.
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Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!"
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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