ALMIGHTY AND EVER-LIVING GOD, increase the faith of those who place their hope in you, O God, and graciously hear the prayers of those who call on you, that we, who today hold high these branches to hail Christ in his triumph, may bear fruit for you by good works accomplished 🙏
Thank You Jesus!
Thank You for Your sacrifice.
Thank You for the gift of salvation.
Thank You Jesus for forgiving me every single time I fall.
Thank You for Your Love and Tenderness.
Mary showed complete trust in God by agreeing to be used as an instrument in his plan of salvation. She trusted him in spite of her nothingness because she knew he who is mighty could do great things in her and through her.
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Let me mingle tears with thee, mourning him who mourned for me, all the days that I may live.
By the Cross with thee to stay, there with thee to weep and pray, is all I ask of thee to give. - Sabat Mater Dolorsa 🙏🙏🙏
The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, He gave His Son to Mary for the world to receive Him from her.
Saint Augustine
same offering that Jesus made on the cross.” ~ St. Pio of Pietrelcina
“To participate in the Mass is to be at Calvary at the foot of the Cross.” ~ St. Teresa of Avila
“In the Mass, Jesus is as truly present as he was on the cross.” – ~ St. Pio of Pietrelcina
The Mass is not an Indie Rock concert.
Here are some quotes about the Holy Mass that makes it clear:
“The Mass is the unbloody renewal of the sacrifice of the cross.” ~St. Francis de Sales.
“The sacrifice of the Mass is the
This Sunday, March 22, we enter Passiontide, when sacred images are veiled in solemn silence, the Church clothed in mourning and surrender, as we contemplate Christ and the mystery of our salvation. ✝️
At the crossing of the Red Sea, there was no path ahead, only fear and uncertainty.
Yet God opened a way through the impossible and led His people to freedom.
In the same way, the Lord still acts beyond our understanding, doing far more than we ask or imagine.
At the wedding of Cana, the jars were first empty, then filled with ordinary water in obedience before the miracle was revealed.
In the spiritual life, the Lord calls us to empty ourselves through humility, repentance, and surrender, and to be filled with His Word.
Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved according to the rigour of Divine Justice, but might be saved with the help of her sweet mercy and powerful intercession.
~St. John Crysostom