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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 90483 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-07-25 16:44:59 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-07-25 16:44:59 [post_content] => <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#who-was-st-james">Who was St. James?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#origins">Origins of St. James Day/Feast of St. James</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#celebration">Observing and celebrating the Feast of St. James</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#prayer">Prayer for Feast of St. James</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/Iusn2ZIDdVb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Feast of St. James the Apostle, honors one of Jesus' closest disciples and the first Apostle to be martyred for the faith. St. James, known also as James the Greater, was one of the "Sons of Thunder" with his brother John—a nickname that Jesus gave them that hints at their passionate, zealous nature (which is evident to any viewers of The Chosen!) Tradition holds that James was the older brother, though Scripture does not clarify this. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We celebrate the feast each year on July 25. Each year, this feast day offers us a beautiful opportunity to reflect on a man who walked closely with Christ and ultimately gave his life for the Gospel. Whether you're a longtime devotee or just learning about this incredible saint, his feast day provides a perfect moment to <a href="/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">deepen your prayer life</a> and connect with the rich traditions of our faith.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="who-was-st-james">Who Was St. James the Apostle.</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. James was one of the first disciples called by Jesus. He was close to Jesus, witnessing pivotal moments like the Transfiguration and being present during Christ's agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Scripture shows us a man of contrasts—someone fiery enough to earn the "Son of Thunder" nickname, yet humble enough to follow Jesus with complete devotion. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him. - Matthew 4:21-22</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">After Christ's Ascension, James preached fearlessly in Judea and Samaria before becoming the first Apostle to be martyred, beheaded by King Herod Agrippa around 44 A.D. in Jerusalem. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He was the first of the original 12 to die for his faith, as we learn in the 12th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Tradition holds that before his martyrdom, James evangelized in Spain, which explains his profound connection to the famous pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago where millions have journeyed to venerate his relics at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Though St. James has a large presence in the Gospels, the Biblical book of James is not connected to him. According to William Farina's book "<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kNZSDwAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=st.+james+martyred&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi7j86CttaOAxXnlokEHfxdMX4Q6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=st.%20james%20martyred&amp;f=false">St. James the Greater in History, Art and Culture</a>," the New Testament's Epistle of James was written by James the Just, not St. James the Greater.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/Iusn2ZIDdVb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="origins">The Origins and Significance of St. James' Feast Day</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The July 25 feast day for St. James has been celebrated since early Christian times, with <a href="https://celticcountries.com/traditions/35-james-the-patron-saint-of-galicia">some sources</a> tracing the celebration back at least to the 9th century.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">With James, we are reminded that Jesus doesn't call perfect people to follow Him. He calls us all, just as he called James</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Google Trends tells us that St. James Day is most popular in Spanish, where devotion to James is particularly strong. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Spain is home to the shrine of St. James the Great, also called the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, a popular pilgrimate destination and where St. James is believed to be buried. (James is also called "Santiago" in Spanish). Read a Hallow employee's personal journey of walking "<a href="https://hallow.com/blog/hallow-spotlight-a-spiritual-journey-on-the-camino/">The Way of St. James.</a>"</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One of the most famous miracles attributed to St. James happened to a man who returned from a pilgrimage here. According to "Miracles of Saint James" by Linda Davidson, the man's son, who had been unjustly hanged, was revived after the man returned from Santiago de Compostela. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It's just one of the 22 miracles commonly associated with St. James.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Modern celebrations of St. James Day include processions, special Masses, traditional foods, and in Santiago de Compostela, spectacular fireworks displays and a unique incense burner (<a href="https://caminoways.com/botafumeiro-santiago-de-compostela">botafumeiro</a>) swinging through the cathedral.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Philippines also plays host to St. James Day celebrations, with some towns going so far as to <a href="https://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/betis-to-celebrate-feast-day-of-saint-james-the-apostle">cancel school</a> in order to observe the feast day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="celebration">Ways to Observe the Feast of St. James</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">There are many meaningful ways to celebrate this special feast day:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Attend Mass</strong> - If possible, try to attend daily Mass, where the readings and prayers will focus on St. James' life and witness.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Pray for pilgrims</strong> - Offer <a href="/blog/morning-prayer/">morning prayers</a> for those currently walking the Camino de Santiago, that they might find spiritual renewal.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Learn his story</strong> - Read the Gospel accounts featuring St. James (particularly Mark 1:16-20, 3:17, 10:35-45, and Matthew 17:1-8).</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Prepare a feast</strong> - In Spain, St. James Day often features seafood dishes like scallops (his symbol is the scallop shell). Consider preparing a special meal with family.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Pray for courage</strong> - Ask St. James to intercede for you, that you might have his courage to witness to Christ even when it's difficult, and to follow whatever path He leads you</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Make a donation</strong> to a charity that supports missionary work.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="prayer">A Prayer Tradition for St. James' Feast</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Many Catholics pray a <a href="/blog/how-to-pray-novenas/">novena</a> leading up to his feast day. This is often done beginning on July 16th and concluding on July 24th, the day before the feast.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow offers a number of audio-guided novenas that you might consider praying ahead of the Feast of St. James, includng the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-surrender-novena/">Surrender Novena</a> and the Discernment Novena, led by Sr. Josephine Garrett.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You can also pray this simple prayer asking for the intercession of St. James:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"St. James, chosen by Jesus to be at His side during so many significant moments of His life, pray for me that I may remain close to Jesus in my own life. Pray that I have the courage to travel whatever road Jesus leads me down. Pray that I may have the strength to encounter whatever adversity comes by way, just as you bravely faced it in your martyrdom. In Jesus's name I pray. Amen."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/Iusn2ZIDdVb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-resources">More Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">At Hallow, we're particularly moved by how St. James shows us that peace often comes through transformation. His journey from ambitious fisherman to faithful martyr reminds us that prayer changes us from the inside out.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Here are some more resources to allow Jesus to transform your heart:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-michaels-lent/">How to observe St. Michael's Lent</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-54-day-novena/">54-Day Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-mary-undoer-of-knots-novena">How to Pray the Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => How to Celebrate the Feast of St. James: A Guide to St. James Day [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => feast-of-st-james-day [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-25 16:45:12 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-25 16:45:12 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=90483 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 90321 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-07-23 17:30:10 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-07-23 17:30:10 [post_content] => <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#text">Jump to the Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#history">Origins and History</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#meaning">The Memorare's Meaning</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#when-to-pray">When to Pray</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#benefits">Benefits</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#faqs">FAQs</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#on-hallow">Memorare on Hallow</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/Iusn2ZIDdVb">Pray the Memorare with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Memorare is one of the most cherished Marian prayers in the Catholic faith. It's a heartfelt reminder that we can always turn to our Blessed Mother, trusting in her unfailing help, especially in our times of need.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow's guide to the Memorare will help you learn more about this popular prayer and why it</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="text">The Memorare Prayer Text</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. <br><br>Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. <br><br>To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. <br><br>O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. <br><br>Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="history">Origins and History of the Memorare</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Memorare (Latin for "Remember") is often attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/07/18/dear-anxious-millennials-i-have-perfect-prayer-you">Doctor of the Church</a>. The prayer as we know it today became widely popular through the efforts of Fr. Claude Bernard in the 17th century; he distributed more than 200,000 copies of the prayer after attributing his own miraculous recovery from illness to Mary's intercession.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Found in a <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IbcRAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA433&amp;dq=memorare&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiL1df9utGOAxVqmokEHY5KOcMQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=memorare&amp;f=false">19th century Irish magazine</a>, this prose, sort of a mix between a poem and a prayer, reflects post the popular of the Memorare at this time, and its close connectiont to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who first became a mong at Citeaux Abbey:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Memorare! Through the ages,<br>Lightning saint and sinner low,<br>Touching heroes, poets, sages,<br>With a deeper spirit-glow,<br>Comes the prayer of Mary's Bernard,<br>Potent now, as long ago,<br>When it rose like incense heavenward<br>From the groves of dark Citeaux</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Memorare, O Maria!<br>That it never hath been known<br>Earthly pleading, Mater pia,<br>Rose unheeded to thy throne.<br>Hear us, then, who kneel before thee,<br>With a long that fain would grow<br>To the love that Bernard bore thee<br>In the cloisters of Citeaux</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://hallow.com/saints/francis-de-sales/">St. Francis de Sales</a>, famous for his <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/salesian-spirituality-guide/">Salesian spirituality</a>, highly recommended the Memorare, and it has remained a cherished prayer for countless Catholics seeking Mary's powerful intercession. The prayer beautifully expresses our confidence in approaching our Blessed Mother, knowing she will carry our petitions to her Son.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In more recent times, the Memorare prayer has <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2023-12/commission-protection-minors-global-south-safeguarding.html">inspired the name</a> of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors's (PCPM) program called the Memorare Initiative, which aims to collaborate with local Churches worldwide in to strengthen the protection of children and vulnerable adults. It's a fitting name, given the text of the prayer helps us to call upon Mary for her protection.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The prayer is as relevant today as ever. In the 2025 Jubilee Year, <a href="https://salinadiocese.org/office/jubilee-year-of-hope-2025/a-million-memorares-for-hope/">one American diocese</a> launched "A Million Memorares for hope," with the goal of "deepening our diocese’s prayer life and fostering a spirit of hope."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/Iusn2ZIDdVb">Pray the Memorare with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="meaning">Understanding the Memorare's Meaning</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Memorare begins with a powerful statement of confidence: "never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection... was left unaided." This isn't just poetic language—it's a profound theological truth about Mary's role in our spiritual lives. As the mother of Jesus, Mary has a unique relationship with Christ and a special place in our prayer life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When we pray the Memorare, we're acknowledging both our own need for help ("sinful and sorrowful") and our complete trust in Mary's maternal intercession. Unlike the <a href="/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Mary</a>, which begins with the angel Gabriel's greeting, the Memorare immediately places us in a position of seeking Mary's assistance with complete confidence in her care.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="when-to-pray">When to Pray the Memorare</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Some of the beauty of the Memorare is its simplicity and versatility: It's easy to pray and can be offered up in any number of situations:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>During times of urgent need</strong> - The Memorare is particularly powerful when facing difficult decisions or seemingly impossible situations.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>As part of a daily Marian devotion</strong> - Many Catholics include the Memorare in their <a href="/blog/morning-prayer/">morning prayer</a> routine.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Before bed</strong> - The prayer makes a beautiful addition to your <a href="/blog/night-prayer-bedtime/">night prayer</a> routine.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>In a novena format</strong> - Some traditions involve praying the Memorare nine times in a row as an "emergency novena." St. Teresa of Calcutta was known to pray what she called her "<a href="https://hallow.com/blog/mother-teresa-prayers-emergency-novena/">Flying Novena</a>" — nine Memorares in a row followed by a tenth in thanksgiving for the favor received.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>As part of the Rosary</strong> - Some people add the Memorare at the beginning or end of their daily <a href="/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">Rosary</a>.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="benefits">The Spiritual Benefits of Praying the Memorare</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mother Theresa <a href="https://catholicmessenger.net/2022/06/mother-teresa-the-fruit-of-prayer/">once said</a>:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, and the fruit of service is peace.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Like all prayer, the memorare can help us grow in faith. Regularly praying it helps us develop a deeper relationship with Mary, who leads us to her Son, Jesus. This prayer reminds us that we're never alone in our struggles. Just as Mary stood at the foot of the Cross during Jesus's greatest suffering, she stands with us in our moments of need.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In Mary, we have a mother who understands human suffering and brings our needs directly to her Son.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="faqs">Commonly Asked Questions About the Memorare</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:yoast/faq-block {"questions":[{"id":"faq-question-1753218085564","question":["Is the Memorare prayer in the Bible?"],"answer":["The Memorare isn't directly from Scripture, but its theology is deeply biblical. 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It's particularly focused on seeking Mary's intercession in times of need."}]} --> <div class="schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block"><div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1753218085564"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Is the Memorare prayer in the Bible?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">The Memorare isn't directly from Scripture, but its theology is deeply biblical. It reflects Mary's intercessory role, which we see at events like the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11) where Mary brings needs to Jesus.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1753218105828"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Can non-Catholics pray the Memorare?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">Anyone can pray the Memorare who feels drawn to Mary's intercession. While Marian devotion is most prominent in Catholic and some Orthodox traditions, all are welcome to seek Mary's prayers.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1753218118316"><strong class="schema-faq-question">How is the Memorare different from other Marian prayers?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">Unlike prayers like the Hail Mary which begin with praise, the Memorare immediately expresses confidence in Mary's help and presents our petitions. It's particularly focused on seeking Mary's intercession in times of need.</p> </div> </div> <!-- /wp:yoast/faq-block --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="on-hallow">Incorporating the Memorare into Your Prayer Life</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Memorare is a simple prayer to memorize and incorporate into your daily routine.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow can also help.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On the Hallow app, there are several different sessions of the Memorare available--same prayer, different voice.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to standard Hallow voices like Francis and Abby, you can also pray the Memorare in sessions led by Jonathan Roumie.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow also offers the Memorare with audio from Fr. Patrick Peyton, known as "Rosary priest." Fr. Peyton, who died in 1992, was declared venerable in 2017 by Pope Francis and his known for his tremendous work popularizing the rosary and prayer within families.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/Iusn2ZIDdVb">Pray the Memorare with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-related-resources">Related Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/angelus-prayer-how-to-pray/">How to pray the Angelus prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to pray the Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-marian-consecration/">How to pray Marian Consecration</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => How to Pray the Memorare [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => memorare-prayer-how-to-pray [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-23 17:30:25 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-23 17:30:25 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=90321 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 89237 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-07-10 19:21:06 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-07-10 19:21:06 [post_content] => <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-angelus-prayer-table-of-contents">The Angelus Prayer: Table of Contents</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#english">Angelus Prayer in English</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#latin">Angelus Prayer in Latin</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#overview">Angelus Pray Overview</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#history">History and Meaning of the Angelus Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pray-on-hallow">Praying the Angelus on Hallow</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#faq">Angelus FAQ</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/rhn62MJimUb">Pray on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Angelus prayer offers a beautiful way to punctuate your day with moments of grace and remembrance. This centuries-old Catholic tradition invites us to pause three times daily to commemorate the Incarnation—that incredible moment when God became human in Jesus Christ. We couldn't be more thrilled to introduce you to this meaningful prayer that has brought peace to countless faithful throughout history!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It remans an important part of the faith life of Catholics today, more than 1000 years after the tradition began. In fact, Pope Leo XIV, less than one month after being elected to succeed Pope Francis, <a href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/07/06/250706a.html">prayed</a> the Angelus in St. Peter's Square.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Let us ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, who generously gave her “yes” to participating in the work of salvation, to intercede for us and accompany us on the path of following the Lord, so that we too may become joyful laborers in God’s Kingdom. - Pope Leo XIV</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="english">The Angelus Prayer in English: How to Pray</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The "V" stands for Versicle, a word that refers to the liturgical leader who would say or sing the line at a service. The "R" simply stands for Response. :</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Hail Mary, full of grace...</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. Be it done unto me according to thy word.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Hail Mary, full of grace...</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. And the Word was made Flesh.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. And dwelt among us.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Hail Mary, full of grace...</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="latin">Angelus Prayer in Latin: How to Pray</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While many pray the Angelus in their native language, there's something special about connecting with the Latin tradition.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You don't need to be a Latin expert. Here are a few basic tips from my high school studying of Latin under Fr. Robert Cregan, S.J. that can help with pronunciation:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Vowels each get their own sound, so "Dei" sounds like "day-ee".</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>The letter "c" is usually pronounced with a hard sound. So "concepit" is pronounced "cohn-KEP-it".</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>When it begins a word, the letter "v" takes a softer sound than we're accustomed to in English, something closer to the English" w" sound.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Double consonants are each pronounced distinctly, so "Ecce" sounds like "ek-kay".</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-angelus-prayer-in-latin">Angelus Prayer in Latin<strong>:</strong></h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Ave Maria...</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. Ecce ancilla Domini.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Ave Maria...</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. Et Verbum caro factum est.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. Et habitavit in nobis.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Ave Maria...</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Oremus: Gratiam tuam, quæsumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem ejus et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you mispronounce some words, it doesn't matter. Who will even know? Dedicating time to prayer is much more important than getting your Latin pronunciations correct!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/rhn62MJimUb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="overview">What is the Angelus Prayer?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Angelus is a devotional prayer that commemorates the announcement of the Incarnation when the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary (Luke 1:26-38). The name "Angelus" comes from the Latin opening words: "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae" ("The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary").</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Traditionally prayed at 6 a.m, noon, and 6 pm, the Angelus creates a rhythm of remembrance throughout our day, helping us to center our hearts on God even amid our busiest moments--which is basically why Hallow exists. It's a beautiful way to <a href="/blog/morning-prayer/">start your morning</a>, sanctify your midday, and transition into your evening.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="history">The History and Meaning of the Angelus Prayer</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Angelus has deep roots in Catholic tradition, evolving gradually over centuries. While its exact origins aren't precisely documented, we know that by the <a href="https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/praying-the-angelus-daily">13th century</a>, evening bells were rung encouraging the faithful to pray three <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Marys</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">By the 16th century, the prayer had taken its current form with the familiar pattern of versicles, responses, and Hail Marys, followed by a concluding prayer. The earliest known appearance of the complete prayer in a text <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ip1UDwAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=angelus+prayer&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjm2bT1wrKOAxWqC3kGHbvDJZEQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false">dates back</a> from 1566, "Little Office of the Blessed Virgin."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Throughout medieval Europe, church bells would ring to signal Angelus prayer time, a practice that continues in many places today.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This beautiful tradition reminds us that we're part of something much larger than ourselves—a communion of saints stretching back through time who have paused to remember God's incredible gift of the Incarnation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">At its heart, the Angelus helps us remember and celebrate the moment when God entered human history in the most intimate way possible—by becoming one of us. Each time we pray the Angelus, we're reminded of:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mary's complete openness to God's will ("Behold the handmaid of the Lord")</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>The mystery of the Incarnation ("And the Word was made flesh")</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Our own call to bring Christ into the world through our daily lives</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/rhn62MJimUb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="pray-on-hallow">Praying the Angelus with Hallow</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We'd love to accompany you as you begin or deepen your practice of the Angelus prayer. The <a href="/blog/night-prayer-bedtime/">Hallow app</a> offers guided Angelus prayers to help you learn this beautiful tradition and incorporate it into your daily life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Angelus reminds us that God breaks into our ordinary moments—just as He did with Mary—bringing extraordinary grace. When we pray the Angelus, we create space for God to speak to our hearts, just as the angel Gabriel spoke to Mary.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On the Hallow app, you also can pray the Angelus in Latin with Padre Pio.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We're thrilled to walk this journey of prayer with you! Whether you're just discovering the Angelus or returning to it after some time away (it's OK if you're rusty!), remember that each time you pray, you're joining countless faithful across the world who have paused to remember the moment when heaven touched earth.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"If you accept the invitation and stick with the practice daily, you will look back and find that God was indeed at work through the prayer." - Jared Dees, author, "Praying the Angelus: Find Joy, Peace, and Purpose in Everyday Life"</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Jump in wherever you are in your prayer journey—God is already waiting to meet you there.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="faq">Frequently Asked Questions About the Angelus</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:yoast/faq-block {"questions":[{"id":"faq-question-1752158686829","question":["When should I pray the Angelus?"],"answer":["Traditionally, the Angelus is prayed three times daily: at 6:00 am, noon, and 6:00 pm. 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The important thing is creating a regular rhythm of prayer throughout your day.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1752158704687"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Is the Angelus only for Catholics?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">While the Angelus is a Catholic tradition, anyone drawn to this beautiful prayer is welcome to pray it. It centers on the Incarnation—God becoming human in Jesus—which is central to Christian faith across denominations.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1752158752082"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Do I need to memorize the Angelus?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">While memorization can make the prayer more accessible throughout your day, it's perfectly fine to use a prayer card, book, or the Hallow app. You'll probably find that you will have it memorized before long.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1752158773497"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Should I stand or kneel for the Angelus?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">Traditionally, the Angelus is prayed standing, except for the final prayer which is sometimes prayed kneeling (particularly on Fridays). However, the posture is less important than the disposition of your heart.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1752160123766"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Are there seasons for the Angelus?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">You can pray the Angelus whenever! However,during Easter season (from Easter Sunday through Pentecost), <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-06/pope-leo-xiv-pentecost-regina-caeli-reconciliation.html">Catholic tradition substitutes</a> the Angelus with the Regina Caeli ("Queen of Heaven"), a prayer that celebrates Christ's resurrection and Mary's joy.</p> </div> </div> <!-- /wp:yoast/faq-block --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-resources">More Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to pray the rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-franciscan-crown-rosary/">How to pray the Franciscan Crown rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/litany-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-litany-of-loreto/">How to pray the Litany of Loreto</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Angelus Prayer: How to Pray [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => angelus-prayer-how-to-pray [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-10 19:21:19 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-10 19:21:19 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=89237 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 89152 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-07-09 16:20:59 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-07-09 16:20:59 [post_content] => <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-our-lady-of-mount-carmel-novena-overview">The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena Overview</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena offers a beautiful opportunity to deepen your relationship with Mary, who always leads us closer to her Son. This nine-day devotion provides a structured yet heartfelt way to bring your intentions before our Blessed Mother.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Our Lady of Mount Carmel has a special place in Catholic devotion, representing Mary's protection and intercession. Devotion to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is popular across the world but is <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&amp;q=%2Fm%2F06jnqk&amp;hl=en">especially strong</a> in the countries of Colombia, Spain, and Panama--where fishermen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiC7F3ObYUM">hold an annual procession</a> and celebration honoring Our Lady of Mt. Carmel as the patron of fishermen, sailors and sea merchants.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Today, many schools and churches also count Our Lady of Mount Carmel as their patron.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The brown scapular associated with this devotion has been a source of comfort for countless Catholics throughout the centuries, reminding us of Mary's promise of protection. Outside of a cross, crucifix or rosary beads, this sacramental is perhaps one of the most widely recognized symbols worn by Catholics in the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn more about Our Lady of Mount Carmel and pray a novena to her below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The early hermits of Mount Carmel retained the memory of that holy place, and even if exiled and distanced from it constantly kept their gaze fixed on the glory of God. - <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130822_ordine-carmelitano.html">Pope Francis</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/rhn62MJimUb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The History of Our Lady of Mount Carmel</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Carmelite Order traces its origins to Mount Carmel in the Holy Land, where hermits gathered to pray in the spirit of the prophet Elijah. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">According to tradition, Our Lady appeared to <a href="https://followingthetruth.com/why-should-i-wear-a-scapular/">St. Simon Stock</a>, a Carmelite, on July 16, 1251, presenting him with the brown scapular and promising that whoever died wearing it would not suffer eternal fire.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The first Carmelites went to Mount Carmel because they believed in the love of God, who so loved the world that he gave his Only-Begotten Son - <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20070814_ordine-carmelo.html">Pope Benedict XVI</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Carmelites "are committed to live "in the footsteps of Jesus Christ" with the same intimate and deep feelings which were Mary's," <a href="https://www.carmelites.org.au/about-the-carmelites/history-of-the-carmelite-order#:~:text=Successive%20approvals%20of%20this%20formula%20of%20life,a%20Rule%20by%20Innocent%20IV%20in%201247.&amp;text=At%20the%20dawn%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution%2C,world%20with%2054%20Provinces%20and%2013%2C000%20religious.">according to the Carmelites of Australia &amp; Timor-Leste</a>. The first Carmelites on Mount Carmel <a href="https://x.com/CarmelitesOCD/status/1942585611111571693">referred to Mary</a> as "Lady of the Place."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This powerful devotion reminds us of Mary's maternal protection and her desire to help us reach Heaven. The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated on July 16th, though you can pray this novena at any time you feel called.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:yoast/how-to-block {"hasDuration":true,"minutes":"15","jsonDescription":"How to Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.","steps":[{"id":"how-to-step-1752000017473","name":["Begin with the Sign of the Cross"],"text":["\u0022In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.\u0022"],"jsonName":"Begin with the Sign of the Cross","jsonText":"\u0022In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 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Amen.\u0022"}],"defaultDurationText":"Time needed:"} --> <div class="schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block"><p class="schema-how-to-total-time"><span class="schema-how-to-duration-time-text">Time needed: </span>15 minutes. </p><p class="schema-how-to-description">How to Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.</p> <ol class="schema-how-to-steps"><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1752000017473"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Begin with the Sign of the Cross</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1752000056047"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Opening Prayer for Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Intercession</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, Holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a Pure Virgin, assist me in this necessity. O Star of the Sea, help and protect me! Show me that you are my Mother."</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1752004636688"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Offer your personal intention for the novena</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for me, and for my special intention today: (share personal intention)</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1752004725618"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray the Our Father</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">Pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-our-father/">Lord's Prayer</a> one time.</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1752004752288"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray the Hail Mary</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">Pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Mary</a> one time.</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1752004758938"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Recite the Glory Be</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen."</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1752004938731"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Final Prayer and Sign of the Cross</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us! In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."</p> </li></ol></div> <!-- /wp:yoast/how-to-block --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-daily-themes-for-our-lady-of-mt-carmel-novena">Daily Themes for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Novena</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While you can offer up your special intentions with the novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, consider these more universal intentions, inspired by <a href="https://www.mcacubs.com/student-life/spirituality/novena-to-our-lady-of-mount-carmel">Mt. Carmel Academy</a> in New Orleans:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 1:</strong> For peace between nations and neighbors</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 2:</strong> For those struggling with disaease and illness</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 3:</strong> For all who have died</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 4:</strong> For all experiencing hardship and difficulty</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 5:</strong> For all young people</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 6:</strong> For those no longer young</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 7:</strong> For family and friends</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 8:</strong> For those who are the face of God to those in need</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Day 9</strong>: In thanksgiving for God's love as shown to us by those around us.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For each day, also consider reflecting on Scripture, the writings of Carmelite saints like <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-teresa-of-avila-prayers-quotes-feast-day/">St. Teresa of Avila</a> or St. John of the Cross, or simply your own relationship with our Blessed Mother.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/rhn62MJimUb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Brown Scapular Connection</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The brown scapular is deeply connected to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This small garment worn over the shoulders represents Mary's mantle of protection. Many Catholics choose to be invested in the brown scapular and wear it as a sign of devotion. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/market/brown_scapular">Etsy</a> has a number of small, independent shops that make and sell brown scapulars.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you have a brown scapular, you might hold it during your novena prayers as a tangible reminder of Mary's care. If you don't have one, that's completely fine, too.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-our-lady-of-mount-carmel-novena">Frequently Asked Questions about the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:yoast/faq-block {"questions":[{"id":"faq-question-1752007102861","question":["When is the best time to pray the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena?"],"answer":["While traditionally prayed for nine days leading up to the feast day on July 16th, you can pray this novena anytime you need Our Lady's intercession. Many people start on July 7th to finish on the eve of the feast, but you can pray it any time."],"jsonQuestion":"When is the best time to pray the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena?","jsonAnswer":"While traditionally prayed for nine days leading up to the feast day on July 16th, you can pray this novena anytime you need Our Lady's intercession. 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It's especially popular among those with special closeness to the charism of the Carmelites."}]} --> <div class="schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block"><div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1752007102861"><strong class="schema-faq-question">When is the best time to pray the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">While traditionally prayed for nine days leading up to the feast day on July 16th, you can pray this novena anytime you need Our Lady's intercession. Many people start on July 7th to finish on the eve of the feast, but you can pray it any time.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1752007153076"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Do I need a brown scapular to pray this novena?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer"> No, a brown scapular isn't required to pray the novena. The brown scapular is a sacramental, and it places our lives under the protection of our Blessed Mother. But it is not required to pray the novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1752007242645"><strong class="schema-faq-question">How does this novena differ from other Marian novenas?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena specifically honors Mary under this title, which emphasizes her protection and spiritual guidance. It's especially popular among those with special closeness to the charism of the Carmelites.</p> </div> </div> <!-- /wp:yoast/faq-block --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-incorporating-novenas-into-your-prayer-life">Incorporating Novenas into Your Prayer Life</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Our Lady of Mount Carmel novena, like other novenas, can seem intimidating, because it requires committing to prayer for nine straight days. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow can help you build a habit of prayer and make it easy to pray whenever your schedule allows.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This novena also works beautifully alongside other forms of prayer. You might consider combining it with your <a href="/blog/morning-prayer/">morning prayer</a> routine or making it part of your <a href="/blog/night-prayer-bedtime/">night prayer</a> before bed. Some folks also find it meaningful to pray this novena while meditating on the <a href="/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">rosary</a>, especially the Glorious Mysteries which celebrate Mary's Assumption and Coronation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Remember, prayer isn't about perfection—it's about showing up with an open heart. Even if you miss a day or your mind wanders during prayer, simply pick up where you left off. Our Lady understands the challenges of daily life and meets us exactly where we are.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources">More Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/litany-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-litany-of-loreto/">Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-prayers-celebrations/">Our Lady of Guadalupe</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/our-lady-of-aparecida-prayers-feast-day/">Our Lady of Aparecida</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/our-lady-of-chiquinquira-history-feast-day-and-prayers/">Our Lady of Chiquinquira</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena: How to Pray [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => how-to-pray-our-lady-of-mount-carmel-novena [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-09 16:21:14 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-09 16:21:14 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=89152 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 88013 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-07-07 21:12:22 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-07-07 21:12:22 [post_content] => <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-franciscan-crown-rosary-a-beautiful-devotion-to-mary-s-joy">The Franciscan Crown Rosary: A Beautiful Devotion to Mary's Joy</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Franciscan Crown Rosary offers a beautiful way to deepen your devotion to Mary while meditating on the joyful moments of her life. Unlike the traditional <a href="/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">rosary</a> with five decades, this special prayer contains seven decades representing the Seven Joys of Mary. It's a wonderful alternative for those looking to expand their prayer life or connect with Our Lady in a new way.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“I think the Franciscan Crown can invite us to a particularly affective kind of meditation,” Fr. Charles Sammons, OFM Cap., <a href="https://www.catholicdigest.com/faith/prayer/pray-the-rosary-franciscan-style/">told Catholic Digest</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Such a meditation can assist us in deepening our own Marian vocation, which is after all the vocation of all Christians, called to do spiritually what Mary did historically — to receive the Word of God, nourish it within, bear the presence of God out into the world, mourn to see it disregarded and suffering, and rejoice in its power to bring new life out of death."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn more about the Franciscan Crown Rosary with Hallow's guide below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">What is the Franciscan Crown Rosary?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Franciscan Crown Rosary (sometimes called the Seraphic Rosary or the Seven Joys of Mary) dates back to the <a href="https://ignitumtoday.com/2013/05/13/our-ladys-three-rosaries/">early 15th century</a>. According to tradition, a young Franciscan novice who used to create a crown of flowers for a statue of Mary was unable to continue this practice after entering the monastery. Feeling discouraged, he considered leaving until <a href="http://thirdorderfranciscans.com/traditions/franciscan-prayers/franciscan-crown-rosary/">Mary appeared to him</a> in a vision, instructing him to weave a crown of prayers instead - specifically, to pray seven decades of <a href="/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Marys</a> in honor of her seven earthly joys.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This beautiful devotion consists of:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>7 decades (sets of 10 Hail Marys), one for each of Mary's joys</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>2 additional Hail Marys to complete the number 72, traditionally believed to be Mary's lifespan</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>A concluding prayer for the intentions of the Pope</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/rhn62MJimUb">Pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Seven Joys of Mary</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Each decade of the Franciscan Crown Rosary focuses on one of these joyful moments in Mary's life that we learn of mostly from the Gospel of Luke:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>First Joy:</strong> The Annunciation - When the Angel Gabriel announced Mary would be the Mother of God</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Second Joy:</strong> The Visitation - When Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth and was proclaimed blessed among women</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Third Joy:</strong> The Nativity - The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Fourth Joy:</strong> The Adoration of the Magi - When the Wise Men came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Fifth Joy:</strong> The Finding of Jesus in the Temple - When Mary and Joseph found Jesus teaching in the Temple after three days</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Sixth Joy:</strong> The Resurrection - When Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to His disciples</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Seventh Joy:</strong> The Assumption and Coronation - When Mary was taken to Heaven and crowned Queen</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These mysteries invite us to share in Mary's joy and to see how God worked in her life through both ordinary and extraordinary moments - much like He works in ours.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:yoast/how-to-block {"hasDuration":true,"minutes":"20","jsonDescription":"How to Pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary","steps":[{"id":"how-to-step-1750869675965","name":["Begin with the Sign of the Cross"],"text":["Make the Sign of the Cross while holding the crucifix of your rosary."],"jsonName":"Begin with the Sign of the Cross","jsonText":"Make the Sign of the Cross while holding the crucifix of your rosary."},{"id":"how-to-step-1750869746401","name":["Pray the Opening Prayer"],"text":["\u0022O God, come to my assistance. 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Amen.\u0022"],"jsonName":"Final Prayer","jsonText":"\u0022O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that by meditating upon these mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.\u0022"},{"id":"how-to-step-1750870170327","name":["End with the sign of the cross."],"text":["In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."],"jsonName":"End with the sign of the cross.","jsonText":"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."}],"defaultDurationText":"Time needed:"} --> <div class="schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block"><p class="schema-how-to-total-time"><span class="schema-how-to-duration-time-text">Time needed: </span>20 minutes. </p><p class="schema-how-to-description">How to Pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary</p> <ol class="schema-how-to-steps"><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750869675965"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Begin with the Sign of the Cross</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">Make the Sign of the Cross while holding the crucifix of your rosary.</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750869746401"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray the Opening Prayer</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen."</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750869805509"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Announce the First Joy - "The First Joy of Mary: The Annunciation"</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750869985396"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray the Our Father on the first bear after the crucifix or medal</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750870016914"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray 10 Hail Marys</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">Use the small beads; meditate on the mystery of the Joy.</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750870048485"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray one Glory Be at the end of the decade</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen."</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750870082714"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Repeat for the remaining six Joys</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750870097139"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray two additional Hail Marys</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">After completing the seven decades, pray two more Hail Marys to complete the 72 years of Mary's life.</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750870115149"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Conclude with a prayer for the intentions of Pope Leo</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory Be</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750870146709"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Final Prayer</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">"O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that by meditating upon these mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen."</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1750870170327"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">End with the sign of the cross.</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.</p> </li></ol></div> <!-- /wp:yoast/how-to-block --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/rhn62MJimUb">Pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-franciscan-crown-rosary-today">The Franciscan Crown Rosary Today</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Franciscan Crown Rosary remains an important prayer practice today.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It's often prayed on Saturday, a day dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It's also popular in May, the month of Mary. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Franciscan Crown Rosary is a popular session inside of the Hallow app. Led by Fr. David Michael Moses, Hallow offers the traditional seven joys version as well as a version focused on the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/7-sorrows/">seven sorrows</a> of Mary.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Francis College in Brooklyn holds a <a href="https://www.sfc.edu/events/franciscan-month-our-lady-of-the-rosary-procession">procession</a> each year, where students and facultry process through the campus praying the Franciscan Crown Rosary. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did." ~ St. Maximilian Kolbe</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-franciscan-crown-rosary">Frequently Asked Questions about the Franciscan Crown Rosary</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:yoast/faq-block {"questions":[{"id":"faq-question-1750870435832","question":["Do I need a special rosary to pray the Franciscan Crown?"],"answer":["While you can use a standard five-decade rosary by simply continuing around a second time (and stopping after two decades), traditional Franciscan Crown rosaries with seven decades are available. These typically have the Franciscan coat of arms at the center where the decades join. 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Reddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/osarymakers/">has</a> a community of independent rosary makers who produce this (and other) types of rosary bears.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1750870448064"><strong class="schema-faq-question">How is the Franciscan Crown different from the traditional rosary?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">The main differences are: 1) The Franciscan Crown has seven decades instead of five, 2) It focuses exclusively on joyful moments in Mary's life, 3) It includes two extra Hail Marys at the end, and 4) It doesn't include the Fatima Prayer or the Apostles' Creed.</p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1750870460614"><strong class="schema-faq-question">When is the best time to pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary?</strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">There's no official time, but many find it meaningful to pray on Saturdays (traditionally dedicated to Mary), during Advent and Christmas seasons, or on Franciscan feast days. The best time is whenever you can set aside about 20 minutes for prayer.</p> </div> </div> <!-- /wp:yoast/faq-block --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-resources">More Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/litany-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-litany-of-loreto/">Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-54-day-novena/">54-Day Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-mary-undoer-of-knots-novena">How to pray the Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => How to Pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary: A Guide to the Seven Joys of Mary [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => how-to-pray-franciscan-crown-rosary [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-07 21:12:33 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-07 21:12:33 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=88013 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 87285 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2025-06-18 16:39:53 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-06-18 16:39:53 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>By Kathryn Krueger</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-salesian-spirituality-table-of-contents">Salesian Spirituality: Table of Contents</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#overview">What is Salesian spirituality?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#history">History of Salesian Spirituality + Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#writings-of-st-francis">Writings of St. Francis</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#universal-holiness-and-sacred-heart">Universal Holiness and the Sacread Heart of Jesus</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#six-themes">Six Themes of Salesian Spirituality</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#prayers">Salesian Prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>More Resources</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Francis de Sales died more than 400 years ago, yet his impact spans the world in the 21st century.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He is the patron of numerous religious orders and the namesake for dozens of schools, churches and other organizations around the globe.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But perhaps his greatest impact today is felt through Salesian spirituality, which continues to shape the faith lives of many, bringing them closer to God through “little virtues.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn all about Salesian spirituality below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="overview">What is Salesian spirituality?&nbsp;</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In a nutshell, Salesian Spirituality is living with the continual awareness of being in God’s presence, following His will in the ordinary circumstances of your life, and living the gospel values through the little virtues.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Francis de Sales was a masterful spiritual director who wanted to help people of all walks of life learn to love God and to allow Jesus to be seen through them. He counseled St. Jane de Chantal, who was a new widow, to lean into raising her children while developing her desire to someday be a religious sister.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He helped numerous people learn to not be fastidious in a prayer routine but rather to accept with gentleness and humility that they needed to care for the people in their lives, to be kind and generous to those who irritated them, and to courageously ask and do what God asked of them in their lives.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">To be sustained these actions, of course, require a deep prayer life, but it is a flexibility of heart and presence that St. Francis encouraged when a prayer routine needed to be adapted, similar to how Jesus adapted to the needy crowds when He would try to step away for prayer time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="history">History of Salesian Spirituality and the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal met in Dijon France in 1604, by 1610 they co-founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. St. Francis de Sales wrote Introduction to the Devout Life in 1609 and Treatise on the Love of God in 1616.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While he passed away in 1622, St. Jane went on to found over 80 monasteries by the time she passed away in 1641. Their holy friendship paved the way for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our Church, when it was particularly needed in post-reformation Europe, that we now refer to as Salesian Spirituality.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Since then St. Francis was named a Doctor of the Church, often called the Doctor of Divine Love. The Visitation Order received the gift of the promulgation of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through His appearances to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1673-1675.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And in 1875,&nbsp; Mother Marie de Sales Chappuis convinced Blessed Father Louis Brisson to found the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Salesian Spirituality has continued to grow through these orders and the founding of other orders, such as the Salesians of Don Bosco (1859), the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales (1875), the Salesian Sisters (1872), and others.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/salesianspirituality">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="writings-of-st-francis">The Writings, Practical Guidance, and Spiritual Guidance of St. Francis</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Eventually, St. Francis turned his letters of spiritual direction into the book <em>Introduction to the Devout Life</em> which was very successful as tapping a desire of many lay people to learn how to live a devout life. He went on to write and publish <em>Treatise on the Love of God</em> as a deeper dive into the potential levels that a soul can ascend in its relationship with God.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He was a big proponent of offering the beginning of each day to God, gathering the anticipated and the unanticipated events of the day and offering to lean into whatever happened that day to God’s glory and asking for God’s help.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>RELATED:</strong> <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/ignatian-spirituality-and-the-spiritual-exercises/">Ignatian Spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Then at the end of the day, St. Francis encouraged a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-examen/">daily examen</a> to take a proverbial walk through the events of the day, reflecting on the places a person was aligned with God and the places the person was not, then finally offering thanksgiving and petition for God’s help in the future. Then St. Francis advocated a good night’s sleep, restful in God’s loving arms. He told his directees not to be dragged down by anxiety.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="universal-holiness-and-sacred-heart">Universal Holiness and the Sacred Heart of Jesus</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Salesian spirituality’s universal call to holiness and reliance on the loving heart of God was born amidst the challenging circumstances of post-reformation France and Savoy. St. Jane’s own brother was kidnapped by Calvinists who threatened her Catholic, magistrate father to change his religious views.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Francis had a faith crisis in his college years in Paris, as he listened to Calvinist teaching about predestination. St. Francis was fearful that he might not be able to spend eternity with God, but he offered a prayer of submission, saying that he would love God in the present moment, and would leave the future to God.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He said a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/memorare-prayer-how-to-pray/">Memorare</a> in front of a statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance. His fears were eased and he was forever changed to be gentle with all souls seeking God and to be convinced of the all-loving heart of Jesus.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In fact, St. Francis would write to St. Jane about exchanging her heart with Jesus. The image of offering one’s own heart over to Christ and allowing His infinite love to flow through a person was a recurring analogy in St. Francis and St. Jane’s teaching.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In the next generation, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation sister, received the apparition of Jesus, showing more tangibly the image of His <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-sacred-heart-novena/">Sacred Heart</a> and asked her to share the message of His overwhelming love with the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Salesian Spirituality takes its image and its direction from the Heart of Jesus. The exchange of hearts with Our Beloved Jesus is what gives us the grace and strength to love others in our midst and in our world.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This is a spirituality that has inspired saints from St. Vincent de Paul to St. Thérèse of Liseaux. Some people are called to lives of <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/contemplative-prayer-imaginative-prayer/">contemplation</a> and prayer in a monastery and others are called to active lives of service in the world. God works with every soul in every circumstance. God deeply loves each person and calls each of us to Himself. When we say yes to that call, He can send us on a mission to share His love in a profound way.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="six-themes">Six Themes of Salesian Spirituality</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Visitation Salesian Network of the schools originally formed by the Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary recognizes six major themes of Salesian Spirituality. These themes demonstrate the particularly interior spiritual life that we are invited to in a personal relationship with God that then extends in external fruitfulness. The image demonstrates how the majority of the spiritual life is a heart-to-heart exchange with God. The natural fruits of living the ‘little virtues’ become an external sign of living the Gospel values that become new seeds implanted in the hearts of other people.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-god-is-love">God is Love</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">God’s plan of the Incarnation brought Mary to respond in immediate service to her cousin Elizabeth in the encounter of the Visitation (Luke 1:39-56). After their exchange, Mary proclaims the Magnifcat, extolling God’s loving generosity both in the scope of salvation history to all people and in the intimate relationship with her as an individual. The very basis of Salesian spirituality is a belief and trust in an all loving God. He loves us each as our unique selves, He fastened his image into each of us, and He calls us into imitating Him by complete self -gift to the other, obedience to him, outpouring of help and support to others, and ultimate unity with Him and with each other through our relationships.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-following-god-s-will">Following God’s Will</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We don’t know what Mary expected for her life, but it probably wasn’t for an angel to tell her she would be God’s son’s mother. The angel also mentioned Elizabeth’s pregnancy, and Mary took that as a life circumstance she was called to support and honor, so she went off in haste, living in the present and doing God’s will. Salesian spirituality is open to listening to the voice of God and calls us to humbly respond. St. Francis de Sales gives particular attention to listening to God’s will both through His “signified will” and the “will of God’s good pleasure.” The signified will of God comes to us through the Bible, the teachings of the Church, encyclicals, and other general principles that are important rules of life. The Will of God’s Good pleasure comes to us through the circumstances of our lives. For example, if we carry a particular sickness or have a particular family obligation, that informs what we can and cannot do in our lives. Listening to these two aspects of how God reveals His will to us is an essential part of discernment and obedience.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-universal-call-to-holiness">Universal Call to Holiness</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mary was an unwed teenage mother and Elizabeth was a barren old lady, both of whom would have been looked down upon in their society. But we see that God used those people to share his grace most abundantly with the world. Everyone is called to live a holy life. God wants us to join him in heaven, so we are all called to be saints. That means holiness can and should be developed and lived in any walk of life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-living-in-god-s-presence">Living in God’s Presence</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Elizabeth immediately responded with joy when she felt her son respond to Jesus’ presence. Elizabeth was attuned to God’s working in her life and was able to respond immediately and with tremendous joy. As God is our best friend and lives within us as well as all around us, we are always in God’s presence. Keeping that awareness in mind allows us to more easily withdraw to conversations with God in our heart and to maintain a spirit of continual prayer, even within a busy lifestyle.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/salesianspirituality">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-live-jesus">Live Jesus</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mary literally brings Jesus to Elizabeth. We are meant to be carriers of Christ’s life to a world in need of His loving presence. The Sisters of the Visitation’s motto is “Live Jesus!” Ultimately, we are meant to allow God’s life to be so thoroughly in us that Jesus lives through our thoughts and actions. Others should see Christ alive in our world because of how we live in accordance with God’s will for us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-little-virtues">Little Virtues</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months. In this time, Mary would have helped Elizabeth get ready for the birth of her son, probably doing most of the chores around the house while Elizabeth was in her third trimester of pregnancy. In these quiet, little ways, Mary and Elizabeth would have shared a holy friendship and prepared for their motherhoods. We develop the habit of great virtue by taking the moments presented to us to grow in “little virtues.” Most of us won’t be called to heroic acts of virtue but we are all called in the everyday moments to act with humility, patience, gentleness, kindness, thoughtful concern for others, joyful optimism, examples of little virtues. In fact, a lifetime of virtue in all of the quiet moments amounts to a heroic gift of self.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="prayers">Salesian Prayers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Below are a handful of common Salesian prayers:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-live-jesus-0">Live Jesus</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Live, Jesus, Live ... so live in me</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That all I do be done by thee.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And grant that all I think and say</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">May be thy thoughts and words today.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-direction-of-intention-st-francis-de-sales">Direction of Intention (St. Francis de Sales)</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Oh my God, I give you this day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I offer you now all of the good which I shall do.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I promise to accept for love of you all of the difficulty which I shall meet.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Help me to conduct myself during this day in a manner most pleasing to you.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayer-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-st-margaret-mary-alacoque">Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (St. Margaret Mary Alacoque)</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">O Heart of Love, I put all my trust in you.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For I fear all things from my own weakness,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">but I hope for all things from your goodness.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-carrying-christ-by-ruth-mary-fox">Carrying Christ (by Ruth Mary Fox)</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Into the hillside country</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mary went, carrying Christ,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And all along the road</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Christ she carried</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Generously Bestowed His grace</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On those she met.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I pray that I may carry Christ,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For it may be</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That some would never know of Him</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Except through me.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayer-to-st-joseph-from-st-francis-de-sales">Prayer to St. Joseph from St. Francis de Sales</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Glorious St. Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">we beseech you through the Heart of Jesus Christ,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">grant to us your fatherly protection.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">O you whose power reaches all our necessities</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">&nbsp;and who knows how to make possible the most impossible things,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">&nbsp;open your fatherly eyes to the needs of your children.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In the confusion and pain which press upon us,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">we have recourse to you with confidence.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Deign to take beneath your charitable guidance this important and difficult affair,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">the cause of our worries, and make that its happy outcome serve for the glory of God&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">and the good of his devoted servants.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-resources">More Resources</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn more about <a href="https://www.visi.org/spiritual-life/salesian-spirituality">Visitation Order and Georgetown Visitation</a>. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Kathryn Krueger is the Director of the St. Jane de Chantal Salesian Center and Co-host of the podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0qNdv6wTaewHSbPwgXmf9v" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nurturing the Mind and Heart</a>.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Salesian Spirituality: Guide to Salesian prayers and the Spirituality of St. Francis de Sales,  St. Jane de Chantal and the Visitation Order [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => salesian-spirituality-guide [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-23 17:51:39 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-23 17:51:39 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=87285 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 85989 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2025-06-04 21:49:41 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-06-04 21:49:41 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">1.&nbsp;God loves you and has a plan for your life.&nbsp;–&nbsp;Yes, God the Father loves you and seeks you. And that ache in your heart, that longing, that yearning, and that <strong>“never satisfied”</strong> quality in your desires all point to God, and he has written his name in your heart. <strong>He wants to turn you away from a passing and unsatisfying world, towards him.</strong>&nbsp; He wants to save you and prepare you to live with him for all eternity. He wants to fill the God sized hole in your heart and its infinite longing with his infinite Love.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">
2.&nbsp;Sin will destroy you. –&nbsp;<strong>Nothing is so destructive in your life and this world as sin</strong>. It is desire gone wrong; it is rooted in the lie that the creature, rather than the Creator, can help and save us. Cultivating sin will put you in bondage to desires gone mad that will not ultimately be satisfied. Satan is lying to you and saying that rebellion against the One who made you will bring happiness to you. It will not. And you know this already, don’t you? Sin and indulgence do not ultimately satisfy. The world cannot satisfy, for it is finite and your desire is infinite. Sin does not ultimately bring happiness; it brings bondage, addiction, dissatisfaction, and ultimately resentment and spiritual death.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">
3.&nbsp;Christ Jesus died to save you. –&nbsp;Into this mess of our wayward desires and our foolish grasping at worldly trinkets, Jesus came. He met the woman at the well (who is us) and told her that everyone who drinks from this well (the world) will be thirsty again. In other words, the world cannot ultimately satisfy or save us. We must die to this world and rise to God. <strong>But our way to God was cut off by sin. Jesus came and reopened the way to the Father by dying to this world</strong>, to its lies and false claims. Rising and Ascending, he has reopened the way to the Father, our heart’s true desire. Now we can be saved by being led back to the Father by the saving power of Jesus. And dying to this world, we can one day fully be satisfied by God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">
4.&nbsp;Repent and believe the Gospel. –&nbsp;To repent means to come to a new mind, to come to understand and accept all that has been stated: that the Lord loves me, is calling me in my desires, and wants to save me from the sinful drives that will destroy me. It is time for me to come to believe in this Love God has formed me and accept the promise and salvation of his love: Jesus Christ and the saving truth he proclaims.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Radically reorient your life to Christ!<strong></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">CCC 1431. “Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from evil, with repugnance toward the evil actions we have committed. At the same time, it entails the desire and resolution to change one’s life, with hope in God’s mercy and trust in the help of his grace. This conversion of heart is accompanied by a salutary pain and sadness which the Fathers called animi cruciatus (affliction of spirit) and compunctio cordis (repentance of heart).”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">
5.&nbsp;Be Baptized and receive the Holy Spirit. –&nbsp;And thus in <strong>Baptism</strong> our sins are washed away, we are incorporated into Christ, we become a member of his body. And having done so, the Holy Spirit, the life, love, serenity, joy, and wisdom of God, comes to dwell in me and <strong>begins a work of transforming me</strong>, that includes the other Sacraments as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">
6.&nbsp;Abide in Christ and his body, the Church. –&nbsp;Grow in this relationship with Jesus and His Father in the Holy Spirit by living in the life of <strong>the Church, which is Jesus’ presence and Body in this world</strong>. Abide there, that is, go on dwelling there.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">
7.&nbsp;Go make disciples. –&nbsp;And so the cycle repeats with the neophytes, those who have just come into the Church, will begin to invite others to a relationship with Jesus!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => The Seven Elements of the Kerygma [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => the-seven-elements-of-the-kerygma [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-06-04 21:50:47 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-06-04 21:50:47 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=85989 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 83752 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-05-08 23:40:11 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-05-08 23:40:11 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On May 8, 2025, the Catholic Church elected its new pope, and for the first time in history, an American sits in the chair of St. Peter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.&nbsp; was elected among his fellow brother cardinals to the papacy, taking the new Pope Leo XIV.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Get to know the new pontiff and learn how you can pray for and with him.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pope-leo-xiv-early-life">Pope Leo XIV - Early Life</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, to parents Louis and Millie.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">His father was an educator; his mother, a librarian. He and his two older brothers grew up heavily involved in their parish.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Early on, he felt a calling to the priesthood.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“And, even as a young teenager, he knew what he wanted to do and where he wanted to go,” <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/05/03/robert-prevost-pope-francis-conclave-catholic-church-dolton-saint-mary-assumption-parish">said a childhood friend</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He attended St. Augustine Seminary High School in Philadelphia and later graduated from Villanova with a Bachelors of Science.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/OhyD7rKndTb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pope-leo-xiv-s-religious-life">Pope Leo XIV’s Religious Life</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 1977, at 22, he entered the novitiate of the Order of St. Augustine (Augustinians) and later made his vows in 1981.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Before long, Pope Leo XIV began what would end up being a major hallmark of his time as a priest: service to the people of Peru.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Beginning in 1985, he worked as a missionary in Chulucanas, Peru, a small town in the northwestern part of the South American country. A few years later, he began a decade-long stint in Trujillo, Peru, a coastal city.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Ever obedient to the assignments he was given, the then-Robert Francis Prevost returned to Chicago in 1999 and two years later became the Prior General of the Augustinians, the superior over the entire order.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 2015, he returned to Peru after Pope Francis made him Bishop of Chiclayo, one of Peru’s largest cities, with more than a million people in the diocese. Pope Francis visited Peru in 2018 and spent time with Bishop Robert Francis Prevost. In 2023, Pope Francis called him to Rome to serve as the Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Now, he serves as the Bishop of Rome, responsible for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pope-leo-xiv-s-spirituality">Pope Leo XIV’s Spirituality</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope Leo XIV’s spirituality is shaped by the fact that he’s an Augustinian, following in the footsteps of St. Augustine.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“We as Augustinians, again as a mendicant order, I think are called to live in a simple life at the service of others and in a special way to reach out to those who are poor, the poor in society today which includes of course those who are monetarily poor but there are many other kinds of poverty in today's world,” he said in an interview years ago.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He also talks about how experiencing God must involve others. Experiencing God is not an individual activity.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“It's not just about me and my experience of God, either. You might have people say, ‘Well, I have an experience of God, and I don’t have to do anything else.’ Well then, that’s probably not an authentic experience of God, because as we know from the Gospels, as we know from the Apostolic letters, if you love God, you also need to be showing that by loving your neighbor, and the two go hand-in-hand,” he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da-mLQLrTwQ">said in a 2012 interview</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/OhyD7rKndTb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pope-leo-the-name">Pope Leo: The Name</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope Leo XIV’s predecessor in name was Pope Leo XIII, pope from 1878 to 1903, one of the longest papacies in history.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope Leo XIII is <a href="https://www.osvnews.com/who-was-pope-leo-xiii-the-father-of-social-doctrine/">considered</a> the “Father of Social Doctrine,” shaping the future of Catholic social teaching that followed.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He was also known as the “Pope of the Workers,” thanks to his 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In choosing this name, Pope Leo XIV could be showing a commitment to the working class and the poor, consistent with the Augustinian charisms.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pope-leo-xiv-quotes">Pope Leo XIV Quotes</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Here are some inspirational quotes from Pope Leo XIV before he became pope:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“The bishop is not supposed to be a little prince sitting in his kingdom. But rather called authentically to be humble, to be close to the people he serves, to walk with them, to suffer with them, and to look for ways that he can better live the Gospel message in the midst of his people.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“We are often preoccupied with teaching doctrine, the way of living our faith, but we risk forgetting that our first task is to teach what it means to know Jesus Christ and to bear witness to our closeness to the Lord. This comes first: to communicate the beauty of the faith, the beauty and joy of knowing Jesus. It means that we ourselves are living it and sharing this experience."</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“We can all be missionaries of the Gospel.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“The fundamental thing for every disciple of Christ is humility.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pope-leo-xiv-addresses-the-world-for-the-first-time">Pope Leo XIV Addresses The World for the First Time</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In his first Urbi et Orbi address as the Successor of Peter, Pope Leo XIV spoke of the love and peace that comes from God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>This is the peace of the Risen Christ, a disarming and humble and preserving peace. It comes from God. God, who loves all of us, without any limits or conditions. Let us keep in our ears the weak but always brave voice of Pope Francis, who blessed Rome - the Pope who blessed Rome and the world that day on the morning of Easter.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Allow me to continue that same blessing. God loves us, all of us, evil will not prevail. We are all in the hands of God. Without fear, united, hand in hand with God and among ourselves, we will go forward. We are disciples of Christ, Christ goes before us, and the world needs His light. Humanity needs Him like a bridge to reach God and His love. You help us to build bridges with dialogue and encounter so we can all be one people always in peace.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Read his full address <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-05/pope-leo-xvi-peace-be-with-you-first-words.html">here</a> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/OhyD7rKndTb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayers-for-pope-leo-xiv">Prayers for Pope Leo XIV</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pray for Pope Leo XIV, or pray in the Augustinian tradition from which he comes, with some of these prayers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Holy Spirit Prayer of St. Augustine:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, That my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, That my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, That I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, To defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, That I always may be holy.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-rita-novena/">St. Rita Novena</a>. St. Rita was an Augustinian Nun who was canonize by Pope Leo XIII.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-monica-novena/">St. Monica Novena</a>. St. Monica, mother of Augustine, is a remarkable model of faith.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pray this simple prayer for Pope Leo XIV’s papacy:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Heavenly Father, You have entrusted Pope Leo XIV with Christ’s Church. Bless him, protect him, keep his heart soft amid the stresses and challenges he will undoubtedly face, so that he’s open to the Spirit guiding him–and all of us–towards the future of the Church, a future that sees us loving more deeply and treating those around us with greater charity, in the spirit of Augustine. In Jesus’s name we pray. Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pray-for-the-new-pope-on-hallow">Pray for the New Pope on Hallow</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Join thousands of Catholics around the world in praying for the new pope on Hallow.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Pope Leo XIV (former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost): Get to Know the New Pope [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => pope-leo-xiv-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-05-08 23:41:37 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-05-08 23:41:37 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=83752 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 82502 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2025-04-21 22:09:51 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-04-21 22:09:51 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow has launched a 9-day prayer series remembering our shepherd and beloved servant, Pope Francis</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In this time of sorrow and mourning, we at Hallow wanted to offer a place for people to gather and pray for the Holy Father, that God may grant eternal rest to his soul.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We’ll spend time in silence, praying for the repose of his soul, and reflect on the story of his life and the themes of his pontificate, namely the virtue of faith, charity, love of the poor, the dignity of all human life, mercy, evangelization, and more. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.com/collections/2171">Join in Prayer</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow also features Prayer Campaigns, where members of the Hallow community can share prayer intentions and invite others to pray for their specific needs. More than 17,000 people have already joined a <a href="https://hallow.com/campaigns/14268/">prayer campaign for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis</a> started by Hallow’s co-founder &amp; CEO, Alex Jones.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith’? Faith begins when we realise we are in need of salvation. We are not self-sufficient; by ourselves we flounder: we need the Lord, like ancient navigators needed the stars. Let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives. Let us hand over our fears to him so that he can conquer them…” - Pope Francis</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> [post_title] => Prayers for Pope Francis [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => prayers-for-pope-francis [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-04-21 22:10:49 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-04-21 22:10:49 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=82502 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 81916 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2025-04-14 20:50:16 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-04-14 20:50:16 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO, April 14, 2025</strong> - Hallow, the #1 prayer app, today announced the release of Holy Week in the Holy Land, an immersive video prayer and meditation experience exploring some of the most sacred places on earth in the days leading up to Easter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Holy Week in the Holy Land will feature <strong>Jonathan Roumie</strong>, star of the hit TV show <em>The Chosen</em>, and biblical scholar <strong>Jeff Cavins</strong>, creator of the Bible in a Year plan, visiting the Garden of Gethsemane, Golgotha, the Sea of Galilee and more.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">They will even walk the Stations of the Cross – the very path where Jesus Himself walked, stumbled, and fell on Good Friday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The series comprises seven episodes and marks the first episodic content available on Hallow. Cavins’s Daily Reflections sessions, one of the most popular sessions on Hallow, are also available in video format.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While Cavins has led dozens of pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Roumie’s trip was his first experience walking where Jesus walked.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Experiencing Holy Week in the Holy Land with Jonathan Roumie brought me to a new level of appreciation for the Passion of our Lord,” Cavins said. “My prayer is that through Hallow, thousands will capture a measure of just how much Jesus loves them and will receive the courage to pick up their cross and follow Him.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow proudly partnered with Castletown Media on Holy Week in the Holy Land, to help create a powerful series that visually captures the essence of the app’s innovative approach to prayer, meditation, and faith. The result is an immersive video experience, inviting audiences to deepen their prayer life as they journey through Holy Week. To learn more about Castletown Media, visit CastletownMedia.com.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow helps people deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, meditations, and music. The app has more than 10,000 sessions including a daily Rosary, daily Gospel, daily Saint, novenas, examens, Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year, The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie’s audio Bible, Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons, peaceful Christian music, Gregorian chant, and so much more. Launched in December 2018, Hallow is now the number one Catholic app in the world with more than 850 million prayers completed across 150-plus countries and more than 23 million downloads.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Castletown Media</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://www.castletownmedia.com/">Castletown Media</a> is an award-winning film studio founded in 2017. Through compelling story-telling, Castletown engages the mind, transforms the heart, and inspires the soul. Castletown Media most recently produced <em>Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist</em>, a Spirit Filled Hearts film, which was the highest-grossing faith-based documentary of 2024. <em>Mother Teresa: No Greater Love</em>, a Knights of Columbus film, which was the highest-grossing faith-based documentary of 2022. Later this month, they’re releasing <em>Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality</em>, which features Hallow’s CEO Alex Jones.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Launches Immersive Video Series ‘Holy Week in the Holy Land’ [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-launches-immersive-video-series-holy-week-in-the-holy-land [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-04-14 20:59:36 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-04-14 20:59:36 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=81916 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )