Prayers

A prayer by Pope Francis for Good Friday

A prayer by Pope Francis for Good Friday: O Cross of Christ, symbol of divine love and of human injustice, icon of the supreme sacrifice for love & of boundless selfishness even unto madness, i...

How to Pray the Surrender Novena

With big questions on my heart and too much worrying, I am turning back to this trusty old prayer of mine - the Surrender Novena. As I was beginning to pray it, a sequence of prayers said for nine ...

How to Pray Our Lady of Sorrows Devotion

This month, we encourage you to pray the devotion of Our Lady of Sorrows with us! This powerful prayer cultivates the virtue of compassion through identifying with Mary’s suffering and empathizes w...

A Prayer For Mothers

I am sitting here at my desk looking at a picture of my daughter sitting next to the last painting I completed back in 2020 of Mary. Frances was a baby then. It was done over weeks and weeks instea...

How to Pray a novena to Our Lady of Fatima

The feast day of Our Lady of Fatima is on May 13th - the day that she appeared to the shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. 9 days prior to her feast day, we pray the novena to Our Lady of Fatim...

The Surrender Novena

The Surrender Novena is my FAVORITE novena. Every time I pray it, I feel so much lighter. ⁠  Surrender is a holy practice.⁠ ⁠   The Surrender Novena is a prayer that...

How To Pray The Rosary

The Rosary is one of my favorite prayers. When I am feeling in the depths of despair or don't know what to pray, the Rosary fills me with peace. The Rosary is a medi...

Canticle of the Creatures by St. Francis of Assisi

Feast day: October 4 Patron saint of: Animals, Ecology, Archaeologists, Italy, Merchants, Messengers, Metal Workers canticle of the creatures Also known as: Canticle of the Sun ...

How to Pray a Nature Rosary

Yesterday I was thinking about fun ways to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. I was looking at fun ideas of making a r...

The Our Lady of Fatima Novena

The 100th anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima was in 2017 and I figured it was as good a time as any to pray a novena asking for my greatest desire - a spouse. I will preface this b...