Raised Catholic...can you tell?: Because it's Friday

Friday, July 12, 2013

Because it's Friday

Because it's Friday I've added the 7 Sorrows Rosary to my prayers for today. Several years ago I was fortunate enough to be able to attend one of Immaculee's retreats in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was a life-changing experience and I certainly encourage anyone to attend her future retreats. I hope to attend another one someday!

The rosary pictured below is my 7 Sorrows Rosary, one that I have had for years. You see, before I ever heard of Immaculee, or Kibeho, or Our Lady of the Word, I received a 7 Sorrows Rosary in the mail as a fund-raising appeal (I think from the Servites, but I can't really remember...) and for some reason I hung on to it and managed not to lose it. When my sister-in-law Charlotte gave me Immaculee's book on Our Lady of Kibeho for Christmas several years ago I went hunting for this rosary and (this really should qualify as a miracle) I found it!

So on Tuesdays and Fridays I'll be praying one of these for your intentions, also.

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A Wife's Prayer

Lord, I come into your presence to say a special prayer for my husband.

Thank you for the blessing of a godly life companion. I pray that You would continue to grow in him a deep and abiding love for You.

Guide him, I pray, as he guides this family; give him wisdom and understanding. Invigorate him with the knowledge of Your grace, and refine him with Your truth.

I pray that I would be a helper, a source of encouragement; and I pray that he would find this home to be a place of rest and refreshment.

Amen.

St. Paul, pray that America follows in your footsteps.

Because our country needs to undergo a great conversion, one as great as the one St. Paul experienced!

Novena Prayer

O glorious St. Paul, after persecuting the Church you became, by God's grace, Her most zealous Apostle. To carry the knowledge of Jesus, our Divine Savior, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

You joyfully endured prison, scourgings, stonings, and a shipwreck, as well as all manner of persecutions, culminating in the shedding of the last drop of your blood for Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Obtain for us the grace to labor strenuously to bring the Faith to others and to accept any trials and tribulations that may come our way. Help us to be inspired by your Epistles and to partake of your indomitable love for Jesus, so that after we have finished our course we may join you in praising Him in heaven for all eternity.

Amen.