Philly priest adjunct teaching @StCharlesSem. Web & Apple developer, photog & rehabed homes w/ nonprofits as electrician, cbntmkr & frmr boilermaker. No DMs.
“O God, strength of those who hope in You,
graciously hear our pleas,
and, since without You mortal frailty can do nothing,
grant us always the help of Your grace
that in following Your commands
we may please You by our resolve and…”
#Catholic#Prayerpatrolo.gy/kci
#StJohnChrysostom ponders Mt 5:41 on Monday of OT 11, “Do you grasp the excellence of a Christian disposition? After you give your coat and your cloak, even if your enemy should wish to subject your naked body to hardships and…”
#Catholic#Dailymasspatrolo.gy/hu4
Our prayer is communal — #StCyprian — “Above all, he who preaches peace and unity did not want us to pray by ourselves in private or for ourselves alone. We do not say “My Father, who art in heaven,” nor “Give me this day my daily bread.” It is not…”
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“How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of hosts.
My soul is longing and yearning
for the courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh cry out
to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself
in which …”
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“O God, strength of those who hope in You,
graciously hear our pleas,
and, since without You mortal frailty can do nothing,
grant us always the help of Your grace
that in following Your commands
we may please You by our resolve and…”
#Catholic#Prayerpatrolo.gy/231c62
#StGregoryOfNazianzus ponders #Exodus 19:3 on the 11th #Sunday in #OrdinaryTime, “Now when I go up eagerly into the mount — or, to use a truer expression, when I both eagerly long and at the same time am afraid (the one through my hope and the other…”
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“Let your prayer come from a humble heart” — #StCyprian — “When we pray, our words should be calm, modest and disciplined. Let us reflect that we are standing before God. We should please him both by our bodily posture and the manner of our speech…”
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“The LORD is king, with majesty enrobed.
The LORD has robed himself with might;
he has girded himself with power.
The world you made firm, not to be moved;
your throne has stood firm from of old.
From all eternity, O LORD, you are …”
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“O God,
from Whom all good things come,
grant that we, who call on You in our need,
may at Your prompting discern what is right,
and by Your guidance do it.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You in…”
#Catholic#Prayerpatrolo.gy/cgr
#StChromatius ponders Mt 5:36 on Saturday of OT 10, “These words of the Lord whereby he forbids us to swear by these different elements invite a double explanation. First, he wanted to draw us away from the use of oaths and the…”
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“I shall sing in the spirit, and with understanding” — #StAmbrose — “What is more pleasing than a psalm? David expresses it well: Praise the Lord, for a song of praise is good: let there be praise of our God with gladness and grace. Yes, a psalm is…”
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“It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to make music to your name, O Most High,
to proclaim your loving mercy in the morning,
and your truth in the watches of the night,
on the ten-stringed lyre and the lute,
with the sound of song on the…”
#Psalm92patrolo.gy/3RBjrie
“O God,
Who in the Heart of your Son,
wounded by our sins,
bestow on us in mercy
the boundless treasures of your love,
grant, we pray,
that, in paying him the homage of our devotion,
we may also offer worthy reparation.
Through…”
#Catholic#Prayerpatrolo.gy/f7cc46
“With you is the source of life” — #StBonaventure — “Take thought now, redeemed man, and consider how great and worthy is he who hangs on the cross for you. His death brings the dead to life, but at his passing heaven and earth are plunged into…”
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