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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 81581 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-04-11 20:22:37 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-04-11 20:22:37 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">During Pray40, “The Way,” we heard the remarkable story of Takashi Nagai and his wife, Midori Nagai. Their example is a powerful reminder of hope amid suffering and trusting in the will of God amidst devastating circumstances.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On November 9, 2021, the Archbishop of Nagasaki, Msgr Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, granted canonical imprimatur and permission to use and disseminate an official prayer to invoke their intercession and canonization.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Please join us in our efforts to pray for the continuation of the process for the beatification and canonization of Paul Takashi Nagai and Marina Midori Moriyama using the prayer below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">O merciful Father who never leave your children alone on the journey of life, we thank You for giving to all believers and to the whole world Paul Takashi Nagai and his wife Marina Midori.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Midori, after leading her bridegroom to friendship with You, in humble dedication to her vocation, showed him the way of perfect charity.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Together, in trusting abandonment to Your will, they have given their face to the Good that Your Providence knows how to draw even from evil and have become the announcement of hope and testimonials of charity for the wounded people.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">After the death of his bride, walking in deep poverty of spirit, Takashi experienced in the atomic desert the tenderness of Your friendship and, witness of grace and of the hundredfold, he regenerated in his people the taste for life and the courage to rebuild.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Grant us all, through the intercession of these spouses, the grace to respond to our personal call to holiness and grant us, if it is to Your greater glory, the grace we are imploring (...) in the hope that these spouses may soon be counted among Your Saints.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Through Christ our Lord.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">IMPRIMATUR * Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, Archbishop of Nagasaki The 9th November 2021</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:gallery {"linkTo":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped"><!-- wp:image {"id":81685,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/4.11.25-Nagai-daughter-Kayano-right-with-her-daughter-kazuko-1990.png" alt="Nagai's daughter Kayano, right, with her daughter Kazuko in 1990." class="wp-image-81685"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Nagai's daughter Kayano, right, with her daughter Kazuko in 1990.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:image {"id":81676,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/4.11.25-bedridden-nagai-researching-radiation.png" alt="A bedridden Takashi Nagai looking at a microscope" class="wp-image-81676"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A bedridden Takashi Nagai continues to studies the effects of A-bomb radiation.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:image {"id":81667,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/4.11.25-bedridden-nagai-with-two-children.png" alt="A bedridden Takashi Nagai with his two children" class="wp-image-81667"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A bedridden Takashi Nagai with his two children</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:image {"id":81658,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/4.11.25-Nagais-with-Makoto-and-their-relatives.png" alt="The Nagais posing for a photo with Makato and their relatives" class="wp-image-81658"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Nagais with Makoto and their relatives</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --></figure> <!-- /wp:gallery --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>SEE MORE:</strong> <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/a-song-for-nagasaki-takashi-nagai/">A Song for Nagasaki</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Prayers for Takashi Nagai and Midori Nagai [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] 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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 3999 [post_author] => 3 [post_date] => 2025-04-08 13:38:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-04-08 13:38:00 [post_content] => <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Pope Saint John Paul II</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:image {"id":25334,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://hallow.app.link/u5H4n94Bupb"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Divine-Mercy-1920x960-v1-1024x512.png" alt="" class="wp-image-25334"/></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><meta charset="utf-8">The Divine Mercy Chaplet, also known as the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy, is a powerful prayer in which we ask for God’s mercy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#what-is-divine-mercy-chaplet">What is the Divine Mercy Chaplet? </a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#why-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet">Why do we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#when-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet">When to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#How-to-Pray-the-Divine-Mercy-Chaplet">How to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#Related-prayers">Related prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="what-is-divine-mercy-chaplet">What is the Divine Mercy Chaplet/Divine Mercy Novena?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Origin of the Chaplet&nbsp;</strong></h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In the 1930s, Jesus appeared to <a href="https://hallow.com/saints/faustina/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">St. Faustina Kowalska</a>, a humble and kind Polish nun, and revealed to her the depths of His mercy. St. Faustina entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in 1925, but she passed away just thirteen years later from tuberculosis in 1938. Throughout her life of holiness, she continually received revelations from Jesus and diligently wrote down what He told her in her diary. St. Faustina was canonized by St. (Pope) John Paul II on April 30, 2000. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 1935, an angel appeared to St. Faustina, and she heard the call to pray for mercy. The next day, Christ appeared and urged her to pray the Chaplet herself and with others at the hour of death. She wrote down this revelation in her diary:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Encourage souls to say the Chaplet which I have given you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. When they say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as the Merciful Savior. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this Chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy. Through the Chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>St. Faustina's Diary</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Divine Mercy Chaplet can be prayed with traditional <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">Rosary</a> beads, though to do so isn't necessary. The Chaplet only takes a few minutes, and thousands of Catholics around the world pray it every day to ask for God's mercy. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="why-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet">Why do we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet/Divine Mercy Novena?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for mercy — in our own lives and in our neighbors, too. And we also pray to remind ourselves that we must rely on God; we must recognize our weakness and replace our anxieties and worries with abounding trust in God. We pray so that we might honestly live out the words "Jesus, I trust in You."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Those who sincerely say ‘Jesus, I trust in You’ will find comfort in all their anxieties and fears … There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy – that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Saint (Pope) John Paul II (Krakow, Poland - June 7, 1997)</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="when-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet">When to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You can pray the Chaplet at any time, but here are three times that are especially impactful when praying for God's mercy:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:columns --> <div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"33.33%"} --> <div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:33.33%"><!-- wp:image {"id":8051,"width":"288px","height":"512px","sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom","align":"center","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://hallow.app.link/u5H4n94Bupb"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Copy-of-6-16-2021_story-8-copy-576x1024.png" alt="" class="wp-image-8051" style="width:288px;height:512px"/></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Pray the Divine Mercy Novena (pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for nine days straight) with Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in The Chosen, on Hallow. </figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%"} --> <div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>After Mass</strong></h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Divine Mercy is an intercessory prayer that extends the offering of the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/eucharist-holy-communion-adoration-prayer/">Eucharist</a>, so it is especially appropriate to use it after receiving Holy Communion at Mass.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Before the Feast of Mercy</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Chaplet may be prayed at any time, but our Lord specifically told St. Faustina to recite it as a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-novenas/">novena</a> during the nine days before the Feast of Mercy (the first Sunday after Easter). He then added: "By this Novena, [of Chaplets] I will grant every possible grace to souls." (St. Faustina's Diary, 796)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>At 3:00 </strong>p.m.</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">3:00 p.m. is known as the “hour of great mercy” in remembrance of Christ’s death on the cross at 3:00 p.m. on Good Friday. Similarly, people often pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-stations-of-the-cross/">Stations of the Cross </a>at this time. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="How-to-Pray-the-Divine-Mercy-Chaplet"><strong>How to Pray</strong> the Divine Mercy Chaplet</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:yoast/how-to-block {"hasDuration":true,"minutes":"20","jsonDescription":"\u0026lt;meta charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003eUsing regular Rosary beads (or your ten fingers), follow this structure:","steps":[{"id":"how-to-step-1663344940083","name":["Begin with the sign of the cross. "],"text":[{"type":"em","props":{"children":["In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."]}}],"jsonName":"Begin with the sign of the cross. ","jsonText":"\u003cem\u003eIn the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 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Amen.</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663344985079"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name"><meta charset="utf-8"/>Prepare your heart and mind. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><em>You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us. </em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345077797"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray the prayer of St. Faustina. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/>On each of the three small beads, pray: <br/><meta charset="utf-8"/><em>O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You! (x3)</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345192404"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray an Our Father.</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/><em>Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen.</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345224600"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name"><meta charset="utf-8"/>Pray a<strong> Hail Mary</strong>. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/><em>Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345239468"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name"><meta charset="utf-8"/><strong>Pray the Apostle’s Creed</strong>. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/><em>I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the <a href="https://hallow.com/2022/09/14/prayer-to-the-holy-spirit-and-other-holy-spirit-prayers/">Holy Spirit</a>, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345261637"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">First decade</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/><strong>On the first large bead:</strong> in the traditional Rosary prayer, we say the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-our-father/">Our Father</a> for each large bead. In the Divine Mercy Chaplet, we pray the following: <br/><br/><meta charset="utf-8"/><em>Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.</em><br/><br/><meta charset="utf-8"/><strong>On the ten small beads: </strong>In a traditional Rosary prayer, we pray the Hail Mary on each small bead. In the Divine Mercy Chaplet, we pray the following:<br/><br/><em>For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (x10)</em><br/></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345699877"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name"><meta charset="utf-8"/><strong>Repeat this pattern f</strong>our times. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">For each decade: begin with the <em>"Eternal Father" </em>prayer, and then pray, <em>"For the sake"</em> ten times. </p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345769448"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name"><meta charset="utf-8"/>After five decades, pray for mercy. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/>Repeat the following prayer three times: <br/><br/><em>Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (x3)</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345944623"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Close your time in prayer. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/><em>Let us pray: Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.</em><br/><br/></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1663345965525"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Conclude with the sign of the cross. </strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><meta charset="utf-8"/><em>In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.</em></p> </li></ol></div> <!-- /wp:yoast/how-to-block --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On Hallow, you can pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet (10, 12, and 14-minute options) or the Divine Mercy Novena led by Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in The Chosen, which consists of praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet for nine consecutive days.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You may also be interested in praying the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-litany-of-trust/">Litany of Trust</a>, written by Sr. Faustina Maria Pia of the Sisters of Life.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center","orientation":"horizontal"}} --> <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/u5H4n94Bupb">Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":8103,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://hallow.app.link/u5H4n94Bupb"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Copy-of-Copy-of-Night-Pray-Blog--1024x536.png" alt="" class="wp-image-8103"/></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We look forward to praying with you. 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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 76233 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-03-26 19:48:21 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-03-26 19:48:21 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Known as the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22496880-the-saint-of-nagasaki">Saint of Nagasaki</a> or the <a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781531504984-003/pdf?licenseType=restricted&amp;srsltid=AfmBOoqTz7-BUPzmIS_gDpen0wHDwJPyeosPRdxXUMFtti8DG19AYiA-">Saint of Urakami</a> (the region of Nagasaki most directly impacted by the atom bomb), Takashi Nagai (永井隆) has not officially been canonized, but his work serving his community following the devastation of World War II has inspired Catholics around the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/osservatore-romano/it/comments/2011/documents/073q01b1.html">Born near Hiroshima in 1908</a>, Nagai was an atheist as he pursued a journey towards becoming a doctor.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Along the way, Nagai discovered the writings of Pascal, which challenged his views on the existence of God. He later was invited to attend <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/christmas-eve-mass/">Christmas Eve</a> midnight Mass by the Moriyama family, with whom he had been staying during his studies.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Nagai was struck by the roar of the congregation singing loudly.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Fr. Paul Glynn, author of <em>A Song for Nagasaki</em>, a biography about the like of Nagai, wonders…wonders "...was he disturbed because ordinary people could take an uncomplicated stand for goodness and truth, while he was a footloose academic and ethical dilettante who could not?”&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He was also struck by Midori Moriyama, the daughter of the husband and wife who hosted him during his studies of radiology. The two eventually fell in love and planned to marry, despite his <a href="https://columban.org/magazine/doctor-takashi-nagai">warning her</a> “Remember, radiologists die young.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Nagai married Moriyama in August 1934, just months after he was baptized. The couple welcomed four children into the world, <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/602e278c0b8c3e5483f1dd2a/t/62386b2de0c04663ddc0151d/1647864628322/ENG-Takashi+Nagai.pdf">two of whom died as infants</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":76529,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Midori-and-Takashi-Nagai.png" alt="A photo of Midori and Takashi Nagai. Takashi is holding son Makato" class="wp-image-76529"/></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-surviving-nagasaki">Surviving Nagasaki</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Nagasaki <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250453/takashi-nagai-catholic-doctor-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombing-survivor-continues-to-inspire-at-new-york-encounter">was home to</a> the largest Catholic community in Japan.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Throughout his career Nagai worked with x-ray equipment, that at the time, did not shield well from radiation exposure. By the time World War II erupted, Nagai was diagnosed with leukemia.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On August 9, 1945, the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb roughly 2,000 feet from where Nagai did his research at a hospital. He was badly injured but cared for those who flooded into the hospital. The blast wiped out approximately <a href="https://www.cathstan.org/us-world/u-s-catholics-invited-to-support-nagasaki-bell-project-as-a-sign-of-faith-and-solidarity-with-catholic-legacy-in-that-japanese-city">8,500 of the 12,000 parishioners</a> at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It took him two days to make it back to his home, where he found Midori’s lifeless, charred body, clutching a pair of rosary beads.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>RELATED:</strong> <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/takashi-nagai-gods-will-and-the-atomic-bomb/">Takashi Nagai, God's Will and the Atomic Bomb</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-action-in-the-aftermath">Action in the Aftermath</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The radiation from the blast worsened Nagai’s leukemia but he continued serving others impacted by the blast.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When his own condition became nearly unbearable, he asked in prayer for the intercession of Maximillian Kolbe, whom he met years earlier. He was healed and continued to serve.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He also sought to help Japanese Catholics make sense of such a horrific experience, encouraging people to keep the faith and rebuild from the destruction.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Nagai also led efforts <a href="https://www.osvnews.com/us-catholics-invited-to-support-nagasaki-bell-project-honoring-japanese-citys-catholic-legacy/">to recover the bells</a> from Immaculate Conception Cathedral, known affectionately as “Urakami Cathedral.” He helped find one of the cathedral bells and had it ringing again by Christmas, to provide hope and consolation to the community overrun with devastation.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-a-song-for-nagasaki">A Song for Nagasaki</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The experience ultimately brought Nagai closer to God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“I walked with God in the ghostly desolation of Urakami and finally understood the depth of his friendship,” <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/602e278c0b8c3e5483f1dd2a/t/62386%22%202de0c04663ddc0151d/1647864628322/ENG-Takashi+Nagai.pdf">he said</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Driven by his faith, Nagai worked tirelessly to rebuild Nagasaki, contributing to projects that helped restore hospitals, schools, churches and libraries, famously helping to plant 1000 cherry trees to transform some of the destroyed land into a “Hill of Flowers.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“I want to bring life back to this dead place. I want to make it a blooming hill full of children smiling and singing,” <a href="https://columban.org/magazine/doctor-takashi-nagai">Nagai said</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When his cancer began to wither his body, Nagai shifted his advocacy toward writing. He was a prolific writer, most notable penning The Bells of Nagasaki, a book recounting his experience surviving the atomic bomb. It later became a movie in 1950 that, like most of Nagai’s work, focused on <a href="https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c02301/">reconstruction, healing, forgiveness and peace</a> as a path forward.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He became the first person to receive the title Honorary Citizen of Nagasaki before dying on May 1, 1951 at 43. Approximately 20,000 people attended his funeral.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 1988, the book <strong>A Song for Nagasaki</strong>, written by priest and missionary Paul Glynn, debuted. The powerful tale of Nagai’s life and works has been a moving read and inspired the faith lives of many for nearly 40 years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-map" data-src="visualisation/21471953"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script><noscript><img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21471953/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="map visualization" /></noscript></div> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-to-read-a-song-for-nagasaki">How to Read 'A Song for Nagasaki'</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In October 2021, The Archbishop of Nagasaki accepted and approved the request to open the two Causes of Beatification and Canonization, officially recognizing both Takashi Nagai and wife Midori as Servants of God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This sparked a new wave of interest in Nagai’s story and introduced <em>A Song for Nagasaki</em> to a new generation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And the reviews speak for themselves:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“This a wonderful story on how to have faith, hope, and charity against all the odds, in the worst of circumstances. Dr. Nagai is a moral giant. The book is a one-sitting read; I couldn’t stop reading until finished.”&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Once in a while, I find that I have read something so magnificent that it has a profound significance on my very soul. This is such a book.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“This book has touched my heart in a way that no other book has ever done before.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow partnered with Ignatius Press to create a special edition of A Song for Nagasaki for the <a href="https://hallow.com/pray40/">Pray40</a> challenge.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://ignatius.com/a-song-for-nagasaki-snagp/">Buy A Song for Nagasaki today</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":76519,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/a-song-for-nagasaki-front.png" alt="" class="wp-image-76519"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>The book cover for A Song For Nagasaki, about the life of Takashi Nagai</em></figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> [post_title] => A Song for Nagasaki - The Life of Takashi Nagai [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => a-song-for-nagasaki-takashi-nagai [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-03-27 19:16:34 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-03-27 19:16:34 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=76233 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 80243 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2025-03-25 17:40:25 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-03-25 17:40:25 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow's Pray40 "The Way" brings to light the powerful testimony of the life of Takashi Nagai, a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. Although there are points in this story that are difficult to hear, Pope Francis reminds us that looking at these gruesome events is vital to our pursuit of peace. In his visit to Nagasaki in 2019, Pope Francis stated, "This place makes us deeply aware of the pain and horror that we human beings are capable of inflicting upon one another." In this boldness to face these events, we can "turn to God with trust, asking him to teach us to be effective instruments of peace and to make every effort not to repeat the mistakes of the past." (Pope Francis, <em>Address on Nuclear Weapons</em>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="will" class=""><strong>How are we to understand these horrific events in light of a loving God? What part does God or God’s Will play in these events?</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Takashi Nagai, a Catholic Christian convert, saw this tragic event in a startling way that challenges us to view our suffering in union with Christ on the Cross. His view is unique and powerful, emerging from his own loss in light of a loving God. In his speech during the memorial (Day 28 in our Pray40 "The Way" challenge), he spoke of the deaths of the Catholic Christians in Urakami and those widely across Nagasaki as having a holy purpose. His words should give us pause:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"I have heard that the atom bomb. . . was destined for another city. Heavy clouds rendered that target impossible, and the American crew headed for the secondary target, Nagasaki. Then a mechanical problem arose, and the bomb was dropped further north than planned and burst right above the cathedral. . . . It was not the American crew, I believe, who chose our suburb. God's providence chose Urakami and carried the bomb right above our homes. Is there not a profound relationship between the annihilation of Nagasaki and the end of the war? Was not Nagasaki the chosen victim, the lamb without blemish, slain as a whole burnt offering on an altar of sacrifice, atoning for the sins of all the nations during World War II?"</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Takashi did not view the use of the atomic bomb as the will of God; instead, he viewed that since God allowed this terrible suffering on the people of Nagasaki, they should accept that suffering with a holy purpose—that through them, it could bring God's will for peace. For this reason, Takashi Nagai felt that the choice of Nagasaki as the site of the devastation was divine providence.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It should be noted that Takashi Nagai was a layman and not someone trained as a theologian. He was a Catholic doctor who was trying to process and make sense of the horrors of war through the lens of his faith. For further understanding, we should turn to what the Church teaches about God and the problem of evil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We know that God is all good. While He does not directly cause evil, He does allow it to happen. The Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks to this reality in paragraph 324: “The fact that God permits physical and even moral evil is a mystery that God illuminates by his Son Jesus Christ who died and rose to vanquish evil. Faith gives us the certainty that God would not permit an evil if he did not cause a good to come from that very evil, by ways that we shall fully know only in eternal life.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The horrors of war and the events of the atomic bomb found in the story of Takashi Nagai challenge us to experience this mystery, sometimes in profound ways. For more on this topic, see the Catechism section (309-314), <a href="https://www.catholiccrossreference.online/catechism/#!/search/302-314/fn/308:172">On Providence and the Scandal of Evil</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="weapons" class=""><strong>So what does the Church teach on the use of Nuclear Weapons?</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Paragraph 2314 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church states,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>"Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation." (GS 80, 3) A danger of modern warfare is that it provides the opportunity to those who possess modern scientific weapons especially atomic, biological, or chemical weapons - to commit such crimes.”</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In his visit to Nagasaki in 2019, Pope Francis stated, "One of the deepest longings of the human heart is for security, peace and stability. The possession of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction is not the answer to this desire; indeed they seem always to thwart it."&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Catholic Church takes a firm stance against the use of nuclear weapons and has been advocating for disarmament around the world:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"For her part, the Catholic Church is irrevocably committed to promoting peace between peoples and nations. This is a duty to which the Church feels bound before God and every man and woman in our world. We must never grow weary of working to support the principal international legal instruments of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, including the Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons." (Pope Francis, <em>Address on Nuclear Weapons</em>, Nagasaki, 2019)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We at Hallow know the story of Takashi Nagai is hard for many to hear. Our hope is that in becoming aware of the horrors that attempt to destroy and thwart the desire for peace, we find union is God's desire for peace and, hopefully, become peacemakers in our communities.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For further reading, view the <a href="https://www.usccb.org/resources/backgrounder-nuclear-weapons">USCCB Statement on Nuclear Weapons</a> and <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2019/november/documents/papa-francesco_20191124_messaggio-arminucleari-nagasaki.html">the speech of Pope Francis</a> during his visit to Nagasaki in 2019.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Takashi Nagai, God’s Will, and the Atomic Bomb [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => takashi-nagai-gods-will-and-the-atomic-bomb [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-03-25 21:28:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-03-25 21:28:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=80243 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 77665 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-02-21 03:02:48 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-02-21 03:02:48 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Fasting and prayer have a strong connection, particularly during the season of Lent. Along with almsgiving (charity), fasting and prayer make up the pillars of <a href="https://hallow.com/lent/">Lent</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Ultimately, Christians seek to fast from sin; prayer and building our relationship with God, can also help us fast from a life of sin.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">There are standard <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/lent-fasting-rules/">Lent fasting rules</a> that Catholics follow, but many people fast during other liturgical seasons, including <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-michaels-lent/">St. Michael's Lent</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While different diets have become popular in recent years, fasting is a spiritual practice, not a dietary one.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":"lent-embed"} --> <p class="lent-embed">“Christian fasting is not concerned with losing weight,” <a href="https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year-and-calendar/lent/catholic-reflection-on-lenten-fasting">said Rev. Daniel Merz on the USCCB website</a>. “It is a matter of prayer and the spirit. And because of that, because it is truly a place of the spirit, true fasting may well lead to temptation, and weakness and doubt and irritation.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Perhaps Pope John Paul II said it best.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Furthermore, fasting, that is, the mortification of the senses, mastery of the&nbsp; body, confer on prayer a greater efficacy, which man discovers in himself. He discovers, in fact, that he is "different", that he is more "master of himself", that he has become interiorly free,”<a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19790321.html"> said Pope John Paul II</a>. “And he realizes this in as much as conversion and the meeting with God, through prayer, bear fruit in him.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Below are some prayers written by Hallow to help aid your spiritual journey of fasting.</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="http://Prayers to pray while fasting.">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayers-for-fasting-at-the-start-of-lent-nbsp">Prayers for Fasting at the start of Lent&nbsp;</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Lord, may my small sacrifice open a space in my heart for You to fill. As I begin this Lenten journey, give me strength to be consistent in my fasting as I give up (name what you are giving up for Lent). May I think of Jesus, the ultimate sacrifice, to strengthen me in the days ahead. In His name I pray. Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Heavenly Father, on Ash Wednesday, we are reminded “For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” May I be filled with the spirit of humility as I embark upon my Lenten sacrifice. As I fast from food and (name what you are giving up for Lent), I pray that this small sacrifice reminds me that You are in control. May it help me trust in You more, reminding me that You offer us true food and true drink–and the promise of heaven. Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayers-for-fasting-from-food">Prayers for Fasting from Food</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">God of all creation, I come before you today in solidarity with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who are fasting today. I pray that as my hunger increases, so may my faith. As my diet lessens, so may my doubt in You. As my body aches for its next meal, may my soul long even more intensely to be filled with Your spirit. You are all I need. In Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Lord, as I fast today, I pray that you lift up my brothers and sisters who will go hungry today and who struggle to eat on most days. In my own fasting, strengthen me to serve my brothers and sisters. May my fasting make me better appreciate what I have and renew my commitment to feeding the hungry. In Your name I pray. Amen.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">God, may my fasting unite me with You. May my fasting help me surrender myself, my day, and my life to You. May the sacrifice I’m making not fill me with pride, but instead, humility and a greater dependence on You. I love You, Lord. Be with me now and always. Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-general-fasting-prayer-for-any-time">General Fasting Prayer for Any Time</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Lord, in my fasting, may I detach from the comforts, sins and temptations of this world and unite myself to Christ. In Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.</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="http://Prayers to pray while fasting.">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fasting-in-the-bible">Fasting in the Bible</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The roots of fasting date back to the Bible and trace all the way through the Old and New Testaments.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We hear of the merits of fasting early on in the book of Tobit:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Prayer with fasting is good. Almsgiving with righteousness is better than wealth with wickedness. It is better to give alms than to store up gold, for almsgiving saves from death, and purges all sin. Those who give alms will enjoy a full life, but those who commit sin and do evil are their own worst enemies." (Tobit 12: 8-10)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Isaiah also mentions fasting extensively:&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Is this not, rather, the fast that I choose: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking off every yoke? Is it not sharing your bread with the hungry, bringing the afflicted and the homeless into your house; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; Your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard." (Isaiah 58:6-8)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The clearest example of fasting in the Bible, however, comes from Jesus and His fasting in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry." (Luke 4:1-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Early Christians practiced fasting, and it’s been a constant practice in the Church ever since.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Fasting is the soul of prayer, mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. So if you pray, fast; if you fast, show mercy; if you want your petition to be heard, hear the petition of others. If you do not close your ear to others, you open God’s ear to yourself” - <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/messages/lent/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20081211_lent-2009.html">St. Peter Chrysologus </a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-resources-from-hallow">More Resources from Hallow</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/what-to-give-up-for-lent/">What to Give Up for Lent</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-strength/">Prayers for Strength</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Prayers for Fasting: Fasting Prayers for Lent and Other Times [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => prayers-for-fasting [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-22 00:35:31 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-22 00:35:31 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=77665 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 77036 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2025-02-13 02:06:13 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-02-13 02:06:13 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow would like to congratulate the winners of the 2025 <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/catholic-schools-week/">Catholic Schools Week</a> Praylist Challenge.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Three schools that that participated in praying the Catholic Schools Week praylist won a prize of $1,000 each for finishing with the most completed prayers:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Boylan Catholic High School (Rockford, Ill.)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. John the Evangelist School (St. John, Ind.)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>LaFayette Central Catholic School (Lafayette, Ind.)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Another three schools won a Hallow-catered party:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Mary’s School (Annapolis, Md.)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Magdalen Catholic School (Wichita, Kan.)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. William the Abbot Catholic School (Seaford, N.Y.)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">More than 100 schools in total participated.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">To learn more about how Hallow partners with schools, visit <a href="https://hallow.com/hallow-for-schools-plans/">https://hallow.com/hallow-for-schools-plans/</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-resources-for-teachers">More Resources for Teachers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/back-to-school-prayers-for-teachers/">Back to school prayers for teachers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/scripture/bible-verses-for-teachers/">Bible verses for teachers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-strength/">Prayers for strength</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Hallow Announces Catholic Schools Week Contest Winners [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-announces-catholic-schools-week-contest-winners [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-02-13 14:31:36 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-02-13 14:31:36 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=77036 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 77015 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-02-12 16:32:02 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-02-12 16:32:02 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>CPA members have access to Hallow and the opportunity for content and research collaboration</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO, Feb. 12, 2025 - </strong>The Catholic Psychotherapy Association (CPA) is honored to partner with Hallow, recognizing the profound impact that integrating faith-based resources can have on member clinicians and the people they serve. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow’s extensive library of prayer, meditation, and scriptural content offers a powerful tool for spiritual and emotional healing, complementing the therapeutic work of CPA members.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This partnership not only supports the growth and healing of clients through deepened spiritual engagement but also provides CPA members with invaluable resources for their own spiritual journey. By fostering both personal and professional spiritual development, Hallow equips clinicians to accompany their clients with greater depth and integration of faith.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Hallow has been a transformative resource in my practice and personal prayer life,” said Shannon D. Mullen, Ph. D, CSAT-S, CPA president. “Clients struggling with anxiety, scrupulosity, loss, and spiritual dryness have found immense solace in guided prayers and meditations, and I have personally experienced a renewed depth in my own spiritual walk through Hallow's amazing and diverse content."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“In a world that is increasingly dominated by stress, anxiety, and a general sense of chaos, we could not be more excited to partner with the CPA in their development and promotion of mental health practices centered on an authentically Christian conception of living a full and fulfilled life,” said Alessandro DiSanto, Hallow co-founder. “Christ encourages us, ‘Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.’ (MT 11:28) Our hope with this partnership is to bring that message to as many people as possible, especially those currently suffering from mental health issues and those ministering to them.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About the Partnership<br><br></strong>CPA members now have full access to Hallow and its premium selection of over 10,000 guided prayers and meditations, including:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Daily prayer content, including meditations and reflections on the daily Gospel, the Rosary, daily Examens, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Talks and exercises on combating addictions led by Dr. Anthony Isacco, Journal Chair of the CPA’s Board of Directors and Director of Training of Chatham University’s School of Health Sciences PsyD Program;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Content focused on building healthy relationships between friends, family, yourself, and God with Dr. Gerry Crete, CPA Past-President and Clinical Director of Transfiguration Counseling.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Meditations and reflections on overcoming common emotional wounds by Dr. Bob Schuchts and Sr. Miriam James Heidland of the John Paul II Healing Center;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sessions on understanding and overcoming stress and anxiety with Regina Boyd, LMHC, founder of Boyd Counseling Services;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Prayers and spiritual exercises for families, including family Mass prep, sacramental preparation content, profiles of different Saints, and age-specific formation content;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Traditional spiritual content including dozens of novenas and litanies;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Prayers and Bible Stories geared toward finding peace before going to sleep, led by familiar voices such as Mario Lopez, Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Swafford, Fr. Mike Schmitz, and Emily Wilson.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">As part of the extended partnership, Hallow will work with CPA experts in various fields to co-develop custom, faith-centric content on social and emotional health areas. This content will be exclusively available in the Hallow app and include a mix of educational and experiential content.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Finally, Hallow plans to collaborate with the CPA on an RFP process among members for projects seeking to advance research into the behavioral effects of prayer and other spiritual practices on both mental and spiritual health. Resulting efforts will be reviewed for publication in <a href="https://catholicpsychotherapy.org/Integratus"><em>Integratus</em></a><em>, </em>the Journal of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About the Catholic Psychotherapy Association</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Founded in 2002, the <a href="https://catholicpsychotherapy.org/">Catholic Psychotherapy Association</a> is incorporated as a 501c3 in the State of Georgia and recognized as a Catholic organization in the Official Catholic (Kenedy) Directory. The mission of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association is to support mental health practitioners by promoting the development of psychological theory and mental health practice which encompasses a full understanding of the human person, family, and society in fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow&nbsp;</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 750 million prayers completed across 150-plus countries and more than 22 million downloads.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Contacts</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Catholic Psychotherapy Association</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="mailto:admin@catholicpsychotherapy.org">admin@catholicpsychotherapy.org</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">press@hallow.app</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center">###</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Catholic Psychotherapy Association Extends Partnership with Hallow as Official Prayer and Meditation App [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => catholic-psychotherapy-association-extends-partnership-with-hallow-as-official-prayer-and-meditation-app [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-02-12 17:01:07 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-02-12 17:01:07 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=77015 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 75967 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-02-03 21:34:03 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-02-03 21:34:03 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The story of The Way, one of the most influential books of faith ever written, begins with the story of Josemaría Escrivá.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Josemaría Escrivá was a Catholic priest <a href="https://faith.nd.edu/saint/st-josemaria-escriva/">born in Spain in 1902</a>. He’s best known for being the founder of Opus Dei, a Catholic organization whose mission is to spread the Christian message that every person is called to holiness and that every honest work can be sanctified.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Escrivá grew up in a loving family but encountered a great deal of hardship, including the death of his three younger sisters.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">About five years later, when he was still a teenager, Escrivá had a powerful experience that united his heart to God’s will. Following a snowstorm, Escrivá noticed footprints in the snow, left behind by a discalced Carmelite monk.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The image was striking and prompted Escrivá to consider his own vocation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“If others sacrifice so much for God and their neighbour, couldn't I do something too?” <a href="https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20021006_escriva_en.html">he wondered</a>. “I began to have an inkling of what Love is, to realise that my heart was yearning for something great, for love.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This led Escrivá to pursue a vocation as a priest in 1925.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-priesthood-opus-dei-and-writing">Priesthood, Opus Dei and Writing</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">During Escrivá’s time as a priest, the Spanish Civil War broke up, leading to some persecution of Catholics and interrupting the work that he began in 1928: building Opus Dei.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Peter Berglar, author of <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BdClOWsEtAIC&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;printsec=frontcover">Opus Dei: Life and Works of Its Founder Josemaría Escrivá</a>, described how Escrivá was moved by the Gospel passage of Jesus granting sight to Bartimeus, and how Escrivá sought to clearly see what God was asking of him.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Escrivá always insisted that Opus Dei was not his own invention, that it was not the consequence of a series of speculations, analyses, discussions or experiments, and that it was not the result of good and pious intentions,” he said. “He clearly implied that the actual founder was God himself and that the commission of the task to a young priest was a supernatural act, a unique grace.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Much of Escrivá’s life was dedicated to growing Opus Dei; the Vatican formally approved it in 1950 and Escrivá later moved to Rome.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Opus Dei <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf3nQ_etTKU">is predicated on</a> the belief that “everyone is called to be holy, to serve the Church, and spread the joy of the Gospel, right in their ordinary lives.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These desires–to be holy, serve the Church and spread the Gospel–in our everyday lives manifest in Escrivá’s writings, including his most famous work, The Way.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-way-its-chapters-and-points">The Way, Its Chapters and Points</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">First published in 1934, The Way has been called "Kempis of modern times", a reference to the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/the-imitation-of-christ/">Imitation of Christ,</a> the massively popular medieval book that is the best-selling religious work outside of the Bible.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Way is composed of 46 different chapters on a multitude of <a href="https://escriva.org/en/camino/">topics</a>, including prayer, Holy Mass, obedience, the will of God, and perseverance.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Those 46 chapters contain 999 “considerations” or points, most of which pertain to Christian piety. There are 999 of these maxims because Escrivá had such fondness for the Trinity.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The format makes The Way extremely easy and enjoyable to read: Chapters pass quickly and the points are simple but profound.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For example, take, point 164, in the Heart chapter:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>164</strong> <em>How goes your heart? ... Don't be worried. The saints --who were perfectly ordinary, normal beings like you and me--also felt those natural inclinations. And if they had not felt them, their supernatural reaction of keeping their heart--body and soul--for God, isntead of giving it to creatures, would have had little merit.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>That's why, once the way has been seen, the weakness of the heart should be no obstacle for a soul filled with determination and completely in love.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-table" data-src="visualisation/21378163"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script><noscript><img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21378163/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="table visualization" /></noscript></div> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The book has spawned a <a href="https://x.com/StEscrivaOpus">Twitter/X account</a> dedicated to tweeting out these points and considerations each day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to The Way, Escrivá was the author of such books as Furrow and Holy Rosary. His last published work, The Forge, was published in 1987.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-cards" data-src="visualisation/21391615"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script><noscript><img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21391615/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="cards visualization" /></noscript></div> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-famous-quotes-from-the-way">Famous Quotes from The Way</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Way is well-known for its simple but powerful considerations about faith and everyday life.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"Do everything for Love. Thus there will be no little things: everything will be big. Perseverance in little things for Love is heroism."</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"How beautiful it is to give up this life for <em>the</em> life."</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"Everything that doesn’t lead you to God is an obstacle. Tear it out and cast it far from you."</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"Make few resolutions. Make specific resolutions. And fulfill them with the help of God."</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"To reform. Every day a little. This has to be your constant task if you really want to become a saint."</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-quotes-about-the-way-and-josemaria-escriva">Quotes About The Way and Josemaría Escrivá</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"It will certainly do a great deal of good by its simplicity, which is a true medium for the Gospel message. - <a href="https://archive.org/details/opusdeiobjective00alle/page/66/mode/2up">Thomas Merton</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Josemaría Escrivá understood more clearly that the mission of the baptized consists in raising the Cross of Christ above all human reality and he felt burning within him the impassioned vocation to evangelize every human setting.” - <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20021006_escriva.html,">Pope John Paul II</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Msgr. Escrivá, with Gospel in hand, constantly taught: ‘Christ does not want us simply to be good, he wants us to be saints through and through. However, he wants us to attain that sanctity not by doing extraordinary things, but rather, through ordinary common activities. It is the way that they are done which must be uncommon.’ There, (in the middle of the street), in the office, in the factory, we can be holy provided we do our job competently, for love of God, and cheerfully, so that everyday work does not become ‘a daily tragedy’, but rather ‘a daily smile.’” -<a href="https://www.vatican.va/latest/documents/escriva_pontefici_en.html"> Pope John Paul I</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-where-to-buy-josemaria-escriva-s-the-way">Where to Buy Josemaría Escrivá's The Way</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Way is the perfect book to accompany your Lenten prayer journey. Shipping is free when you purchase from the link below:</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://scepterpublishers.org/discount/hallow25?utm_source=hallow&amp;utm_campaign=25HallowLent&amp;redirect=/pages/hallow25">Buy <em>The Way</em> book</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:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/the-imitation-of-christ/">"The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/pray40/">Hallow's Pray40 Lent prayer challenge</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Josemaría Escrivá and 'The Way' [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => the-way-josemaria-escriva [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-02-07 14:20:00 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-02-07 14:20:00 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=75967 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 74519 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-01-09 15:12:47 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-01-09 15:12:47 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 2024, Hallow’s <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/pray25/">Pray25</a> Advent prayer challenge focused on perhaps the most famous Bible verse of all: John 3:16.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The simple first reminds us of the depths of God’s love for us–giving us His only Son, knowing the life He was leading Him to.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pray25 also featured the Litany of Let Love throughout the 25 days.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Litany of Let Love is written by Sr. Agnus Dei of the <a href="https://sistersoflife.org/">Sisters of Life</a>. In one Pray25 session, Sr. Agnus Dei mentioned that this litany came to life after she and a few of her fellow Sisters were praying and reflecting on the gift of the charism of life. It draws from the mantra "Give God permission."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Praying the Litany of Let Love helps us to invite God into our lives and to allow His love to transform us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Like other litanies, like the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-litany-of-trust/">Litany of Trust</a> or <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-litany-of-humility/">Litany of Humility</a>, the Litany of Let Love takes a bit of a call-and-answer form, repeating simple prayers and phrases, lifting up a number of intentions in the process.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Litany of Let Love invites us to meditate on the boundless love that God has for us</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-litany-of-let-love-full-text">Litany of Let Love - Full Text</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Father, good and ever-faithful.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Jesus, Savior ever-merciful.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Holy Spirit, well-spring of true life and love.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I give You permission.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Reign in my heart, mind, soul, and life.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Let Your Love come into my past, present, and future.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Let Your Love unfold in me.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love reveal who I am,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>God, in Whose Image I’ve been made, Father me.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love define me,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>God, in Whose Likeness I’ve been formed, shape me.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love with courage and hope,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>God, to Whose glory I’ve been called, be my strength.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love forgive me,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Save me Lord Jesus.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love love me to the depths of my being,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Save me Lord Jesus.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love heal and glorify my wounds,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Save me Lord Jesus.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love free me from sin,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Save me Lord Jesus.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love liberate me from all my fears,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Save me Lord Jesus.&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love reconcile me to wholeness and peace,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Save me Lord Jesus.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love awaken me,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love lead me in every moment,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love challenge me to live in and for love,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love grow my mind, heart, and soul,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love draw me to live in the truth,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love transform me into the life of Christ,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love fill me to overflowing,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love captivate my heart,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love live in me,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love inspire me,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Come Holy Spirit</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">~~~</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love cherish me,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Father, hold me in Your Heart.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love receive me,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Jesus, keep me in your wounds.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love be my rock and security,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Spirit, keep me in your peace.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love ask from me,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Let Your will be done Father.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love in,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Let Your Will be done Father.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love live in me,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Let Your Will be done Father.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love go,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Let Your Will be done Father.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love give,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Let Your Will be done Father.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love speak,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Let Your will be done Father.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">That I Let Love call my name,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Let Your will be done Father.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">To learn more about Sr. Agnus Dei, see her <a href="https://sistersoflife.org/2019/01/01/vocation-story-smad/">vocation story</a> on the Sisters of Life website or check out her interview with the <a href="https://portlanddiocese.org/news/living-love-story">Diocese of Portland</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></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/litanyofletlove">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-to-pray-the-litany-of-let-love">How to Pray the Litany of Let Love</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You can pray the Litany of Let Love the same way you'd pray other litanies.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On Hallow, the leader reads the intention (non-bolded text above) and everyone praying responds with the bolded text.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">During Pray25, the prayer guide would say, for example, "That I let love cherish me.." and those praying would respond with "Father, hold me in Your heart."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you're praying this by yourself, simply read (aloud or in your head) the first part, and pray (again, silently or out loud) the response.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-litanies">More Litanies</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you enjoy the format of the Litany of Let Love, consider exploring other litanies to enrich your prayer life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Other popular litany prayers include the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-litany-of-st-joseph/">Litany of St. Joseph</a>, the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/litany-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-litany-of-loreto/">Litany of Loreto</a>, and the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/pray-the-litany-for-life/">Litany for Life</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Inside of the Hallow app, other litanies to pray include the Litany for the Dead, Litany of the Saints and Litany for Priests–and many others.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Litany of Let Love: How to Pray [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => litany-of-let-love [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-01-09 15:14:40 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-01-09 15:14:40 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=74519 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 74508 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-01-08 21:56:19 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-01-08 21:56:19 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO, Jan. 8, 2024 </strong>- Wyoming Catholic College has partnered with Hallow, a Catholic prayer and meditation app, to provide its COR Expeditions participants with a tool they can take home to continue to deepen their spiritual lives.<br><br>Wyoming Catholic College, a 4-year, Catholic, Great Books college based in Lander, Wyoming, is well-known for its rigorous Liberal-Arts curriculum, its elite outdoor program, and for its no-cellphone policy on campus. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Through its <a href="https://www.corexpeditions.org/">COR Expeditions ministry</a>, the college has been successfully guiding teens and young adults into a relationship with Christ through a literal departure from the noise and busyness of the world, leading them into the beautiful wilderness of the Mountain West.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">”Hallow and Wyoming Catholic College share a commitment to helping young people encounter Christ," said Anne Foster, Hallow partnership executive. “The environment for that encounter is often silence, stillness, and a retreat from distractions."<br><br>This new partnership coincides with the release of Hallow’s “Digital Detox” content, which is provided by Humanality, a non-profit friend of both Hallow and Wyoming Catholic. Also based in Lander, Humanality exists to help people discover freedom through an intentional relationship with technology. Their “Digital Detox” program will feature a technology “fast,” where users will learn about the impact of smartphones and be guided in meditations that highlight the need for setting the proper boundaries with all types of communicative technologies. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Here at Wyoming Catholic, we see the power and importance of a ’tech fast’ up close,” said Professor Kyle Washut, the College’s president. “Few things are as vital to human flourishing as the ability to step away from the relentless noise and intrusion of our smartphones. I’m glad to see that Hallow is partnering with our good friends at Humanality to offer this program to its users, and I’m convinced it will be a transformative opportunity for many, as it has been for our students.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“At first, a partnership between an app and an institution that is widely known for its tech fast might seem like a strange fit. Here at Hallow, though, we believe that meditative prayer creates the proper space for an encounter with God because it necessitates a degree of silence, stillness, and a spiritual retreat into the desert or wilderness of our hearts where encounter with God takes place,” said Foster. “This understanding makes Hallow a perfect fit for Wyoming Catholic College, whose strong commitment to a tech-free learning environment has been a key tenant of its success.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“As important as the mechanics of the tech fast are, a spirituality that accompanies them is just as essential,” Washut continues. “Here at Wyoming Catholic, we have developed a program of Wilderness (or Desert) Spirituality that gives weight to the fast, and we’re glad to share our expertise and experiences with Hallow and Humanality. Together, we can answer the call of Our Lady of Champion, bringing people ‘into the wilderness, and teaching them what is necessary for their salvation.’”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow</strong><br><br>Hallow helps people deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, meditations, and music. The app has over 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 over 700 million prayers completed across 150-plus countries and over 20 million downloads.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Wyoming Catholic College</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Wyoming Catholic College is a private, 4-year, integrated educational institution that forms its students through a rigorous immersion in the primary sources of the classical Liberal Arts tradition, the grandeur of the mountain wilderness, and the spiritual heritage of the Catholic Church. Grounded in real experience and thoughtful reflection, its graduates love truth, think clearly, and communicate eloquently, engaging with the world as it is.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Announces Partnership with Wyoming Catholic College [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-announces-partnership-with-wyoming-catholic-college [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-01-08 21:56:31 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-01-08 21:56:31 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=74508 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 74437 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2025-01-08 16:12:41 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-01-08 16:12:41 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Any student who’s sat down to take a test knows that the final few moments before an exam begins can be incredibly stressful.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Did I actually study enough?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Do I know the material as well as I think I do?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Did I prepare for the right questions?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Self-doubt and anxiousness creep into the minds of even the brightest and most gifted students, especially since it feels like future success hinges entirely on the outcome of this single test.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Luckily, God offers us peace in stressful times, and spending time in prayer before an exam can help remind us of a larger reality: that God loves us, and loving Him and sharing that love with others is far more important than our GPA, what school we get into or what job title we have.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Here are a few prayers to pray before exams to help us feel peace, security, and love from our God, who loves us more than we can comprehend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-simple-prayers-before-a-test-or-exam">Simple Prayers Before a Test or Exam</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Say one of these simple prayers any time before you sit down for a test or exam:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Heavenly Father, all-knowing and ever-present, clear my mind of stress and allow me to pause for a short moment and feel your presence. Strengthen me to do Your will and allow the Holy Spirit to guide me in the ways You are leading me. May Your will be done today and always. Amen.</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Loving God, source of all truth, I humbly ask you to strengthen me and allow my talents, which are gifts from You, to shine through today before this exam. May I always strive to boldly leverage my talents to give You honor. Even though I know that no text or exam here on earth can evaluate me on what’s most important, I still ask for Your blessing to do my best today. In Jesus’s name, I pray. Amen.</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Lord, I simply ask today for peace and calm as my exam approaches. Quiet my mind and ease my anxiousness. Be with me as I take my test. Give me the grace to trust fully in You for whatever the future holds for me, in all my academic pursuits and with my life as a whole. Amen.</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></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/prayersbeforeexam">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-st-thomas-aquinas-prayer-before-an-exam">St. Thomas Aquinas Prayer Before an Exam</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">There are different versions of this prayer attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church and patron saint of schools and students.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In his book <em>A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomists</em>, Ralph McInerny describes how Aquinas has been the go-to saint for students and those in academia.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Thomas has been recommended to Catholic philosophers and theologians as their principal guide. The assumption is that he can aid them in their task,” he<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cWMFDgAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=st.+thomas+aquinas&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiIy_mA7dmKAxXD78kDHTJnMLQQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false"> wrote</a>. “Their task, in a nutshell, is to attain the truth. The main reason to read Thomas is to learn things that are true.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Consider seeking the intercession of St. Thomas Aquinas with the following prayer:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Lord,&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>True source of light and wisdom,&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Give me a keen sense of understanding, a retentive memory, and the capacity to grasp things correctly.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Grant me the grace to be accurate in my writing&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and the skill to express myself with thoroughness and clarity.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Be with me at the start of my work. Guide its progress and bring it to completion.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Grant this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-st-agatha-prayer-before-a-nursing-exam">St. Agatha Prayer Before a Nursing Exam</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Nursing students have rigorous exams they must pass before becoming licensed to work as a registered nurse.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Agatha is often considered the patron saint of nurses; though she was not a nurse herself, the third-century Sicilian martyr endured tremendous hardship and challenging situations for a noble cause, something with which many pursuing a career in nursing can identify.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This short prayer can be prayed before a nursing exam to ask for the intercession of St. Agatha:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Dearest St. Agatha, patron of nurses, I come to you today to ask for your intercession as I approach my exam. Pray that if it’s God’s will, I will pass my exam and pursue a vocation as a nurse. Pray that I always have the strength to live each day in service of others, no matter the cost. Pray that God eases my mind and my heart, replacing stress with peace–the peace that only He can provide. St. Agatha, pray for me!</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-st-joseph-of-cupertino-prayer-before-an-exam">St. Joseph of Cupertino Prayer Before an Exam</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Joseph of Cupertino is another patron of students and test-takers. He was a poor student (<a href="https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/st-joseph-of-cupertino-the-dunce-5587">sometimes called a dunce!</a>) but very humble and virtuous. He eventually passed an important exam to become a Franciscan, seemingly against all odds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Versions of this prayer are popular among students before taking a significant exam:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino,&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Who while on earth did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your examination only the questions you knew,&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Obtain for me a favor in the examinations for which I am now preparing.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked. Though Christ our Lord. Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>St. Joseph of Cupertino, Pray for us!</em></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/prayersbeforeexam">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-surrender-novena-prayer">Surrender Novena Prayer</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Perhaps one of the best prayers to say before an exam is a simple 10 words. It comes from the<a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-surrender-novena/"> Surrender Novena</a>, and it’s easy to memorize and repeat.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Jesus, I surrender myself to You. Take care of everything! (repeat)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This simple prayer is powerful and reminds us to place all of our trust in God, not just for exams we take in school but for any test or trial that we must endure. It reminds us of our limitations as humans and that we can’t (and shouldn’t) try to control things and dictate our will.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-other-prayers-before-an-exam">Other Prayers Before an Exam</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Perhaps the best way to pray before an exam is any prayer that helps you feel God’s love for you and reminds you that no outcome on any exam will ever change that. Consider<a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-lectio-divina/"> Lectio divina</a>,<a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/"> Divine Mercy Chaplet</a> or the<a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-litany-of-trust/"> Litany of Trust</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Prayers Before an Exam [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => prayers-before-an-exam [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-01-08 16:12:53 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-01-08 16:12:53 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=74437 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )