O, my God, grant me five graces!

"If you can not soar up as high as Christ sitting on His throne,

behold Him hanging on His cross. Rest in Christ's Passion and live

willingly in His holy wounds." ~ Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ

 

Angels Bearing Instruments of the Passion (detail from altarpiece) ~ Rogier van der Weyden (+1464)

 

 

"Oh, my God, through the precious Blood of Jesus

and His five wounds, 

grant me today five graces:  

the conversion of a sinner, 

the conversion of an unbeliever, 

the salvation of someone 

dying in peril of everlasting death; 

a vocation to the priesthood 

or to the religious life; 

 and, for some new soul, the grace 

of entering into 

and savoring the mystery of the Eucharist."

 

Prayer of Elisabeth Leseur (+1914)

 

 

 

 

Let us especially be mindful of and in prayer for the thousands of

Catechumens and Candidates who will fully enter the

Catholic Church and her sacramental life during the Easter Vigil.

John 10:10

 

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