Prayer at the beginning of Lent
by VP
Posted on Wednesday February 18, 2026 at 12:00AM in Prayers
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Temptation of Jesus in desert. By William Hole 1908
"Almighty God! I unite myself
at the beginning of this holy season of penance with the Church
militant, endeavoring to make these days of real sorrow for my sins
and crucifixion of the sensual man. O Lord Jesus! in union with
Thy fasting and passion, I offer Thee my fasting in obedience to
the Church, for Thy honor, and in thanksgiving for the many favors
I have received, in satisfaction for my sins and the sins of others,
and that I may receive the grace to avoid such and such a sin, N.
N. and to practice such and such a virtue, N. N."
Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's The Church's Year
Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes
by VP
Posted on Wednesday February 11, 2026 at 12:00AM in Prayers

Be thou blessed, O most pure Virgin, who
didst deign to appear in the grotto of Lourdes as many as eighteen
times, resplendent with light, sweetness, and beauty, and to say to the
humble and simple child who contemplated thee in ecstasy, " I am the
Immaculate Conception!" be thou blessed for the extraordinary favors
which thou dost unceasingly scatter around this place.
By thy
maternal heart, O Mary, and by the glory which the holy Church has
rendered thee, we conjure thee to pray for the Sovereign Pontiff and for
Father [ name ] and to realize the hopes of peace which the
proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception excited in the
breasts of the faithful. Amen.
Source: St. Josephʼs Manual ( Rev. James Fitton, 1877)
Father Price's Daily Prayer
O Mother Immaculate, Patron of America, who, through little Bernadette, bade us pray and work for the conversion of the countless souls now perishing. I offer all the prayers, actions, and sufferings of this day and every day of my life for their conversion, and I beg of thee to bless my resolution to do what I can throughout my life to bring about their salvation.
St. Bernadette, Pray for Father Price.
Imprimatur: Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters, D.D. May 2 1949
Gratitude
by VP
Posted on Sunday February 08, 2026 at 12:00AM in Prayers
Praise and glory be to Thee, O most sweet Jesus, for the infinite love wherewith Thou dost vouchsafe to descend from heaven in the holy Mass to change bread and wine into Thy sacred flesh and blood, to conceal Thyself under these contemptible appearances and by means of this boundless humility to appease the just wrath of God and avert the chastisements due to us.
With our whole hearts we thank Thee for this inestimable benefit. With all the powers of our soul we praise and magnify Thee, and we beseech the hosts of heaven to unite their voices to ours and compensate for what is defective in our giving of thanks. We humble pray Thee to enlighten our minds, that we may clearly comprehend the saving mysteries which Thou dost daily enact upon our altars, that we may venerate them aright, and profit by them for our eternal salvation.
Amen.
Source:Cochem's Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass