The First Friday Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is based on a promise made by Our Lord Jesus Christ during an Apparition to St. Margaret Mary. This promise was implicitly approved by the Catholic Church in her1920 canonization. The promise reads: I promise you in the excessive Mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful Love will grant to all those who communicate on the … [Read more...]
St. Elizabeth of Portugal
Feast Day: July 4th Patron of charities and charity workers, difficult marriages, falsely accused people, peace, queens, victims of adultery, victims of jealousy, victims of unfaithfulness, widows, and brides Earthly Life: 1271 - July 4th, 1336 Canonized: May 25th, 1625 by Pope Urban VIII St. Elizabeth of Portugal was born in 1271. Elizabeth came from a very religious … [Read more...]
Stations of the Cross
Glory Be In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Act of Contrition O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I … [Read more...]
Seven Sacraments
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Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see … [Read more...]