Prayers

This beautiful prayer was made by St. Alphonsus Liguori. Are you finding yourself far from the Catholic Church and the sacraments? Are you struggling with sin day after day? Do you find it hard to accept certain truths about the Catholic faith? Why not ask God to come into your heart and abide in you. God is love, He created you for a purpose. A wonderful and beautiful purpose. He wants you to come home. Music credit: "Wind of the Rainforest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

St. Michael chose to serve God and not to rebel like the demons did. In choosing to serve God he also freely chose to love all of humanity and to protect us. Lets ask for his help daily and remember what a faithful and loving friend we have in him. He chose to love us before we even existed and never stops fighting for us.

This is my own take on the stations. It is not very traditional. Scripture passages used in this video: 1st Station: Matthew 27 verses 1-2 and 11-26 3rd Station: Sirach 2 verses 1-6 5th Station: Mark verse 21 8th Station: Luke 23 verses 27-31 11th Station: Luke 23 verse 33 12th Station: Ephesians 2 verses 1-6 and Romans 5 verses 7-9 13th Station: Luke 23 verses 50-52 14th Station: Luke 23 verses 53-56

The Prayer of Saint Francis, also known as the "Peace Prayer," is a beloved Christian prayer that asks for divine guidance in fostering peace and understanding. It emphasizes selflessness and compassion, urging individuals to bring love, pardon, faith, and hope to situations where there is hatred, injury, doubt, and despair. The prayer's core message is about actively seeking to be an instrument of peace, rather than passively waiting for peace to be bestowed. It highlights the nature of spiritual growth, showing that by giving, we receive, and by self-sacrifice, we gain eternal life.

The Holy Spirit truly is the Lord and Giver of Life. The Holy Spirit convinces of sin, teaches the truth, speaks, and declares things that are to come. The Holy Spirit is the love shared between the Father and the Son. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. God is love and the Holy Spirit is God. God hates nothing that He has made. God wants us to live forever, no matter what our past life looks like.

God thank You for the gift of our Guardian Angels. Guardian Angel, my faithful friend, thank you for all that you've done and continue to do. Before I was fashioned in my mothers womb you chose to love me and guide me along the right path. In times of my sin, doubt, despair and all of my ugliness you have remained faithful to God and have not once ceased to be my faithful companion. Thank you for choosing to love me. Words can't express my gratitude, but thank you, I love you too.

The Act of Contrition is part of the Sacrament of Penance and is prayed by the penitent after the priest assigns a penance and before he gives the penitent absolution. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states the following... "Among the penitent’s acts contrition occupies first place. Contrition is “sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed, together with the resolution not to sin again.” When it arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called “perfect” (contrition of charity). Such contrition remits venial sins; it also obtains forgiveness of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible." (CCC 1451–1452) “Excerpts from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for use in the United States of America Copyright © 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc. -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with Permission. English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica copyright © 1997, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops—Libreria Editrice Vaticana.”