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This prayer is said at the conclusion of the Liturgy of the Word or Mass of the Catechumens (the older term). The General Instruction of the Roman Missal states: . In the General Intercessions or the Prayer of the Faithful, the people respond in a certain way to the word of God which they have welcomed in faith and, exercising the office of their baptismal priesthood, offer prayers to God for ...
A religious processional banner from the Holy House of Mercy in Lisbon (1784) depicting the Virgin of Mercy; the first verse of the hymn is displayed below.. Sub Tuum Præsidium (Ancient Greek: Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν; English: Under your Protection) is an ancient Christian hymn and prayer dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Prayer in the Catholic Church is "the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." [1] It is an act of the moral virtue of religion, which Catholic theologians identify as a part of the cardinal virtue of justice.
On 29 September 2018, Pope Francis asked Catholics everywhere to pray the Rosary each day during the following month of October and to conclude it with the ancient prayer "Sub tuum praesidium" and the Leonine prayer to Saint Michael. He asked them "to pray that the Holy Mother of God place the Church beneath her protective mantle: to preserve ...
However, according to the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, the chaplet should not be prayed the same way as an ordinary rosary: the decades should not be interspersed with meditations, intentions or any other prayers. Any intentions or texts are to be meditated upon at the beginning so that the entire prayer is said the way ...
A Healing Prayer for a Friend. ... A Prayer for Protection. Dear God, Please keep my family, friends, and loved ones safe. Please watch over them always, and let good health, happiness, and good ...
Catholic doctrine supports intercessory prayer to saints. This practice is an application of the doctrine of the Communion of saints . Some of the early basis for this was the belief that martyrs passed immediately into the presence of God and could obtain graces and blessings for others, which naturally and immediately led to their direct ...
The morning offering has been an old practice in the Church but it started to spread largely through the Apostleship of Prayer, started by Fr. Francis X. Gautrelet, S.J., and especially through the book written by another Jesuit, Fr. Henri Ramière, S.J., who in 1861 adapted the Apostleship of Prayer for parishes and various Catholic institutions, and made it known by his book "The Apostleship ...