Recite this beautiful prayer to honor the Blessed Mother in celebration of the liturgical feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16, and to implore the Blessed Virgin of Carmel to aid us in our necessity. The devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is not only rooted …
Saint Paul the Apostle, in his letter to the Philippians (4:6-7), tells us to “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God” so that “the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds …
The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord on this day, March 25. The account of the Annunciation is found in the Gospel of Saint Luke In the Bible (1:26-38)—in Nazareth, Archangel Gabriel visits a virgin, exalts her in salutation, and announces to her that she is …
Saint Peter Damian, born in Ravenna, Italy, was a Benedictine monk and a Cardinal Bishop of Ostia. He was a known reformer of his time, and a writer of various treatises on Church doctrines, letters, prayers, and other religious texts. In 1828, he was declared a Doctor of the Church. …
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