St. Philip Neri, Light of Holy Joy, pray for us

One of my favorite spiritual writers, Philip Kosloski, has a great prayer to Saint Philip Neri here: 

Want to Be More Joyful? Pray this Prayer to St. Philip Neri

Check out Philip's website! 

Refreshment for Our Souls (originally posted 11/8/11)

Originally posted 11/8/11:

One of the many things I love about our Catholic faith is the beauty of the liturgical year and various liturgical seasons and special monthly devotions providing a prayerful rhythm for our daily lives. November is a month we especially remember our beloved dead. This past week was the first time I had ever offered special prayers during the first week of November for our beloved souls in purgatory. Our Lord revealed to St. Gertrude:

"I accept with highest pleasure what is offered to Me for the poor souls, for I long inexpressibly to have near Me those for whom I paid so great a price. By the prayers of thy loving soul, I am induced to free a prisoner from purgatory as often as thou dost move thy tongue to utter a word of prayer!"

Four centuries before devotion of Our Lord's Most Sacred Heart was given to the world, Our Lord revealed to St. Gertrude His adorable Heart,

"at one time as a treasury in which all riches are contained; at another time as a harp which is played upon by the Holy Spirit, the sweetness of whose tones ravished the Blessed Trinity and all the heavenly court. Once it was represented to her as a fountain, the delicious and plentiful waters of which refresh the souls in purgatory, strengthen and enrich the just on earth, and fill the blessed in heaven with inebriating delights."

I love the way He revealed His Sacred Heart to St. Gertrude, with the imagery of the fountain providing for the Church Suffering, Church Militant, and Church Triumphant. We are all one Body and what a beautiful gift we have to offer prayers through Christ for one another. It was a blessing to be able to pray with you, and with Our Lady, in a special way last week for indulgences for our beloved souls.


UPDATE: Remember Me is a beautiful remembrance book available for purchase here. Here is a description from the website:

Remember Me is a family heirloom that is sure to be used again and again. It serves as a constant reminder to pray for loved ones who have gone before you. It is our hope that Remember Me will become a focal point of prayer for you and your family each and every month. As you use it, you will be filled with comfort and special memories — so that the souls of our faithful departed will live on and never be forgotten.

Prayer Request for Amelia

Please pray for Amelia and her family.  Amelia has been denied transplant (I think kidney transplant as her parents were meeting with nephrology department) by the transplant team at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia apparently because she is "mentally retarded".  This is heartbreaking.  Please pray for her doctors as well.  She has been diagnosed with Wolf Hirscchorn Syndrome.  You can read her story here.  This is unbelievable.  Thank you Daily Grace for posting it at your site.

UPDATE:  Here is the Lifenews article about this: 

Parents:  Mentally Disabled Daughter Denied Kidney Transplant

And I also put quotes around the term "mentally retarded" because that is the term that was used on Amelia's paperwork, according to the original heartbreaking post by her mom here.  Please continue to pray for Amelia, her family, and her doctors. 


Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
St. Philomena, pray for us.
St. Jude, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Refreshment for Our Souls

One of the many things I love about our Catholic faith is the beauty of the liturgical year and various liturgical seasons and special monthly devotions providing a prayerful rhythm for our daily lives. November is a month we especially remember our beloved dead. This past week was the first time I had ever offered special prayers during the first week of November for our beloved souls in purgatory. Our Lord revealed to St. Gertrude:

"I accept with highest pleasure what is offered to Me for the poor souls, for I long inexpressibly to have near Me those for whom I paid so great a price. By the prayers of thy loving soul, I am induced to free a prisoner from purgatory as often as thou dost move thy tongue to utter a word of prayer!"

Four centuries before devotion of Our Lord's Most Sacred Heart was given to the world, Our Lord revealed to St. Gertrude His adorable Heart,

"at one time as a treasury in which all riches are contained; at another time as a harp which is played upon by the Holy Spirit, the sweetness of whose tones ravished the Blessed Trinity and all the heavenly court. Once it was represented to her as a fountain, the delicious and plentiful waters of which refresh the souls in purgatory, strengthen and enrich the just on earth, and fill the blessed in heaven with inebriating delights."

I love the way He revealed His Sacred Heart to St. Gertrude, with the imagery of the fountain providing for the Church Suffering, Church Militant, and Church Triumphant. We are all one Body and what a beautiful gift we have to offer prayers through Christ for one another. It was a blessing to be able to pray with you, and with Our Lady, in a special way last week for indulgences for our beloved souls.


UPDATE: Remember Me is a beautiful remembrance book available for purchase here. Here is a description from the website:

Remember Me is a family heirloom that is sure to be used again and again. It serves as a constant reminder to pray for loved ones who have gone before you. It is our hope that Remember Me will become a focal point of prayer for you and your family each and every month. As you use it, you will be filled with comfort and special memories — so that the souls of our faithful departed will live on and never be forgotten.

Happy Birthday James Fulton

Thanks to Joe (oops I mean Joseph :) ) at Defend us in Battle for posting Mystery of Prayer. He links to 61 minutes, a must read by Bonnie Engstrom, that gives us much needed hope about the power of intercessory prayer. Please go read her post!! It is amazing.

All praise and glory to God! Thank You for the trust and hope of all who seek You and for all the Angels and Saints You give us to pray for us.


And while you're at it, go check out Joseph's post as a new contributing blogger at Virtuospla.net, an awesome new Catholic blog!