Pro-Life day of Prayer Jan 21st 2015

Pro-Life day of Prayer

Day of prayer and adoration, with reflections on the value of

life by Mother Mary Anne OSB.

We offer this day of prayer to show our support for the


Pro-life march in Washington D.C.

January 21st. 2015

1:30 pm to 6:30 pm

You are welcome to come to any part of the day,

no charge for this event

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A~ is for...

Acceptance of Grace

May procession 2013 

Am I living a life which God's grace is the principal moving force?

Am I alert to perceive the inspirations of grace in my soul?

Do I take seriously the obligation of striving toward perfection?

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The Mission of My Life, John Henry Cardinal Newman

The Mission of My Life

God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it if I do but keep His commandments. Therefore, I will trust Him, whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me. Still,

 He knows what He is about.

John Henry Cardinal Newman

This is one of my favorite prayers, I used it a lot in when I was discerning my vocational call in life. 

Reach out your hand

Jesus Our Lord and Master, 

reach out your hand

 to greet us

 as we walk

 in your ways 

during the rest of this Lent. 

Let our works,

 however small,

 let us reach our heavenly homeland. 

Amen

~Fulton J. Sheen

Beauty of Prayer

 

 

God himself will teach you the art of prayer.

We need no words to teach us how to see, for seeing is a natural faculty.

Neither can we learn from others the beauty of prayer;

 its interior ways are made known to us by God alone,

 who gives to each the necessary knowledge and

bestows the gift of prayer on those who pray.

 

~St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent