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The Pope's Prayer Intentions for 2027, Month by Month
Pope Leo XIV's monthly prayer intentions for 2027, what each one means, and simple ways your family can pray them together all year.
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The Catholic Monthly Devotions: A Month-by-Month Guide
Every month of the Catholic year has a traditional devotion, from the Holy Name of Jesus in January to the Immaculate Conception in December. Here's a guide to all 12, with simple ways to live each...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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