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St. Teresa of Avila: Prayer of the Day for Tuesday, October 15, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 14, 2024

O Saint Teresa, seraphic Virgin, beloved spouse of thy crucified Lord, thou who on earth didst burn with a love so intense toward thy God and my God, and now dost glow with a brighter and purer flame in paradise: obtain for me also, I beseech thee, a spark of that same holy fire which shall cause me to forget the world, all things created, and even myself; for thou didst ever avidly desire to see Him loved by all men. Grant that my every thought and desire and affection may be continually …

unitedyam October 14, 2024

This millennial was a self-taught computer whiz, defender of bullied students, soccer enthusiast, and deeply devoted to the Eucharist—all this in a life cut short by leukemia at the age of 15.

unitedyam October 14, 2024

Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, abased Himself so low as to become the servant of servants. John Calvin All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant. Psalm 25:10 The New International Version God is the light which, never seen itself, makes all things […]

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A Prayer for Salvation: Prayer of the Day for Monday, October 14, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 13, 2024

Precious Blood and Word of God,
You are my eternal salvation.
Lost in sin, You liberated me.
You lifted me from perdition.
Treasuring my feeble soul,
You excused my constant frailties.
Forever, I am indebted to You.
Your cost can never be repaid,
For You bought my freedom with Blood.
I will always seek You out my Lord,
You are my beloved Deliverer!
You are the Lamb of God!

unitedyam October 13, 2024

Francis Xavier Seelos was born in Bavaria. He studied in Munich before coming to the United States to serve the German-speaking immigrants. He remained here his entire adult life serving both his parishioners and fellow Redemptorists.

unitedyam October 13, 2024

Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth, that fights the battle, and that wins the crown. Phillips Brooks The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him […]

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The Beatitudes: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, October 13, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 12, 2024

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall possess the earth.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice,
for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are …

unitedyam October 12, 2024

A shy, retiring man, Cardinal Angelo Roncalli became our beloved Pope Saint John XXIII. Perhaps the greatest irony was that his fellow Cardinals elected him as a stop-gap pope to give them time to get the politics ironed out for a more permanent candidate. Little did they know what the Holy Spirit had in store for the Church through this “temporary” Pope.

unitedyam October 12, 2024

A man is known to his dog by the smell, to his tailor by the coat, to his friend by the smile; each of these know him, but how little or how much depends on the dignity of the intelligence. That which is truly and indeed characteristic of the man is known only to God. […]

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Prayer on the Anniversary of a Deceased Person: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, October 12, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 11, 2024

O Lord,
the God of mercies,
grant unto the souls of Thy servants
the anniversary day of whose burial we are keeping,
a place of solace,
of peaceful rest,
of glorious light.

Through Christ our Lord,

Amen.

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another – Romans 13:8

unitedyam October 11, 2024June 12, 2024

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, namely “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.

unitedyam October 11, 2024

Saint Francis Borgia had it made according to every social standard. He had name, position, power, etc. But after a series of events, including the death of his wife, he joined the Jesuits, where he used his professional talents and abilities in the service of his Order and the Church.

unitedyam October 11, 2024

Learn from Jesus to love and to forgive. Let the blood of Jesus, which implores pardon for you in heaven, obtain it from you for your brethren here upon earth. Arabella Valpy The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalm 145:9 The New King James Version I […]

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A Prayer for the Way to Peace: Prayer of the Day for Friday, October 11, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 10, 2024

Father of love, hear my prayer.
Help me to know Your Will
and to do it with courage and faith.
Accept my offering of myself,
all my thoughts, words, deeds, and sufferings.
May my life be spent giving You glory.
Give me the strength to follow Your call,
so that Your Truth may live in my heart
and bring peace to me and to those I meet,
for I believe in Your Love.

unitedyam October 10, 2024

This martyr and patron of France is regarded as the first bishop of Paris. His popularity is due to a series of legends, especially those connecting him with the great abbey church of St. Denis in Paris.

unitedyam October 10, 2024

He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever. John Tillotson But we Christians have no veil over our faces; we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we […]

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Peace of Heart: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, October 10, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 9, 2024

Almighty and Eternal God,
Give me, I beseech You,
the great gift of inward peace.
Command the winds and storms
of my unruly passions.
Subdue, by Your grace,
my proneness to love
created things too much.
Give me a love of suffering for Your sake.
make me forbearing and kind to others,
that I may avoid quarrels and contentions.
And teach me constantly to seek after
and to acquire that perfect resignation
to Your Holy Will
which alone brings interior peace.
Amen.

unitedyam October 9, 2024

Saint John Leonardi was a priest and founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God. He also formed the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Father Leonardi and his priests became a great power for good in 16th century Italy.

unitedyam October 9, 2024

They are the true disciples of Christ, not who know most, but who love most. Friedrich Spanheim the Elder Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. John 13:17 The New Living Translation All worry is atheism, because it is a want of trust in God. Fulton J. Sheen Visit Our Website | […]

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The Prayer Thank You God!: Prayer of the Day for Wednesday, September 25, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 8, 2024

Dear Loving and Compassionate God,
Giver of all gifts,
we pray especially today for the mercy and love You give
us.
Open our hearts and minds to You.
Give us the grace to accept your mercy.
As we live each day,
we pray for those less fortunate,
especially those who are hurting,
and whose wounds need to be healed.
Help us become involved in ways that show them how deeply we care.
Give us the personal courage to listen to their concerns
and help them find the …

unitedyam October 8, 2024

The rosary is a truly Catholic devotion. It is a form of prayer and meditation in honor of Mary and celebrates the mysteries of Jesus’ and Mary’s lives. It has been called a miniature catechism highlighting the key events of our faith. Our Lady of the Rosary remembers Mary’s intercession and celebrates this popular devotion.

unitedyam October 8, 2024

I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o’clock before I begin secret prayer. This is a wretched system. It is unscriptural. Christ arose before day and went into a solitary place. David says, “Early will I seek thee.” I […]

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A Prayer to obtain Final Perseverance: Prayer of the Day for Tuesday, October 08, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 7, 2024

Eternal Father, I humbly adore Thee, and thank Thee for having created me, and for having redeemed me through Jesus Christ. I thank Thee most sincerely for having made me a Christian, by giving me the true faith, and by adopting me as Thy son, in the sacrament of baptism. I thank Thee for having, after the numberless sins I had committed, waited for my repentance, and for having pardoned (as I humbly hope) all the offences which I have offered to Thee, and for which I am now sincerely sorry, …

unitedyam October 7, 2024

Today we celebrate a saint who was never canonized and who wanted to live in solitude and prayer. Saint Bruno was a Carthusian monk who took great steps to find a quiet place to live in spite of being asked to assist the Pope in Rome.

Parents’ Prayer for Their Children: Prayer of the Day for Monday, October 07, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 6, 2024

O God the Father of mankind, who hast given unto me these my children, and committed them to my charge to bring them up for Thee, and to prepare them for eternal life: help me with Thy heavenly grace, that I may be able to fulfil this most sacred duty and stewardship. Teach me both what to give and what to withhold; when to reprove and when to forbear; make me to be gentle, yet firm; considerate and watchful; and deliver me equally from the weakness of indulgence, and the excess of severity; …

unitedyam October 6, 2024

The principal cause of my leanness and unfruitfulness is owing to an unaccountable backwardness to pray. I can write or read or converse or hear with a ready heart; but prayer is more spiritual and inward than any of these, and the more spiritual any duty is the more my carnal heart is apt to […]

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Prayer for Expectant Mothers #2 : Prayer of the Day for Sunday, October 06, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 5, 2024

O Good Saint Anne,
who had the incomparable privilege of bringing into the world
Her who was to become the Mother of God,
I come to place myself
under your special care.

I confide myself to you,
together with the child I am carrying.
Thousands of children owe you,
Glorious Mother of Mary,
the life of the body and the grace of baptism.
Hence I wish, in my turn,
to place my whole confidence in you.
Make me keep in mind the precautions I need to take
so as not to …

unitedyam October 5, 2024

A sister of Our Lady of Mercy, Saint Maria Faustina was blessed with unique messages from Christ concerning his mercy and forgiveness. These messages came at a time when many people viewed God as a strict judge.

unitedyam October 5, 2024

If the anointing which we bear come not from the Lord of Hosts, we are deceivers, since only in prayer can we obtain it. Let us continue instant, constant, fervent in supplication. Let your fleece lie on the thrashing-floor of supplication till it is wet with the dew of heaven. Charles Spurgeon And let the […]

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Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon of St. Francis of Assisi: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, October 05, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 4, 2024

Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord,
All praise is Yours, all glory, all honour and all blessings.

To you alone, Most High, do they belong,
and no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name.

Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
Who is the day through whom You give us light.
And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour,
Of You Most High, he bears the likeness.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars, …

unitedyam October 4, 2024

Saint Theodora was born in France but came to Vincennes, Indiana, at the invitation of the bishop. Eventually she established a new foundation of her community in the United States, but only after suffering many hardships.

unitedyam October 4, 2024

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They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice

unitedyam October 4, 2024June 12, 2024

They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. They are gossips and scandalmongers and they hate God. They are insolent, haughty, boastful, ingenious in their wickedness, and rebellious toward their parents.

St. Francis of Assisi’s Vocation Prayer: Prayer of the Day for Friday, October 04, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 3, 2024

Most High, Glorious God,
enlighten the darkness of our minds.
Give us a right faith, a firm hope and a perfect charity,
so that we may always and in all things act according to Your Holy Will. Amen.

unitedyam October 3, 2024

Angels play an important role in Sacred Scripture as messengers of God. The belief that each person has a guardian angel watching over him or her is an extension of that role, and a reminder of God’s never-failing providence.

unitedyam October 3, 2024

For forty years I have loved the Word of God. I feel the blessed pages under my hand with special thankfulness as a rod and a staff to keep firm my steps through the valley of the shadow of depression and world calamity. Truly the Bible—the teaching of our Savior—is the only way out of […]

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Memore to St. Joseph: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, October 03, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 2, 2024

Remember, O most chaste Spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help and sought your intercession was left unassisted. Full of confidence in your power, I fly unto you, and beg your protection. Despise not, O foster-father of the Redeemer, my humble supplication, but in your bounty, hear and answer me. Amen.

unitedyam October 2, 2024

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux is perhaps one of the most known and best loved saints in the Catholic calendar. A young Carmelite nun who wanted to go to the missions, she remained within the cloister yet became the patron of the missions.

unitedyam October 2, 2024

He that strives to withdraw himself from obedience, withdraws himself from grace. Thomas à Kempis My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18 The New King James Version Time spent on the right things is never wasted. Charles Swindoll Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make […]

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Prayer for the Unborn Child: Prayer of the Day for Wednesday, October 02, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam October 1, 2024

Almighty God, our Father,
you who have given us life
and intended us to have it forever,
grant us your blessings.
Enlighten our minds to an awareness
and to a renewed conviction
that all human life is sacred
because it is created
in your image and likeness.
Help us to teach by word
and the example of our lives
that life occupies the first place,
that human life is precious
because it is the gift of God
whose love is infinite.
Give us the strength to …

unitedyam October 1, 2024

Known mostly for his translation of the Scriptures into Latin, Saint Jerome was also an inspiring writer of letters and commentaries. He was said to have had a bad temper, yet he was a man of prayer and penance. A combination of conflicting qualities, Saint Jerome stands out as one of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church.

unitedyam October 1, 2024

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us. Leo Tolstoy You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities […]

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A Prayer to Saint Therese De Lisieux for Guidance: Prayer of the Day for Tuesday, October 01, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam September 30, 2024

Govern by all Thy Wisdom, O Lord,
so that my soul may always be serving Thee as Thou dost Will,
and not as I may choose.
Do not punish me, I beseech Thee,
by granting that which I wish
or ask if it offended Thy Love,
which would always live in me.
Let me die to myself,
so that I may love Thee.
Let me live to Thee,
Who art in Thyself,
the True Life.

Dear St. Therese,
guide me in your Little Way,
so that I may ascend to the heights and happiness of Heaven.

Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael #Saints

unitedyam September 30, 2024

Angels appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael are named. Each of these archangels performs a different mission in Scripture: Michael protects; Gabriel announces; Raphael guides.

unitedyam September 30, 2024

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through […]

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Guardian Angel Prayer #2: Prayer of the Day for Monday, September 30, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam September 29, 2024

(This is an old Guardian Angel Prayer)

O Holy Angel,
attendant of my wretched soul
and of mine afflicted life,
forsake me not, a sinner,
neither depart from me for mine inconstancy.
Give no place to the evil demon to subdue me
with the oppression of this mortal body;
but take me by my wretched and outstretched hand,
and lead me in the way of salvation.
Yea, O holy Angel of God,
the guardian and protector
of my hapless soul and body,
forgive me all things …

unitedyam September 29, 2024

More than just a name in a Christmas carol, Wenceslaus managed to rule with a clear vision of what a Christian leader should be. Many opposed him during his reign, and his brother eventually betrayed and killed him, but he continued to hold the faith and is hailed today as an outstanding king in Eastern Europe.

unitedyam September 29, 2024

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. Henry Ward Beecher Behold, we count them happy which endure. James 5:11 The King James Version Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. William Penn Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

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Holy Archangel Who Strengthened Our Lord in His Agony: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, September 29, 2024 #Pray

unitedyam September 28, 2024

I salute thee, holy Angel who didst comfort my Jesus in His agony, and with thee I praise the most holy Trinity for having chosen thee from among all the holy Angels to comfort and strengthen Him who is the comfort and strength of all that are in affliction. By the honor thou didst enjoy and by the obedience, humility and love wherewith thou didst assist the sacred Humanity of Jesus, my Savior, when He was fainting for very sorrow at seeing the sins of the world and especially my sins, I …

unitedyam September 28, 2024

Matthew was a Jew who worked for the Romans as a tax collector. His fellow Jews considered him a traitor and resented him. The Pharisees viewed him, and all tax collectors, as sinners. So it was a real shock to hear that Jesus called such a man to be one of his followers. But that’s the kind of thing that Jesus did.

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