TRADITIONAL PRAYERS

 Oración a la Santísima Trinidad   ORACIÓN A LA SANTÍSIMA TRINIDAD Creo en Ti, Dios Padre, Creo en Ti, Dios Hijo, Creo en Ti, Dios Espíritu Santo, pero aumentad mi fe. Espero en Ti, Dios Padre, Espero en Ti, Dios Hijo, Espero en Ti Dios Espíritu Santo, pero aumentad mi esperanza. Te amo Dios Padre, Te amo Dios Hijo, mi Señor Jesucristo, Dios y hombre verdadero, Te amo Dios Espíritu Santo, pero aumentad mi amor y mi caridad. Gloria al Padre, Gloria al Hijo, Gloria al Espíritu Santo, Gloria a la Santísima e indivisa Trinidad, como era en el principio, ahora y siempre, por todos los siglos de los siglos. Amen. Padre omnipotente, ayuda mi fragilidad y sácame del abismo de mi miseria. Sabiduría del Hijo, endereza todos mis pensamientos, palabras y obras de este día. Amor del Espíritu Santo, sé el principio de todas las obras de mi alma, para que sean siempre conformes con la Voluntad del Padre. A Ti, Padre Ingénito, A Ti, Hijo Unigénito, A Ti, Espíritu de Santidad, Un solo Dios en ...

  Little Chaplet and Prayers in Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus V. Incline unto mine aid, O God. R. O Lord, make haste to help me. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. I. M y most loving Jesus, when I ponder over Thy most Sacred Heart, all tenderness and sweetness for sinners, then doth my own heart rejoice, and I am filled with the hope of Thy kind welcome. But, alas, how many and how great are my sins! With Peter and with Magdalene I bewail and abhor them because they are an offense to Thee, my Sovereign Good. Oh! grant me pardon for them all. I pray Thy Sacred Heart that I may rather die than offend Thee again, and may I live alone to love Thee. Our Father (once). Glory be to the Father, etc. (five times). Sweet Heart of Jesus, I implore, That I may love Thee more and more. II. M y Jesus, I bless Thy most humble Heart; and I give thanks unto Thee Who in making it my...

  M y most loving Jesus, when I ponder over thy most Sacred Heart, all tenderness and sweetness for sinners, then doth my heart rejoice, and I am filled with hope of thy kind welcome. But, ah me, my sins! how many and how great! With Peter and with Magdalen, I bewail and abhor them, because they are an offence to Thee, my Sovereign Good. Oh, grant me pardon for them all. I pray thy Sacred Heart that I may rather die than offend Thee again, and may live only to love Thee.    M y Jesus, I bless thy most humble Heart; and I give thanks unto Thee, who in making It my model dost urge me with strong pleadings to imitate It, and also, at the cost of so many humiliations, dost vouchsafe thyself to point out and smooth for me the way to follow Thee. Fool and ungrateful that I am, how have I wandered far away from Thee! Pardon me, my Jesus! Take away from me all hateful pride and ambition, that with lowly heart I may follow Thee, my Jesus, amidst humiliations, and so gain peace and...

  Divine Heart of Jesus, we pray Thee, also, for the children of the whole world: guard the cradle of tho new-born, the school of children, the vocation of youth; be Thou Thyself the support of poor children and a father to orphans. But, most of all, O Jesus, Thou fulness of mercy and of love, we beseech Thee to aid us in the hour of death; then, more closely than ever before, unite us to Thy Divine Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Thy gracious Mother; be our shelter and our refuge, and our resting-place; and when, one after the other, we shall have fallen asleep in Thy blessed bosom, O Jesus, may each of us in Paradise find again all this family unbroken in Thy Sacred Heart.

  O  Mary, Mother of my Saviour, chosen before all ages to crush the head of the infernal serpent, how can there have been men capable of insulting thy name, thy images, and thy glorious privileges, and even of abolishing all devotion to thee! How can there ever have been hearts so unnatural as to despise and hate thee, who so fully deservest the utmost respect, and the most tender affection of angels and of men! Prostrate at thy feet my august Queen, I grieve for such insults, which have afflicted thy heart; and to this heart therefore I offer my atonement. Accept, O Mary, this act of reparation; I wish to feel for thee all the respect, love, and gratitude, which are so justly due to thee; I offer thee my homage, my praise, and my grief, regretting that I cannot by these sentiments make reparation for the contempt, hatred, and blasphemies of thy enemies. Amen 

  H oly Mary, Mother of God, and my Mother, I commend myself, body and soul, into thy holy keeping, this day, and every day of my life, and especially at the hour of my death: to thee I commit all my hopes and consolations, all my trials and sorrows, my life and my death, that, through thy holy merits and intercession, all my actions may be directed and disposed according to the most holy Will of thy Divine Son. Amen .

  O   Immaculate heart of Mary, I have nothing in myself to offer thee that is worthy of thee; but what thanks ought I not to pay thee for all the favors which thou hast obtained for me from the Heart of Jesus! What reparation ought I not to make thee for all my tepidity in thy service! I desire to return thee love for love; the only good that I possess is the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which thou thyself hast given me. I offer thee this treasure of infinite price; I cannot do more, and thou dost not deserve less at my hands; but, receiving from me this gift most precious in thy sight, be pleased, I beseech thee, to accept my heart, which I here offer to thee, and I shall be forever blessed. Amen.

  St. Augustine's Sighs for Heaven T he heart pants after the fountain of water, so my soul pants after the strong living God. When shall I come and appear before the face of my God? O  Fountain of life, Source of living waters, when shall I pass from this desert, this pathless barren land, to the waters of Your sweetness, to gaze upon Your beauty and glory, and to slake my soul's thirst at the gushing streams of Your love! O when shall I come and appear before Your face? O bright and glorious day that knows no evening, whose sun shall never set, in which shall be heard the voice of praise, the voice of joy and thanksgiving, Your voice, O God, saying unto me: "Enter into the joy of the Lord!" Enter into joy everlasting, into tranquil joy, into ecstatic happiness, into a blissful eternity, into the house of the Lord, your God, where are things great and unsearchable, wonderful things without number.  E nter into joy wherein there is no sorrow, naught but untroubled gla...

  W e humbly supplicate and beseech thee, O thrice blessed Augustine, that thou wouldst be mindful of us poor sinners this day, daily, and at the hour of our death, that by thy merits and prayers we may be delivered from all evils, as well of soul as body, and daily increase in virtue and good works; obtain for us that we may know our God and know ourselves, that in His mercy He may cause us to love Him above all things in life and death; impart to us, we beseech thee, some share of that love with which thou so ardently glow, that our hearts being all inflamed with this divine love, happily depart- ing out of this mortal pilgrimage, we may deserve to praise with thee the loving heart of Jesus for a never ending eternity.    Amen.

     L ord Jesus, let me know myself and know Thee, A nd desire nothing save only Thee. L et me hate myself and love Thee. L et me do everything for the sake of Thee. L et me humble myself and exalt Thee. L et me think nothing except Thee. L et me die to myself and live in Thee. L et me accept whatever happens as from Thee. L et me banish self and follow Thee, A nd ever desire to follow Thee. L et me fly from myself and take refuge in Thee, T hat I may deserve to be defended by Thee. L et me fear for myself, let me fear Thee, A nd let me be among those who are chosen by Thee. L et me distrust myself and put my trust in Thee. L et me be willing to obey for the sake of Thee. L et me cling to nothing save only to Thee, A nd let me be poor because of Thee. L ook upon me, that I may love Thee. C all me that I may see Thee, A nd for ever enjoy Thee.    Amen.

  A Prayer Composed by St. Augustine, and Recommended to the Devotion of all Catholics by Urban VIII B efore thy eyes, O Lord, we bring our sins, and with them compare the stripes we have received. If we weigh the evil we have done, we find what we suffer to be much less than what we deserve. "What we have committed far outweighs what we endure. We feel the punishment of sin, and yet we turn not from our willfulness in sinning. Our weakness faints under Thy scourges; but our perverseness is still the same. Our diseased mind is racked with pain, and our neck is as stiff as ever. Our life is spent in sighs and grief; but in our actions we are not reformed. If Thou expect our amendment, we grow no better; if Thou take revenge, we are not able to subsist. When we are chastised, we acknowledge what we have done; but when thy visitation is over, we forget what we have wept for. If Thou stretch out Thy hand, we promise duty; if Thou suspend Thy sword, we keep not our promise. If Thou str...

  Devoción Siempre los cristianos han aprendido de la Virgen a mejor amar a Jesucristo. La devoción a los Siete Dolores de la Virgen María se desarrolló por diversas revelaciones privadas. La Virgen comunicó a  Santa Brígida de Suecia  (1303-1373): "Miro a todos los que viven en el mundo para ver si hay quien se compadezca de Mí y medite mi dolor, mas hallo poquísimos que piensen en mi tribulación y padecimientos. Por eso tú, hija mía, no te olvides de Mí que soy olvidada y menospreciada por muchos. Mira mi dolor e imítame en lo que pudieres. Considera mis angustias y mis lágrimas y duélete de que sean tan pocos los amigos de Dios." Nuestra Señora prometió que concedería siete gracias a aquellas almas que la honren y acompañen diariamente, rezando siete Ave Marías mientras meditan en sus lágrimas y dolores: 1. "Yo concederé la paz a sus familias." 2. "Serán iluminadas en cuanto a los divinos Misterios." 3. "Yo las consolaré en sus penas y las acompaña...

PRIMER DOLOR Y GOZO Glorioso San José, por el dolor y el gozo que viviste en el misterio de la encarnación del Hijo de Dios en el seno de nuestra Santa Madre la Virgen María. Obtiene para nosotros la gracia de la confianza en Dios (hacer una breve pausa para meditar) Rezar un Padre nuestro, Ave María y Gloria SEGUNDO DOLOR Y GOZO Glorioso San José, por el dolor que experimentaste al ver nacer al Niño Jesús en tanta pobreza y por el gozo que sentiste al ver como lo adoraban los ángeles. Obtén para nosotros la gracia de acercarnos a la santa comunión con fe, humildad y amor.(Hacer una breve meditación). Rezar un Padre nuestro, Ave María y Gloria TERCER DOLOR Y GOZO Glorioso San José, por el dolor que experimentaste al circuncidar al Divino Niño y por el gozo que sentiste al ponerle el nombre de Jesús, ordenado por el ángel. Obtén para nosotros la gracia de quitar del corazón todo aquello que no es bueno frente a los ojos de Dios. (Breve pausa para meditar) Rezar un Padre nuestro...