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Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and
mighty things,
which you do not know Jeremiah
33:3
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Calling All Intercessors
United States Intercessory Network 2007
Sponsored by the National Service Committee of the
Catholic Charismatic Renewal for the United States
 Kim
Kollins, initiator of the Burning Bush Initiative and ICCRS Coordinator for
the Worldwide Intercessory Network, invites all intercessors to share in the
vision of an intercessory network across the United States joining together
for prayer on behalf of our nation, our pope, and events sponsored by the
National Service Committee (NSC) and the International Catholic Charismatic
Renewal Service (ICCRS). Once this U.S. network has been formed we will also
join with the worldwide network in prayer. It is our hope you will
prayerfully consider being a part of this national intercessory prayer
community. We need you! If you have questions, please contact Kathleen Haner
at: angel-44@wavecable.com
or call (360) 731-1922.
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The Divine Office: "The
Liturgy of the Hours"
“Prayer is the
raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things
from God.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2559)
 The
Divine Office is the former name for the official daily liturgical prayer
by which the Church sanctifies the hours of the day. The “Office” is the
full cycle of canonical “Hours”, the official daily public prayer of the
Church. The term was borrowed from the custom of the Jews, and passed into
the speech of the early Christians. In the Acts of the Apostles there is
reference to prayer being designated by the hour at which it was said. In
our Church today, when the Hours are prayed by clergy and lay persons
alike, even in private, we are united in this beautiful prayer, and
participating with fellow Catholics all around the world, praying the
official prayers at the same time. What a powerful thing!
The Second Vatican Council, valuing highly this long-standing custom of
the Church and wishing to renew it, provided a new form for the prayer,
revised so that it could more fittingly be used by all members of the
Church in the circumstances of modern life. With Vatican II came the
renamed Office – The Liturgy of the Hours.
 The
LITURGY OF THE Hours consist of:
* Morning Prayer (Lauds) and Evening Prayer (Vespers) – the “hinge Hours”
upon which the whole cycle of daily prayer depends. The
Church prays, "O God, come to my aid. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen."
* The Hour of Prime (First Hour, around 6 a.m.) was dispensed with for the
universal Church as being an unnecessary duplication of the more ancient
Lauds, although it may continue to be chanted in contemplative monastic
communities.
* Midday Prayer – More brief than Morning and Evening Prayer, texts are
provided for Midmorning, (Terce), Midday (Sext) and Midafternoon (None)
Prayer. Contemplative communities are to observe all three, and others are
encouraged to do so. But it is sufficient to choose one Hour from the
three to pray, using the texts appropriate to the particular time.
* Night Prayer (Compline): to be said before retiring.
This is an excellent moment for an examination of conscience.
* Office of Readings – Three psalms or sections of psalms followed by a
scriptural reading and a patristic reading. In contemplative communities
this is to retain its “nocturnal character,” evoking the ancient Christian
discipline of “keeping vigil” for the Lord’s return. For parish priests
(and for active religious and laity who choose to say this Office), it may
be celebrated the evening before, early in the morning or any time in the
course of the day conducive to prayer and spiritual reading.
This website offers daily Liturgy of the Hours Morning, Daytime, Evening and Night Prayer, plus the Office of Readings. The prayers are offered in Adobe Acrobat formats that print as booklets, display on PCs and mobile devices, and 'Read Out Loud' on PCs.
Also in Spanish, French, Italian and Portugese.
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NOVENAS
* What is a Novena?
A novena is the reciting of powerful prayers and devotions for a special
request over nine consecutive days. Traditionally, a novena includes
praying, fasting, and meditating.
* Do I have to be Catholic to make the novena?
No! You only have to be someone having a difficult time coping with
difficult problems in your life that you cannot resolve on your own. You're
only human! It's all right to be overwhelmed sometimes.
* How long should the novena be said?
Traditionally, the novena prayer is said for nine days. The nine days
signifies the nine days the Apostles prayed together during the time between
the Ascension of Jesus, and Pentecost. However, there is no hard and fast
"rule" for praying; it is best if you adopt a way of prayer that is
comfortable for you and allows you to be in conversation with God.
* What prayers should I say? How do I say them?
Your goal when praying is to focus your heart, mind, and body on
communicating with God. Praying is best done in a quiet environment. Start
by closing your eyes, then describe your special need, and make a heartfelt
request. Your prayer can be as simple as "Dear Lord, please help me with
(insert your request)", or if you prefer, choose your own prayer or
a prayer used by others. You should then follow
your prayer by saying three Our Father's, three Hail Mary's, and three
Gloria prayers. Many people also find that some type of fasting during the
nine days provide extra comfort and strength when saying the prayers.
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Catholic.org and Chant Art have partnered to provide holy images at high
resolution
for our generation, and countless generations to come.
With this partnership there is the hope and vision
that many who need a moment of visual imaging
from those who loved and lived before us
will lift
their souls, hearts and
minds to prayer.
Here is their website link to view its beautiful point of entry:
https://www.catholic.org/colimages/index_intro.php
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 SACRED
SPACE
The Irish Jesuits invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your day,
and spend ten minutes, praying as you sit at your computer with the help of
on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every day.
www.sacredspace.ie
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 Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius
Creighton University offers a 34 Week Online Retreat, a guided experience
of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius adapted
for busy, everyday life. Begin the retreat at any
time, and follow the guides and resources provided each week. Be
open and trust in a God who is not outdone in generosity.
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/cmo-retreat.html
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APOSTLESHIP
OF PRAYER
3211 S. Lake Dr., Suite 216
Milwaukee, WI 53235
414-486-1152
www.apostlesofprayer.org
 The Apostleship of Prayer began in France in 1844. At that time Fr. Francis X. Gautrelet told a group of Jesuit seminarians who were eager to work on the missions:
"Be apostles now, apostles of prayer! Offer everything you are doing each day in union with the Heart of our Lord for what He wishes, the spread of the Kingdom for the salvation of souls."
The
Apostleship of Prayer now includes over 50 million people
worldwide, who pray the Daily offering in their different languages. Each
month they offer their prayers for specific intentions that the pope has
personally chosen.
“The Messenger of the Sacred Heart”
A monthly magazine published by the Canadian Apostleship of Prayer. Subscribe in the USA at:
MESSENGER, P. O. Box 238, Pembrina, ND 58271
Fax: (416) 466-1196
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DIVINE MERCY
In 1935,
St. Faustina Kowalska received a vision in which she saw the Holy Trinity and
felt the power of Jesus' grace. At the same time, she found herself
pleading with God for mercy with words she heard interiorly:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and
Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement
for our sins and those of the whole world; for the sake of His sorrowful
Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world (Diary, 476).
The Chaplet of Mercy is a powerful prayer. Go to this web site and feel
Gods healing love and mercy. http://www.marian.org/divinemercy/prayers.html
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OUR LADY
OF MOUNT CARMEL
According to the most ancient Carmelite chronicles, the Order has its origins with the disciples of the prophets
Elijah and Elisha who lived in caves on Mount Carmel. The Carmelites honored the Queen of Heaven as the Virgin who
gave birth to the Savior. In the 12th century, many pilgrims from Europe who had followed the Crusaders came to join them. A rule was established and the Order began to spread to Europe.
Amid the many persecutions raised against the Order of Mount Carmel, St. Simon Stock, General of the Order, turned with confidence to the Blessed Mother of God. As he knelt in prayer on July 16, 1251,
she appeared before him and presented him with the brown scapular, a loose sleeveless garment reaching from the shoulders to the
knees, destined for the Order of Carmel. It was given as an assurance of
her heavenly protection from eternal death for all who died wearing it. Devotion spread quickly throughout the Christian world.
At Lourdes in 1858, the Virgin chose to make Her last apparition on July 16th, feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the day the Church commemorates
her apparition to Saint Simon Stock. And at Fatima on October 13, 1917, it is as Our Lady of Mount Carmel that Mary appeared when
she said farewell to the three children. Throughout the ages, the Queen of Carmel has always kept a faithful watch over the destinies of
her cherished children on earth.
The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The world in which we live is full of material things that have symbolic meaning: light, fire, water... there are also, in everyday life, experiences of relationships between human beings, which express and symbolize deeper realities.
One of the signs in the tradition of the Church from many centuries ago is the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is a sign approved by the Church and accepted by the Carmelite Order as an external sign of love for Mary, of the trust her children have in her, and of commitment to live like her.
The word scapular indicates a form of clothing that monks wore when they were working. In some religious orders, such as the Carmelites, the Scapular turned into a sign of their way of life. The Scapular came to symbolize the special dedication of Carmelites to Mary, the Mother of God, and to express trust in her motherly protection as well as the desire to be like her in her commitment to Christ and to others. Thus it became a sign of Mary.
In the Middle Ages many Christians wanted to be associated with the orders founded at that time: Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, and Carmelites. Groups of lay people began to emerge in associations such as confraternities and sodalities.
All the religious orders wanted to give these lay people a sign of affiliation and of participation in their spirit and apostolate. That sign was often a part of their habit: a cloak, a cord, a scapular.
Among the Carmelites, the stage came when a smaller version of the Scapular was accepted as the sign of belonging to the Order and an expression of its spirituality.
The Carmelite Scapular is not:
* a magical charm to protect you
* an automatic guarantee of salvation
* an excuse for not living up to the demands of the Christian life
It is a sign:
* which has been approved by the Church for over seven centuries;
* which stands for the decision to follow Jesus like Mary:
to be open to God and to his will
to be guided by faith, hope, and love
to to pray at all times
to discover God present in all that happens
around us.
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 Novena To Our Lady of Mount Carmel
First Day
O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin, assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us! Show us that you are our Mother!
(pause and mention petitions)
Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Second Day
Most Holy Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us you gave us the Holy Scapular of Mount Carmel, having heard the prayers of your chosen son Saint Simon Stock. Help us now to wear it faithfully and with devotion. May it be a sign to us of our desire to grow in holiness.
(pause and mention petitions)
Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Third Day
O Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we might be known as your faithful children. may we always wear it with honor by avoiding sin and imitating your virtues. Help us to be faithful to this desire of ours. (pause and mention petitions).
Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Fourth Day
When you gave us, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our Habit, you called us to be not only servants, but also your own children.
We ask you to gain for us from your Son the grace to live as you children in joy, peace and love. (pause and mention petitions)
Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Fifth Day
O Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your children, we are called to live in the spirit of Carmel. Help us to live in charity with one another, prayerful as Elijah of old, and mindful of our call to minister to God's people.
(pause and mention petitions) Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Sixth Day
With loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, you covered us with your Scapular as a shield of defense against the Evil One.
Through your assistance, may we bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to your Son Jesus Christ.
(pause and mention petitions). Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Seventh Day
O Mary, Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing your Scapular worthily would keep us safe from harm. Protect us in both body and soul with your continual aid. may all that we do be pleasing to your Son and to you.
(pause and mention petitions)
Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Eighth Day
You give us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through your Scapular promise we might quickly pass through the fires of purgatory to the Kingdom of your Son. Be our comfort and our hope.
Grant that our hope may not be in vain but that, ever faithful to your Son and to you, we may speedily enjoy after death the blessed company of Jesus and the saints. (pause and mention petitions).
Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Ninth Day
O Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant privileges to the family of Carmel, you gave assurance of your Motherly love and help to those faithful to you and to your Son.
Behold us, your children. We glory in wearing your holy habit, which makes us members of your family of Carmel, through which we shall have your powerful protection in life, at death and even after death.
Look down with love, O Gate of Heaven, on all those now in their last agony!
Look down graciously, O Virgin, Flower of Carmel, on all those in need of help!
Look down mercifully, O Mother of our Savior, on all those who do not know that they are numbered among your children.
Look down tenderly, O Queen of All Saints, on the poor souls! (pause and mention petitions)
Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
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 OUR LADY OF LOURDES
Our Lady appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young poor and sick girl in the grotto of
Masabielle, close to Lourdes in France in 1858. She asked for a chapel to be built in the site of the apparitions and when asked who she was, She replied
" I am the Immaculate Conception " Our Lady asked Bernadette to wash her face at the fountain but there was no fountain
there. Bernadette dug a hole in the ground, and with muddy water washed her face while people ridiculed
her. From there sprang the famous fountain of water that has healing attributes. Many sick people have bathed themselves in that water and there have been at least 64 reported miraculous healings.
Millions of people from all over the world go to Lourdes yearly in the hope of obtaining help from the Mother of God.
Bernadette became a nun. She died when she was 35 and her body is still incorrupt.
OUR LADY OF
FATIMA
 In
1917 a Woman from Heaven visited Portugal with a message
for all humanity. She warned the world of the effects and
punishment for sin. She offered the means to lead humankind back to God once more. The message
changed the lives of the three children who listened to her message, and
it has changed the lives of millions of other people also. Two of those
children, Jacinta and Francisco Martos, died shortly after the
apparitions, and on May 13, 2000 the Pope declared them 'Blessed.' At the Mass of
Beatification, the third part of the Secret of Fatima was finally revealed
to the world on the instruction of Pope John Paul. Fatima has been called
"the altar of the world," a view shared by the Holy Father
himself, who has a very great devotion to Our Lady of Fatima. It is to her
that the Pope attributes the preservation of his life after the attempted
assassination of him in Saint Peters. Send Your Prayer Petitions to:
OurLady@fatima-petitions.com
http://www.Fatima-Petitions.com
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 OUR LADY
OF GUADALUPE
In
1531 Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared at Tepeyac. She told Juan Diego
"Am I not your Mother? Am I not holding you here, where I cross my
arms?" As our Mother,
she wants to help us. That is why Interlupe will deposit any kind of
petition at Our Lady of Guadalupe´s
feet in her Shrine where she appeared to Juan Diego nearly 500 years
before. Once a month, a Mass will be freely celebrated praying for the
needs of all who have sent her their prayers. Just be grateful for
all the love God has given you, and you will accomplish His will. http://spin.com.mx/~msalazar/
Pope
John Paul II marked the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec 12,
2001 by launching the official Spanish language Web Site dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe
in Mexico's
Basilica:
www.virgendeguadalupe.org.mx
Read
Kay's talk on
Our Lady of Guadalupe
If you want us to pray for some intention please
Email the Eucharistic Prayer Group
of San Pio of Pietrelcina, Santa Rosa, Pampa, Argentina. grupodeoracioneucaristico@yahoo.com.ar |
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Catholic
Prayer Groups:
Accepted by Phone,
Regular Mail or
Email
Arizona
Our Lady of Solitude Contemplative House of Prayer, P.O. Box 1140, St.
Joseph Rd., Black Canyon City, AZ 85324 tel. 623-374-9204
Illinois
National Shire of St. Jude, Claretian Missionaries, 205 W. Monroe St.,
Chicago, IL 60606 Web Site:
www.stjudeleague.org/petition.htm
By Mail Only - No telephone Prayer Hotline
Massachusetts
St. Joseph's Abbey, 167 N. Spencer Rd., Spencer, MA 01562-1233
tel.508-885-8700 e-mail: spenabby@spencerabbey.org.
Website: www.spencerabbey.org /
St. Joseph's Abbey is a community of Trappist Monks. Mail or email is the
best way to request prayers but telephone requests are also accepted.
Michigan
Society of Saint Anne, 1000 Ste. Anne St., Detroit, MI 48216
tel.313-496-1701
This is the second-oldest continuously operating Catholic Parish in the
U.S. The prayer group was founded in 1910 by the parishioners. Prayer
requests are accepted by mail, telephone or website: www.KQA.com/Ste.Anne
Minnesota
National Shrine of Saint Odilia, Crosier Fathers and Brothers, Onamia, MN
56359-0500 tel.320-532-3103 Web Site: www.crosier.org
Prayer request by telephone or mail are welcome.
New Jersey
Pious Union of Prayer, St. Joseph Home, P.O. Box 288, Jersey City, NJ
07303 tel.201-798-4141 Pious Union has some 15,000 members through the
U.S. and Canada. Prayer request accepted by mail or phone.
Ohio
National Shrine of Saint Dymphna, 3000 Erie Street S. P.O. Box 4,
Massillon, OH 44648-0004 tel.330-833-8478 St. Dymphna is the patroness of
those affected with nervous disorders. A novena to St. Dymphna is said
daily after Mass and thousands of members throughout the country make the
novena daily. Write or call with prayer requests or for candles to be
lighted.
Argentina
We will pray for you in the
Eucharistic Prayer Group of San Pio of Pietrelcina, Santa Rosa, Pampa,
Argentina. If you want us to pray for some intention please Email
grupodeoracioneucaristico@yahoo.com.ar
May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
An Irish Blessing
Do
you have a special prayer you would like published?
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 Rosary
Donation Requests:
The following missions or religious organizations have requested rosary donations. Any rosaries you could send them would be most appreciated. Tell them you saw their request on the
Daily Word of Life Site on the Internet. If you have a favorite mission that you donate rosaries to, email us with their name, and we will post it here.
Bishop Sullivan,
World Apostolate of Fatima
Mountain View Rd., P. O. Box 976, Washington, NJ 07882
NOTE: Bishop Sullivan is in need of 600,000 rosaries for school children. If you could help him out, he would be most appreciative.
Reverend Father Quintas Fernando
St. Mary's Rectory
40 Elizabeth St., Dansville, NY 11437
Brother Anish Fernandez
KCSL, Bishop's House, Vellayambalam, Trivandrum
695003, Kerala, South India
Blessed Kateri Church
3045 Park Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55407
The Blue Army USA
Mountainview Rd., P. O. Box 976, Washington, NJ 07882
Sister Mary Emily,
The Apostles of Infinite Love
P. O. Box 308, St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada J0T 2H0
Homeless Ministry,
Resurrection Catholic Church
6819 Krycue Drive, Riverview, FL 33569
Reverend Father Raphael Mullei
P. O. Box 1072, Machakos, Kenya, East Africa
Father George Alengadan,
Don Bosco,
Keezhmad, Aluva, Kerala 683105 India
Father Regis Scanlon, Chaplain
3553 Wyandot, Denver, CO 80211
Roger Gould-King,
Pontifical Mission Societies
P. O. Box 167540, Brackendowns 1454
Republic of South Africa
Rosary Factory
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ROSARY MAKERS
Lewis & Company Rosary Parts has been supplying rosary parts for rosary makers for 55
years since 1950!
You can view information about Rosary Kits, Crucifixes and Centers at www.rosaryparts.com
and our featured items of the month.
Many people also enjoy making rosaries for the missions. We have a special section on how you can make mission rosaries for as little as 55 cents each. Hundreds of thousands of mission rosaries are needed for needy children in Third World countries. Thousands of these rosaries have also been made and sent to our troops in Iraq. If you would like to share in that effort it would be most appreciated.
Lewis & Company also has a 24 page print catalog showing all our rosary making supplies. You can order a free copy at
www.rosaryparts.com. Tel: 800-342-2400
How about making a retreat?
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spiritual refreshment? Trying to get your life in order? Do you long
for a quiet place apart to hear God's voice? Do you need guidance and
direction?
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Need some
prayer in your life?
Visit
these sites:
"Psalm
Weaver" is a yearly subscription service that delivers daily
psalms to cell phones or e-mail. Online system allows recipients to
customize the delivery time and method of their psalms. Annual
subscription rate is available online: www.psalmweaver.com
for $19.95 per year, plus a one-time set-up fee of $4.00
"Pray the
News," run by the Carmelites of Indianapolis, features weekly
prayerful reflections by six cloistered Carmelite nuns on current news
events. The home page http://www.praythenews.org
provides a tour of Carmelite life and contemplative prayer, but if you're
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Daily Prayer to the Saints. Experience the friendship and spiritual
guidance of hundreds of saints, one for each day of the year. If you
desire to grow in holiness, the prayers given here will point you in the
right direction, and the saints will lead you by the hand and never let
go! http://gnm.org/saints/index.html
"Healing
Power of Prayer" Therese is a young
mother whose child Natalia was born with multiple birth defects. She has a web site
dedicated to prayer for children and other needs.
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