LITANY of SPIRITUAL WARFARE

LITANY of SPIRITUAL WARFARE

+ In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. +

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

V.) O Lord Jesus Christ,
R.) for the sake of your Holy Name, hear us.

V.) O Lord Jesus Christ,
R.) we beseech You, graciously hear us.

God the Father, Maker of heaven and earth, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, divine Advocate, have mercy on us.
Most Holy Trinity, one God in Three Persons, have mercy on us.

From the spirit of fear…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of idolatry…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of confusion…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of distortion…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every deception and all lies…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of pornography…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of fornication…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of adultery…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of homosexuality…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of masturbation…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every impure and unholy thought…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of rape…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of incest…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every form of sexual violence…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of blasphemy…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of sacrilege…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every profanity and obscenity…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of suicide…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of assisted suicide…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of murder…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of abortion…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of euthanasia…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of artificial contraception…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of wrath…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of lust…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of gluttony…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of envy…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of pride…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of covetousness…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of slothfulness…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of ignorance…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of disobedience…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of self-righteousness…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Satanism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Witchcraft…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Voodoo…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Astrology…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Reiki…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Tarot Card reading…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Devil worship…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of pagan eastern meditation…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Divination…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Channeling…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Psychic Healing…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Spiritualism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Christ Consciousness…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Enlightenment…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Hypnotherapy…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Theosophy…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of pagan human sacrifice…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of unholy visions and dreams…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every abomination of the Occult…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every New Age spirituality and practice…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every form of paganism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every form of Godlessness…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of false prophets…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of false messiahs…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of false teachers…deliver us, O Jesus!
From every spirit of demonic possession…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the desire for and love of every form of worldly power …deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the desire for wealth and the love of money…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the desire for fame and the love of recognition…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the desire for honors and the love of exaltation…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the pride of life…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the lusts of the flesh…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the lusts of the eyes…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the enticements of the world, the flesh, and the Devil…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Consumerism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Humanism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Egoism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Individualism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Hedonism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Relativism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Materialism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Rationalism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Polytheism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of Nihilism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every form of excessive self-indulgence…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of bulimia…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of anorexia…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of over-eating…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every form of lack of self-control…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of atheism and disbelief…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of agnosticism and indecision…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every heresy and wrong belief…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of apostasy…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of schism…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of every demon-inspired mental illness…deliver us, O Jesus!
From the spirit of the Antichrist…deliver us, O Jesus!

V.) O Lord Jesus Christ,
R.) in Your loving mercy, hear our prayer.

V.) O Lord Jesus Christ,
R.) we beseech You: cover us with Your most Precious Blood.

Satan, also known as the Devil and Lucifer…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, full of empty promises…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, master of the glamour of evil…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, father of sin and prince of darkness…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, prince of the power of the air…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, murderer from the beginning…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, liar from the beginning…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, holder of the power of death…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, primordial enemy of the gift of life…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, ancient serpent in the Garden of Eden…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, deceptive angel of light…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, ancient deceiver of the whole world…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, ruin of the souls of men…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, ancient tempter of the human race…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, god and ruler of this world…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, prince of the kingdoms of this world…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, holder of the mark of the Beast…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, fallen like lightning from the sky…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, leader and source of the fall of the angels…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, ancient dragon of the underworld…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, whose end is eternal damnation…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, whose end is the eternal torments of Hell…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, whose end is the second death and lake of fire…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, whose end is the depths of the great Abyss…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, primordial enemy of the faith…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, cast out of heaven by the Archangel Michael…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, powerless against the Cross of the Lord…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, powerless against Christ, the even-stronger man…I renounce in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, crushed under the foot of the Savior…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, whose knee must bend at the name of Jesus…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, always subject to the power of Almighty God…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, condemned in the sight of God and of all creation…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, who flees from us at our resistance…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, powerless over the sinless Christ, the Son of God…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!
Satan, powerless over Mary, the Immaculate Conception…I renounce you in the name of Jesus Christ!

V.) O Lord Jesus Christ,
R.) save us from the power of our adversary, the Devil.

V.) O Lord Jesus Christ,
R.) keep us free from the snares of the Evil One.

By the strength of Your most holy Incarnation, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your mysterious hidden life, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your life-giving Baptism, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your holy miracles, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of your good and mighty deeds, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your preaching of the Gospel, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your most luminous Transfiguration, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of the institution of Your holy Church, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your institution of the Most Holy Eucharist, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your redeeming Passion, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your saving Crucifixion, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength (bow) of Your most solemn Death, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your most glorious Resurrection, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your most blessed Ascension, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of Your sending of the Holy Spirit, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of the preaching of Your holy Apostles, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of the good and mighty deeds of Your holy Apostles, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of the faith of Your holy Church, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of the good works of Your holy Church, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of the sacraments of Your holy Church, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of all the Holy Masses of Your holy Church, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!
By the strength of the intercession of all Your Saints and Angels, free us from evil, Lord Jesus!

Our Father…
Hail Mary…
Glory Be….

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord!

V.) Our help is in the Name of the Lord,
R.) Who made heaven and earth.

LET US PRAY:

Almighty and ever-living God, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, You offer to us the fullness of life in this world and the joy of eternal life forever in Your Kingdom. Through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and by the intercession of Mary, the Mother of God, and of all the Saints and Angels, may we know Your protection, in this life, from all the snares of the Devil. Help us to remain faithful to You, so that we may enjoy the glory of heaven in the life to come. Be always near us, protect us from all evil, grant us Your blessings, clothe us with the full Armor of God, and grant us continued strength and grace in our earthly battle against Satan and all the powers of darkness.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

AMEN.

SAVE YOUR CHILDREN

SAVE YOUR CHILDREN


DURING a cenacle in the United States, a Marian priest, Father Stephan Gobbi of Italy, was asked how parents could save their children who had been led astray or were in danger of being seduced by the allurements of the world and false religions, led like little lambs to the slaughter as it were.

He answered:

PRAY the Rosary
EVERY TIME you pray the Rosary say:
"I bind all my children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

Our Lady "will see to their souls."

Devotions and Prayers with Plenary Indulgences

This list is a convenient compilation of all the ways to obtain a plenary indulgence. Note that in addition to the described work, obtaining a plenary indulgence also has the following conditions :

• Sacramental confession. A single sacramental confession suffices for gaining several plenary indulgences; but Communion must be received and prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff must be recited for the gaining of each plenary indulgence.
• Eucharistic Communion.
• Prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. The condition of praying for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff is fully satisfied by reciting one Our Father and one Hail Mary; nevertheless, each one is free to recite any other prayer according to his piety and devotion.
• It is further required that all attachment to sin, even venial sin, be absent. If the latter disposition is in any way less than perfect or if the prescribed three conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence will be partial only, saving the provisions given in Norms 34 and 35.

A list of some acts, devotions and prayers that come with plenary indulgences:

1- Reading of the Sacred Scripture
A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who with the veneration due the divine word make a spiritual reading from Sacred Scripture.
A plenary indulgence is granted, if this reading is continued for at least one half an hour.

2 -Recitation of the  Holy Rosary

A plenary indulgence is granted, if the Rosary is recited in a church or public oratory or in a family group, a religious Community or pious Association; a partial indulgence is granted in other circumstances.

3- Exercise of the Way of the Cross

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who make the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross.
In the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross we recall anew the sufferings, which the divine Redeemer endured, while going from the praetorium of Pilate, where he was condemned to death, to the mount of Calvary, where he died on the cross for our salvation.
The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms:

1. The pious exercise must be made before stations of the Way of the Cross legitimately erected.
2. For the erection of the Way of the Cross fourteen crosses are required, to which it is customary to add fourteen pictures or images, which represent the stations of Jerusalem.
3. According to the more common practice, the pious exercise consists of fourteen pious readings, to which some vocal prayers are added. However, nothing more is required than a pious meditation on the Passion and Death of the Lord, which need not be a particular consideration of the individual mysteries of the stations.
4. A movement from one station to the next is required.

But if the pious exercise is made publicly and if it is not possible for all taking part to go in an orderly way from station to station, it suffices if at least the one conducting the exercise goes from station to station, the others remaining in their place.
Those who are "impeded" can gain the same indulgence, if they spend at least one half an hour in pious reading and meditation on the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

4- Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who visit the Most Blessed Sacrament to adore it; a plenary indulgence is granted, if the visit lasts for at least one half an hour.

   And more on Plenary Indulgences:

5- Papal Blessing

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously and devoutly receive, even by radio [or television] transmission, the Blessing of the Sovereign Pontiff, when imparted to Rome and the World.

6- Eucharistic Congress 

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who devoutly participate in the customary solemn eucharistic rite at the close of a Eucharistic Congress.

7- Diocesan Synod 

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who during the time of the diocesan Synod devoutly visit the church, in which the Synod is being held, and there recite one Our Father and the Creed.

8- Pastoral Visitation 

A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a church or a public or semipublic oratory during the time that a pastoral visitation is being held; but a plenary indulgence, to be gained once only, is granted, if during the time of the visitation they assist at a sacred function at which the Visitator presides.

Obtainable on special days:

9- January 1st :Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest (Veni, Creator)

Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
And in our souls take up your rest;
Come with your grace and heavenly aid
To fill the hearts which you have made.

O Comforter, to you we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
And sweet anointing from above.

You in your sevenfold gifts are known;
You, finger of God's hand we own;
You, promise of the Father, you
Who do the tongue with power imbue.

Kindle our senses from above,
And make our hearts o'erflow with love;
With patience firm and virtue high
The weakness of our flesh supply.

Far from us drive the foe we dread,
And grant us your peace instead;
So shall we not, with you for guide,
Turn from the path of life aside.

Oh, may your grace on us bestow
The Father and the Son to know;
And you, through endless times confessed,
Of both the eternal Spirit blest.

Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
With you, O holy Comforter,
Henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen.

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A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who devoutly recite the hymn Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest.
A plenary indulgence is granted, if the hymn is recited publicly on the 1st of January and on the feast of Pentecost.

10 - All Fridays of the Lent: Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus

Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before your face I humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech you to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment, while I contemplate with great love and tender pity your five wounds, pondering over them within me, calling to mind the words which David, your prophet, said of you, my good Jesus: "They have pierced my hands and my feet; they have numbered all my bones" (Ps 21, 17-18).

A plenary indulgence is granted on each Friday of Lent and Passiontide to the faithful, who after Communion piously recite the above prayer before an image of Christ crucified;
on other days of the year the indulgence is partial.

11- on Holy Thursday : Down in adoration falling (Tantum ergo)

Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.

To the everlasting Father,
And the Son who reigns on high,
With the Holy Spirit proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty. Amen.

V. You have given them bread from heaven,
R. Having all sweetness within it.

Let us pray. O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament left us a memorial of your Passion: grant, we implore you, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood, as always to be conscious of the fruit of your Redemption. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. (Roman Breviary)

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A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who devoutly recite the above strophes. But
a plenary indulgence is granted on

• Holy Thursday and on
• the feast of Corpus Christi,

if they are recited in a solemn manner.

12- on Good Friday: Adoration of the Cross

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who in the solemn liturgical action of Good Friday devoutly assist at the adoration of the Cross and kiss it.
On the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus:

13- on Feast of Sacred Heart of Jesus: Most sweet Jesus -- Act of Reparation

Most sweet Jesus, whose overflowing charity for men is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence and contempt, behold us prostrate before you, eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries to which your loving Heart is everywhere subject.
Mindful, alas! that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities, which we now deplore from the depths of our hearts, we humbly ask your pardon and declare our readiness to atone by voluntary expiation, not only for our own personal offenses, but also for the sins of those, who, straying far from the path of salvation, refuse in their obstinate infidelity to follow you, their Shepherd and Leader, or, renouncing the promises of their baptism, have cast off the sweet yoke of your law.
We are now resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage committed against you; we are now determined to make amends for the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in unbecoming dress and behavior, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violations of Sundays and holy-days, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against you and your Saints. We wish also to make amends for the insults to which your Vicar on earth and your priests are subjected, for the profanation, by conscious neglect or terrible acts of sacrilege, of the very Sacrament of your divine love, and lastly for the public crimes of nations who resist the rights and teaching authority of the Church which you have founded.
Would that we were able to wash away such abominations with our blood. We now offer, in reparation for these violations of your divine honor, the satisfaction you once made to your Eternal Father on the cross and which you continue to renew daily on our altars; we offer it in union with the acts of atonement of your Virgin Mother and all the Saints and of the pious faithful on earth; and we sincerely promise to make recompense, as far as we can with the help of your grace, for all neglect of your great love and for the sins we and others have committed in the past. Henceforth, we will live a life of unswerving faith, of purity of conduct, of perfect observance of the precepts of the Gospel and especially that of charity. We promise to the best of our power to prevent others from offending you and to bring as many as possible to follow you.
O loving Jesus, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother, our model in reparation, deign to receive the voluntary offering we make of this act of expiation; and by the crowning gift of perseverance keep us faithful unto death in our duty and the allegiance we owe to you, so that we may all one day come to that happy home, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, God, forever and ever. Amen.

A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the above act of reparation.
A plenary indulgence is granted if it is publicly recited on he feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

14 - Visit to a Cemetery each day from 1st to 8th of November

An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed.
The indulgence is plenary each day from the 1st to the 8th of November; on other days of the year it is partial.

15- Visit to a Church or Oratory on All Souls Day

A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who on the day dedicated to the Commemoration of all the faithful departed, piously visit a church, a public oratory or -- for those entitled to use it -- a semipublic oratory.
The above indulgence can be acquired either on the day designated above or, with the consent of the Ordinary, on the preceding or following Sunday or the feast of All Saints.
The above indulgence is contained in the Apostolic Constitution The Doctrine of Indulgences, Norm 15, with account being taken of proposals made to the Sacred Penitentiary in the meantime.

16- on last day of the year: The Te Deum (Te Deum)

O God, we praise you, and acknowledge you to be the supreme Lord.
Everlasting Father, all the earth worships you.
All the Angels, the heavens and all angelic powers,
All the Cherubim and Seraphim, continuously cry to you:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir of the Apostles,
The wonderful company of Prophets,
The white-robed army of Martyrs, praise you.
Holy Church throughout the world acknowledges you:
The Father of infinite Majesty;
Your adorable, true and only Son;
Also the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
O Christ, you are the King of glory!
You are the everlasting Son of the Father.
When you took it upon yourself to deliver man,
You did not disdain the Virgin's womb.
Having overcome the sting of death,
you opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
You sit at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father.
We believe that you will come to be our Judge.
We, therefore, beg you to help your servants whom you have
redeemed with your Precious Blood.
Let them be numbered with your Saints in everlasting glory.
Save your people, O Lord, and bless your inheritance!
Govern them, and raise them up forever.
Every day we thank you.
And we praise your Name forever; yes, forever and ever.
O Lord, deign to keep us from sin this day.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, for we have hoped in you.
O Lord, in you I have put my trust; let me never be put to shame.

A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who recite the Te Deum in thanksgiving.
But a plenary indulgence is granted, if the hymn is recited publicly on the last day of the year.

17- Visit to a Church or an Altar on the day of its consecration

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who visit a church or an altar on the day itself of its consecration, and there recite one Our Father and the Creed.

Devotions and Prayers with Partial Indulgences

 Hidden God (Adoro te devote)

(A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who recite devoutly the above hymn).

Hidden God, devoutly I adore you,
Truly present underneath these veils:
All my heart subdues itself before you,
Since it all before you faints and fails.

Not to sight, or taste, or touch be credit,
Hearing only do we trust secure;
I believe, for God the Son has said it --
Word of Truth that ever shall endure.

On the cross was veiled your Godhead's splendor,
Here your manhood lies hidden too;
Unto both alike my faith I render,
And, as sued the contrite thief, I sue.

Though I look not on your wounds with Thomas,
You, my Lord, and you, my God, I call:
Make me more and more believe your promise,
Hope in you, and love you over all.

O memorial of my Savior dying,
Living Bread, that gives life to man;
Make my soul, its life from you supplying,
Taste your sweetness, as on earth it can.

Deign, O Jesus, Pelican of heaven,
Me, a sinner, in your Blood to lave,
To a single drop of which is given
All the world from all its sin to save.

Contemplating, Lord, your hidden presence,
Grant me what I thirst for and implore,
In the revelation of your essence
To behold your glory evermore.

Act of Spiritual Communion (Communionis spiritualis actus)

An Act of Spiritual Communion, according to any pious formula, is enriched with a partial indulgence.

An Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I long for you in my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though you have already come, I embrace you and unite myself entirely to you; never permit me to be separated from you.

Magnificat (Magnificat)

(A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the canticle of the Magnificat.)

My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;
Because he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaid;
for, behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed;

Because he who is mighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his name;
And his mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear him.

He has shown might with his arm,
he has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and has exalted the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has given help to Israel, his servant,
mindful of his mercy --
Even as he spoke to our fathers --

to Abraham and to his posterity forever.

Hail, Holy Queen (Salve, Regina)

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy; hail our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. (Roman Breviary) partial indulgence

Exercise of the Way of the Cross (Viae Crucis exercitium)

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who make the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross.
In the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross we recall anew the sufferings, which the divine Redeemer endured, while going from the praetorium of Pilate, where he was condemned to death, to the mount of Calvary, where he died on the cross for our salvation.
The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms:

1. The pious exercise must be made before stations of the Way of the Cross legitimately erected.
2. For the erection of the Way of the Cross fourteen crosses are required, to which it is customary to add fourteen pictures or images, which represent the stations of Jerusalem.
3. According to the more common practice, the pious exercise consists of fourteen pious readings, to which some vocal prayers are added. However, nothing more is required than a pious meditation on the Passion and Death of the Lord, which need not be a particular consideration of the individual mysteries of the stations.
4. A movement from one station to the next is required.

But if the pious exercise is made publicly and if it is not possible for all taking part to go in an orderly way from station to station, it suffices if at least the one conducting the exercise goes from station to station, the others remaining in their place.
Those who are "impeded" can gain the same indulgence, if they spend at least one half an hour in pious reading and meditation on the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For those belonging to Oriental rites, amongst whom this pious exercise is not practiced, the respective Patriarchs can determine some other pious exercise in memory of the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ for the gaining of this indulgence.

The Stations of the Cross

1. Jesus is condemned to death

2. Jesus bears his cross

3. Jesus falls the first time

4. Jesus meets his mother

5. Jesus is helped by Simon

6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

7. Jesus falls a second time

8. Jesus speaks to the women

9. Jesus falls a third time

10. Jesus is stripped of his garments

11. Jesus is nailed to the Cross

12. Jesus dies on the Cross

13. Jesus is taken down from the Cross

14. Jesus is placed in the tomb

Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff (Oremus pro Pontifice)

V. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff N.

R. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. (Roman Breviary)

partial indulgence. 

Eternal Rest (Requiem aeternam)

Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. (Roman Breviary) partial indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory. 

Renewal of Baptismal Promises (Votorum baptismalium renovatio)

A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who renew their baptismal promises according to formula in use ; but
a plenary indulgence is granted, if this is done

• in the celebration of the Paschal Vigil or
• on the anniversary of one's baptism.

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Renewal of Baptismal Promises

I, N. N., who through the tender mercy of the Eternal Father was privileged to be baptized "in the name of the Lord Jesus" (Acts 19, 5) and thus to share in the dignity of his divine Sonship, wish now in the presence of this same loving Father and of his only-begotten Son to renew in all sincerity the promises I solemnly made at the time of my holy Baptism.

I, therefore, now do once again renounce Satan; I renounce all his works; I renounce all his allurements.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born into this world and who suffered and died for my sins and rose again. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.

Having been buried with Christ unto death and raised up with him unto a new life, I promise to live no longer for myself or for that world which is the enemy of God but for him who died for me and rose again, serving God, my heavenly Father, faithfully and unto death in the holy Catholic Church.

Taught by our Savior's command and formed by the word of God, I now dare to say:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Come, Holy Ghost (Veni, Sancte Spiritus)

Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. (Roman Missal)
partial indulgence. 

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest (Veni, Creator) 

(A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who devoutly recite the hymn Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest.A plenary indulgence is granted, if the hymn is recited publicly on the 1st of January and on the feast of Pentecost.)

Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
And in our souls take up your rest;
Come with your grace and heavenly aid
To fill the hearts which you have made.

O Comforter, to you we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
And sweet anointing from above.

You in your sevenfold gifts are known;
You, finger of God's hand we own;
You, promise of the Father, you
Who do the tongue with power imbue.

Kindle our senses from above,
And make our hearts o'erflow with love;
With patience firm and virtue high
The weakness of our flesh supply.

Far from us drive the foe we dread,
And grant us your peace instead;
So shall we not, with you for guide,
Turn from the path of life aside.

Oh, may your grace on us bestow
The Father and the Son to know;
And you, through endless times confessed,
Of both the eternal Spirit blest.

Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
With you, O holy Comforter,
Henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen.

Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Adoratio Sami Sacramenti)

A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who visit the Most Blessed Sacrament to adore it; a plenary indulgence is granted, if the visit lasts for at least one half an hour.

Down in adoration falling (Tantum ergo) 

(A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who devoutly recite the above strophes. But
a plenary indulgence is granted on Holy Thursday and on the feast of Corpus Christi.)

Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.

To the everlasting Father,
And the Son who reigns on high,
With the Holy Spirit proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty. Amen.

V. You have given them bread from heaven,
R. Having all sweetness within it.

Let us pray. O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament left us a memorial of your Passion: grant, we implore you, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood, as always to be conscious of the fruit of your Redemption. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. (Roman Breviary)

Recitation of the Holy Rosary 

A plenary indulgence is granted, if the Rosary is recited in a church or public oratory or in a family group, a religious Community or pious Association; a partial indulgence is granted in other circumstances.

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"Now the Rosary is a certain formula of prayer, which is made up of fifteen decades of "Hail Marys" with an "Our Father" before each decade, and in which the recitation of each decade is accompanied by pious meditation on a particular mystery of our Redemption." (Roman Breviary)
The name "Rosary," however, is commonly used in reference to only a third part of the fifteen decades.
The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms:

1. The recitation of a third part only of the Rosary suffices; but the five decades must be recited continuously.
2. The vocal recitation must be accompanied by pious meditation on the mysteries.
3. In public recitation the mysteries must be announced in the manner customary in the place; for private recitation, however, it suffices if the vocal recitation is accompanied by meditation on the mysteries.
4. For those belonging to the Oriental rites, amongst whom this devotion is not practiced, the Patriarchs can determine some other prayers in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary (for those of the Byzantine rite, for example, the Hymn "Akathistos" or the Office "Paraclisis"); to the prayers thus determined are accorded the same indulgences as for the Rosary

Have mercy on me (Miserere)

A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who with repentant heart recite the psalm Have mercy on me (Ps 50). 

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.

For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
"Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight,"

That you may be justified in your sentence,
vindicated when you condemn.
Indeed, in guilt was I born,
and in sin my mother conceived me;

Behold, you are pleased with sincerity of heart,
and in my inmost being you teach me wisdom.
Cleanse me of sin with hyssop, that I may be purified;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness;
the bones you have crushed shall rejoice.
Turn away your face from my sins,
and blot out all my guilt.

A clean heart create for me, O God, a
nd a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your holy spirit take not from me.

Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners shall return to you.

Free me from blood guilt, O Lord, my saving God;
then my tongue shall revel in your justice.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
should I offer a holocaust, you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

Be bountiful, O Lord, to Sion in your kindness
by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem;
Then shall you be pleased with due sacrifices,
burnt offerings and holocausts; then shall they offer up bullocks on your altar.

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Morning Offering

Morning Offering

BASED ON THREE REVELATIONS OF OUR LORD
To St. Mechtilde and Two Mystics
DEAR LORD, I adore Thy Sacred Heart, which I desire to enter with acts of love, praise, adoration, and thanksgiving. I offer Thee my own heart as I sigh to Thee from its very depths, asking that Thou will worketh through me in all that I do this day; thus may I draw Thee closer to me than Thou wert before. I offer Thee all the crosses and sufferings of the world, in union with Thy life on earth, in expiation for sins. Please join my every action and heartbeat to the pulsations of Thy Heart. I unite all my works of this day to those labors Thou didst perform while Thou wert on earth, bathing them in Thy Precious Blood, and I offer them to the Heavenly Father so that many souls may be saved. Amen.
This prayer is based on the following revelations:

"When you awake, enter at once into My Heart, and when you are in it, offer My Father all your actions united to the pulsations of My Heart . . . If [a person is] engaged in work of no value in itself, if she bathes it in My Blood or unites it to the work I Myself did during My mortal life, it will greatly profit souls . . . more, perhaps, than if she had preached to the whole world. You will be able to save many souls that way."

-------Our Lord to Sr. Josefa Menendez [1890-1923]

"When you awake in the morning, let your first act be to salute My Heart, and to offer Me your own . . . Whoever shall breathe a sigh toward Me from the bottom of his heart when he awakes in the morning and shall ask Me to work all his works in him throughout the day, will draw Me to him . . . For never does a man breathe a sigh of longing aspiration toward Me without drawing Me nearer to him than I was before."

-------Our Lord to St. Mechtilde [1241-1298]

"It is not merely by praying that souls are saved, but through the actions of even the most ordinary lives lived for God . . . Offer Me everything united to My life on earth.
. . . Offer Me all the crosses of the world. There are so many, and few think of offering them to Me in expiation for sins . . ."

-------Our Lord to Gabrielle Bossis [1874-1950]

Act of Consecration to the
Most Precious Blood
Blood of Jesus, inebriate me! O Jesus, my Beloved Savior, ever present in the Tabernacle, to be the strength, the joy and the food of souls, I come to consecrate myself to Thy Precious Blood, and to pledge Thee my sincere love and fidelity. Pierced with sorrow at the remembrance of Thy sufferings, the contemplation of the Cross, and the thought of the outrages and contempt lavished by ungrateful souls upon Thy dear Blood, I long, O my Jesus, to bring joy to Thy Heart, and to make Thee forget my sins, and those of the whole world, by consecrating my body and soul to Thy service. I desire, my Jesus, to live henceforth, only by Thy Blood and for Thy Blood. I now choose It as my greatest treasure and the dearest object of my love.
O merciful Redeemer, deign to regard me as a perpetual adorer of Thy Most Precious Blood, and be pleased to accept my prayers, my deeds and my sacrifices, as so many acts of reparation and love.
Heavenly Wine, giver of purity and strength, pour down upon my soul. Make of my heart a living chalice from which grace shall constantly flow on those that love Thee, and especially on poor sinners that offend Thee. Teach me to honor Thee and to make Thee honored by others. Give me power to draw to Thee cold and hardened hearts, that they may feel how infinitely Thy consolations surpass those of the world.
O Blood of my Crucified Savior, detach me from the world, and the spirit of the world. Make me love suffering and sacrifice, after the example of St. Catherine of Sienna, who loved Thee so much [and whom I choose again today as my special patroness].
O Precious Blood, be my strength amid the trials and struggles of exile. Grant that at the hour of death I may be able to bless Thee for having been the comfort and the sanctification of my soul, before becoming, in Heaven, the everlasting object of my love and praise.
Saints of God, who owe thy happiness to the Blood of Jesus; Angelic spirits, who sing Its glory and power, august Virgin, who to It owest the privileges of thine Immaculate Conception and Divine Maternity, help me to pay to the Precious Blood of my Redeemer a perpetual homage of adoration, reparation and thanksgiving.
Amen.