Maria Angela Grow
@MariaAngelaGrow
Traditional Roman Catholic. Elderly. Disabled. POOR. NO ROMANCE! Retired HHA. Love Mass, Divine Office, music, reading, nature..
July Prayer to the Precious Blood of Jesus. . O Precious Blood of Jesus, infinite price of sinful man's redemption, both drink and laver of our souls, Thou Who dost plead continually the cause of man before the throne of infinite mercy. From the depths of my heart I adore Thee,…

St. Christina, Virgin and Martyr by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 . Those who consider the life and the different kinds of martyrdom of this holy Virgin, and do not remember what we said in the preface to these volumes, may easily be tempted to suppose that much of what…

Lessons 1 - 3 from the Divine Office of the Vigil of Saint James, Apostle: John 15: 12-16; From Homily 27 on the Gospels by St. Gregory the Pope. . At that time, Jesus saith unto his disciples: This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love…

July 24 Saint Christina of Bolsena: Virgin and Martyr. († 300) Patronage: archers mariners millers . Saint Christina was the daughter of a rich and powerful magistrate named Urban. Her father, who was deep in the practices of paganism, had a number of golden idols. His young…

Fridays Commemorate the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Burning Love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to Those for Whom He Died. . Jesus was scourged, mocked, and crucified on a Friday. Because of this, the Church has always set aside Fridays of days of penance and…

Novena to St. Dominic. July 26 - August 3 . O renowned champion of the faith of Christ, most holy St. Dominic, who didst renounce the honor and dignity of an earthly principality to embrace the poor, laborious and mortified life. O burning torch, who being thyself consumed with…

Novena to St. Alphonsus Liguori. July 24 - August 1 . O glorious Saint Alphonsus, my most beloved protector, thou who hast laboured and suffered so much to secure to men the fruits of Redemption, behold the miseries of my poor soul, and have pity on me. Through thy powerful…
Novena to St. Stephen, Protomartyr: For the Invention of St. Stephen the Protomartyr. July 25 - August 2 . The Apostles chose Stephen the deacon, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, whom the Jews stoned whilst he prayed, saying: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, and lay not…
Novena to Saint Peter Julian Eymard, the Apostle of the Eucharist. July 24 - August 1 . Antiphon: The Priests shall be holy; for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer, therefore they shall be holy. (Leviticus 21:6) . V. Pray for us,…
Thursday is Dedicated to the Holy Eucharist. . Thursday is the day of the week in the Catholic Church devoted to the Holy Eucharist. She recalls the Last Supper, when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist and celebrated the first Mass. . On Holy Thursdays, the night before Good…
Litany of St. Mary Magdalen. . Lord, have mercy on us Christ, have mercy on us Lord, have mercy on us, Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy…

July 18 Saint Frederick of Utrecht (Frederick of the Netherlands, Fredericus, Fridrich, Frederic) died July 18, 838 . He was descended of a most illustrious family among the Frisons, and according to the author of his life, was great grandson to Radbod, king of that country,…

July 20 Our Lady of Grace, at Picpus, Fauborg Saint Antoine, of Paris (1629) . This image, which is carved of wood in the shape of a small ship with two angels at the end, was made in the year 1629 from a splinter taken from the famous image of Our Lady of Boulogne-sur-Mer. .…

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July 23 Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr; Commemoration of Saint Liborius, Bishop: The Liturgical Year of Dom Prosper Gueranger. . Red Double. . Ravenna, the mother of cities, invites us today to honor the martyr bishop, whose labors did more for her lasting renown than did…

July 23 St. Liborius: Bishop, Confessor. died 396 Patronage: abdominal pains against calculi against colic against fever against gall stones against gravel against kidney stones Paderborn, Germany, archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany, city of Paderborn Cathedral . St. Liborius was…

July 23 Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna: First Bishop of Ravenna and Martyr († 79) Patronage: against epilepsy against gout Ravenna-Cervia, Italy, archdiocese of Aachen, Germany Burtscheid, Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Remagen, Germany Bucine, Italy Ravenna, Italy . When Saint…

Lessons 7-9 from the Divine Office for St. Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr: Luke 22:24-30; A Homily by St. Ambrose the Bishop. . And there was also a strife amongst them, which of them should seem to be the greater. And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them;…
