Photo: R. Massaro (c) 2020 Spirit Singing-St. Peter Church Mansfield, Ohio






CHRIST IS RISEN!!  ALLELUIA!!

INSPIRATION FROM THE IMITATION OF CHRIST

Remember that Jesus has gone before you bearing His cross and has given His life for you upon that cross, so that you may bear your own cross and long to die on it for the love of Him. For if you die with Him, you will also live with Him; and if you have shared His suffering, you will also share His glory.

Behold how in the cross there is all and how all depends on our dying there; for there is no other way to life and interior peace except by way of the cross and by daily mortification. You can go anywhere you will, seek whatever you wish, but you will not find a higher road above nor safer road below than the road of the holy cross. 
Imitation of Christ Book 2, Chap. 12, No. 3



Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, ocds                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

SATURDAY OF OUR LADY

Prayer to Our Lady Health of the Sick

Photo: R. Massaro (c) Spirit Singing-St. Rose Church Girard, Ohio

Our Lady, Health of the Sick,
I look to you for the comfort of a mother's love,
I pray to you on behalf of those who are suffering
and for my own healing needs.

Mary, your love strengthens me
and brings me peace.

Our Lady, Health of the Sick,
embrace all who are emotionally and physically ill that they may return to
good health under your tender care. And please intercede for my very
special needs. (mention your needs here).

Mary, your love strengthens me and brings me peace.

Our Lady, Health of the Sick, pray for us.  Amen.


Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, ocds

SATURDAY OF OUR LADY

Photo: R. Massaro-Our Lady of Cedars Church Akron Ohio (C)2020 Spirit Singing

This is an ancient prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary called the “Sub Tuum Praesidium.” It is the oldest known prayer to Our Lady asking her intercession. This prayer is older than the Hail Mary prayer.This ancient prayer is attributed to the discovery of a 3rd century Egyptian papyrus, a small scrap of papyrus with brown ink, dated between the years 250 AD-280 AD.

Here is the prayer:

We fly to Thy protection,
O Holy Mother of God;
Do not despise our petitions
in our necessities,
but deliver us always
from all dangers,
O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.
Amen.

Most Holy Mother of God, Mother of the Church, pray for us!


Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS

The Prayer of St. Padre Pio

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Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life and without You I am without fervour.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light and without You I am in darkness.

Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much and always be in Your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.

Stay with me, Lord, as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close and life passes, death, judgment and eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches, I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!

Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers, I need You. Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.

Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You, if not by Communion, at least by grace and love.

Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more. With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen.

(Prayed by St. Pio after he received Holy Communion)

Peace be with you!

Rosemarie, OCDS

INSPIRATION FROM THE IMITATION OF CHRIST

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Lift up your eyes to God in heaven and beg His forgiveness for your sins. Abandon idle things to idle minds and concern yourself only with what is God's will for you. Close your door and call to your beloved Jesus. Remain with Him in your room, opening your heart completely to Him; for nowhere else will you find so much peace.

Imitation of Christ Book 1:8.






Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS

INSPIRATION FROM THE IMITATION OF CHRIST

Photo: R. Massaro (C)Spirit Singing

In silence and stillness the devout soul advances and learns the hidden truths of Scripture. There it finds the salutary tears that wash away the guilt of sin, so that it grows more intimate with God as it severs itself from the clamor of the world. The more you keep away from friends and acquaintances, the more our Lord and His Angels will draw near to you.

The Imitation of Christ, Book 1:6.







Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS