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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 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 10783 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-12-21 15:02:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-12-21 15:02:00 [post_content] => <!-- 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="#intro">New Year's Prayer: Intro</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#bible-verses-for-new-year">Bible Verses for New Year's</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#new-years-eve-prayers">New Year's Eve Prayers</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#saint-sylvester-prayer">St. Sylvester Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#new-years-day-prayers">New Year's Day Prayers</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pope-john-paul-ii-new-years-prayer-2000">Pope John Paul II</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pope-benedict-xvi-new-years-prayer-2008">Pope Benedict XVI</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pope-francis-new-years-prayer-2021">Pope Francis</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=10783&amp;action=edit#religious-new-years-prayers">Religious New Year's Blessings and Wishes</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#solemnity-of-mary">New Year's Day: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#catholic-resolutions-more-prayer">New Year's Resolution: More Prayer</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#daily-prayer">Daily Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#bible-in-a-year">Bible in a Year</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#new-years-prayer-faq">New Year's Prayer FAQ</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="intro" class="">You might still have Christmas presents lying around the house when you first get asked the classic late Dec. social inquiry.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"What are your plans for New Year's?"</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Our mind immediately goes toward our calendar, parties we might attend, or ways we may ring in the new year comfortably and quietly at home.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The sacred may not overtly have a role in most New Year's Eve festivities, but inviting God to enter more deeply into your life is beneficial on any given day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">God is indeed present with us as we celebrate the new year, as He is in all days. And given that it is a time of renewal, refreshment, and recommitment, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day can be an especially important time in our prayer lives.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow, the #1 Catholic prayer &amp; meditation app, has you covered for all your prayer needs, including New Year's Eve and New Year's day Scripture, prayers, and blessings to get 2025 off to a good, prayerful start.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="bible-verses-for-new-year"><strong>Bible Verses About the New Year</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">New Year's celebrations may date back to <a href="https://www.history.com/news/5-ancient-new-years-celebrations">as early as 2,000 B.C.</a> in ancient Babylon. While the modern calendar as we know it—and celebrating the New Year on Jan. 1—is a more recent creation, Jesus may have had some understanding of the concept, at least in the context of Jewish customs surrounding the celebration of the new year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Leviticus 23:24-45 makes reference to this:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">24 Tell the Israelites: On the first day of the seventh month[a] you will have a sabbath rest, with trumpet blasts as a reminder, a declared holy day; 25 you shall do no heavy work, and you shall offer an oblation to the Lord.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Leviticus 23:24-45</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Other places in Scripture capture the spiritual essence of New Year's and its focus as a time of refreshment and new beginnings. These passages are worth reflecting on as you look ahead to the new year:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away." 5 The one who sat on the throne[a] said, "Behold, I make all things new." Then he said, "Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true." 6 He said to me, "They are accomplished.[b] I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Revelation 21:4-6</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">36 [a]And he also told them a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/parables-of-jesus/">parable</a>. "No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. 37 Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Luke 5:36-38</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Isaiah 43:19</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">11 For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the Lord—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Any of these readings are great for New Year's Eve or New Year's Day reflection, but the Hallow app has daily readings and reflections for each day. Download the app and start praying today</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Jeremiah 29:11 </cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>MORE:</strong> <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-gospels/">How to Pray the Gospels</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"left","className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left"><strong>New Year's Eve Prayers</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One of the interesting dynamics surrounding the contemporary observance of Christmas is that once the calendar turns to Dec. 26, the secular celebration largely ends.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But the Church's celebration is just beginning!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The octave of Christmas lasts eight days, including Dec. 31, so New Year's Eve falls squarely into the Christmas season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Therefore, <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/christmas-prayer-catholic-blessings/">Christmas prayers</a> and blessings are completely appropriate, particularly if you're spending the evening with a different crowd than with whom you celebrated Christmas.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Extend a "Merry Christmas" on New Year's Eve and continue celebrating the season. It's a perfectly fine New Year's Eve greeting!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="saint-sylvester-prayer" class="">Additionally, New Year's Eve is the feast day of St. Sylvester, a fourth-century pope. Asking for his intercession is another form of New Year's Eve prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This prayer comes courtesy of <a href="https://www.stsylvesterli.org/Prayer-to-St--Sylvester">St. Sylvester's Church</a> in Medford, N.Y.:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Come, O Lord, to the help of your people, sustained by the intercession of Pope Saint Sylvester, so that, running the course of this present life under your guidance, we may happily attain life without end. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Prayer to St. Sylvester</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="new-years-day-prayers"><strong>New Year's Day Prayers</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When looking for words to pray or share around New Year's Day, we can receive guidance from the Holy See.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The bishop of Rome traditionally releases a blessing for the New Year. They are usually highly relevant for the moment in which they're written and shared, but they also contain wisdom and perspective that is more timeless.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="pope-john-paul-ii-new-years-prayer-2000" class="">For example, Pope John Paul II's blessing at the turn of the century resonates today, more than two decades later:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>I wish you a year filled with serenity and happiness: may you always be certain of God's love for us. As he did two thousand years ago, Christ comes today with his saving Gospel to guide the uncertain and faltering steps of peoples and nations, leading them towards a future of true hope. I ask him to bless this moment of festivity and good wishes, that it may be the promising beginning of a new millennium filled with joy and peace. Let us enter the Year 2000 with our eyes fixed on the mystery of the Incarnation. Christ, yesterday, today and for ever. To him belong time and the ages. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen! I thank you. Happy New Year to all. Praised be Jesus Christ!</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/messages/urbi/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20000101_urbi.html">Pope John Paul II, Jan. 1, 2000</a></cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="pope-benedict-xvi-new-years-prayer-2008" class="">Pope Benedict XVI also gives us a New Year's Blessing from 2008 that is meaningful as we head into 2022:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Dear brothers and sisters, it is only by pondering in the heart, in other words, by piecing together and finding unity in all we experience, that, following Mary, we can penetrate the mystery of a God who was made man out of love and who calls us to follow him on the path of love; a love to be expressed daily by generous service to the brethren. May the new year which we are confidently beginning today be a time in which to advance in that knowledge of the heart, which is the wisdom of saints. Let us pray, as we heard in the First Reading, that the Lord may "make his face to shine" upon us, "and be gracious" to us (cf. Nm 6: 24-7) and bless us. We may be certain of it: if we never tire of seeking his Face, if we never give in to the temptation of discouragement and doubt, if also among the many difficulties we encounter we always remain anchored to him, we will experience the power of his love and his mercy. May the fragile Child who today the Virgin shows to the world make us peacemakers, witnesses of him, the Prince of Peace. Amen!</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2008/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20080101_world-day-peace.html">Pope Benedict XVI, Jan. 1, 2008</a></cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="pope-francis-new-years-prayer-2021" class="">Finally, consider Pope Francis' prayerful words heading into 2021:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>May the Virgin Mary, who gave birth to the "Prince of Peace" (Is 9:6), and who cuddles him this way, with such tenderness in her arms, obtain for us from heaven the precious gift of peace, which cannot be fully pursued by human strength alone. Human strength alone is not enough because peace is above all a gift, a gift of God; it should be implored with unceasing prayer, sustained with patient and respectful dialogue, constructed with an open cooperation with truth and justice and always attentive to the legitimate aspirations of individuals and peoples. My hope is that peace may reign in the hearts of men and women and in families, in places of work and of recreation, in communities and in nations. In families, at work, in nations: peace, peace. Now is the time to think that life today is organized around war, and enmities, by many things that destroy. We want peace. And this is a gift.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2021/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20210101.html">Pope Francis, Jan. 1, 2021</a></cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If it's been a while since you've prayed and looking to get a jump in your prayer life to draw closer to God in 2025, check out all of our <a href="/how-to-pray">How To's</a> as well as <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray/">6 tips for getting started in prayer</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="religious-new-years-prayers"><strong>Religious New Year's Prayers and Wishes</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you're looking for a way to offer a Catholic or religious happy new year blessing, Hallow has you covered.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These short New Year's blessings can work for text messages, emails, Facebook posts, or however you'd like to extend your best wishes to family and friends for the new year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"Wishing you a New Year filled with peace and love"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"In this season of transition, from one year to the next, may God watch over you and bless you abundantly"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"Comforted by the promise of salvation, may you enjoy a New Year overflowing with the joy that only God can provide"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"May our eternal God, who transcends our understanding of time, be with you in this new year and always"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"May the Light of God guide you and may His loving arms protect you in this new year"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace! (Numbers 6:24-26)"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="solemnity-of-mary"><strong>New Year's Day Prayer: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to all the other reasons to spend time in prayer around New Year's Day, Jan. 1 is also the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It is often a Holy Day of Obligation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010122.cfm">gospel reading for the day</a> takes us back to Luke, with the birth of Jesus, Mary's encounter with the shepherds, the message they bore, and how Mary "kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">How might we do the same, reflecting on God's message for us and holding it in our hearts?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Since the day honors Mary, consider praying the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Mary</a> or the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">Rosary</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When New Year's Day draws to a close consider falling asleep with Mary, by using the Hallow app's "Hail Mary" prayer, which softly repeats the prayer to Mary.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>MORE PRAYERS:</strong> <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-christian-meditation/">Christian Meditation</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="catholic-resolutions-more-prayer"><strong>New Year's Resolution: More Prayer</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:image {"id":9984,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom","className":"is-style-default"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-style-default"><a href="https://hallow.app.link/blogdownload"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Morning-Prayer-v2-1024x576.jpg" alt="Pray Ever Day with Hallow, the #1 Catholic prayer and meditation app." class="wp-image-9984"/></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">New Year's resolutions often accompany New Year's celebrations, as people across the globe recognize the opportunity to get closure on the previous year and begin anew.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2020/12/23/2021-new-years-resolutions-poll">According to YouGov</a>, the Top 5 most popular New Year's Resolutions are:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>More exercise/fitness</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lose weight</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Save more money</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Improve diet</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Pursue a career ambition</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The common thread in each? Self-improvement. And they're all admirable in their own way.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But how much would we all benefit from more prayer?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Those who pray with Hallow find more peace—and often sleep better. With Hallow, committing to prayer can be one of the easiest New Year's resolutions to make.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Since you can pray easily from your phone, you can even weave in prayer into your other resolutions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">James Clear, author of "<a href="https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits">Atomic Habits</a>," has written about a strategy called "<a href="https://jamesclear.com/habit-stacking">Habit Stacking</a>," where one introduces a new habit into an existing habit to make the behavior stick.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">How would this work with prayer? Incorporate time with God into habits you already have or are looking to build:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>When you start a workout, begin a prayer as you exercise</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>As you commute to work, spend time in prayer</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Each time you receive a check, say a quick prayer of thanksgiving</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Each time you open a social media app on your phone, first open Hallow</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In time, you'll find yourself praying more, with less effort, and spending time with God will become ingrained into your day-to-day activities.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="daily-prayer">Daily Prayer</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Building the habit of prayer can take many different forms and be tailored to your specific preferences and behaviors.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you're a morning person, you can weave in prayer into your morning routine, perhaps with a daily reflection each morning.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-night-prayer/">Night time prayer</a> is another population option for praying each day. In addition to helping with sleep, praying at night can be a great time to reflect on the day, its challenges, and where God was present. <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-examen/">The Examen</a> is a another form of prayer, popular at night, that helps Catholics recognize the ways in which God was at work in their lives during the past day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to daily devotions, night prayer and the daily Examen, the Hallow app has other options for helping build prayer routines each day, such as the Daily Saint program that highlights one saint—and their words and prayers—each day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="bible-in-a-year">Bible in a Year</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":10796,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom","className":"is-style-default"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-style-default"><a href="https://hallow.app.link/blogdownload"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/event_card-min-1024x576.png" alt="Bible In A Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz on Hallow" class="wp-image-10796"/></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Bible can sometimes seem intimidating.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">So many books. So many chapters. So many names that are hard to pronounce! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For something to fundamental to our faith, it can feel unapproachable. Yet spending time with our sacred text can have a monumental impact on our faith. When we pause to read and reflect on Scripture—even passages we've heard dozens of times previously—God can continually reveal things to us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The new year is a great time to commit to spending more time reading the Bible. With Bible in a Year, you can read the Bible with a helpful guide and enjoy a guided prayer to elicit God's voice from the text.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In partnership with <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/bible-in-a-year-with-father-mike-schmitz/">Ascension Press</a> and Fr. Mike Schmitz, the popular Bible in a Year podcast is on Hallow. Each day, Fr. Mike will read 2-3 passages from scripture and follow with a reflection and prayer. In 20 minutes a day you can read the entire Bible (over the course of the year). It's also available in Spanish.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You don't need to be a Biblical scholar to participate. Check out what regular Catholic men and women just like you had to say about their experiencing joining Bible in a Year on Hallow:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"My wife and I both wanted to try something special to start off the year and to grow in our Catholic faith. Independently we both decided to do Father Michael Schmitz Catholic Bible in a year. We downloaded Hallow app and it has made this awesome experience even better."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"The Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike is life changing. I thank you for these wonderful recourses that are right at my fingertips."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"I use Hallow to listen to Fr. Mike’s Bible in a Year podcast. I love that I get to hear the readings and commentary on the actual day released."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- 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/blogdownload">Join Bible in a Year</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="new-years-prayer-faq">Frequently Asked Questions about New Year’s Prayers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:yoast/faq-block {"questions":[{"id":"faq-question-1640727991785","question":["Is New Year's Day a Holy Day of Obligation? 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","jsonAnswer":"The celebration of Mary on Jan. 1 dates back more than 1,000 years, though its exact start day is unknown. "},{"id":"faq-question-1640728028615","question":["What's a Good Prayer for New Year's? "],"answer":[{"type":"em","props":{"children":["“May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days.” "]}}],"jsonQuestion":"What's a Good Prayer for New Year's? ","jsonAnswer":"\u003cem\u003e“May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days.” \u003c/em\u003e"},{"id":"faq-question-1640728045463","question":["What’s a Good Catholic New Year’s Resolution? "],"answer":["Committing to spend more time in prayer is a great New Year’s resolution for all Christians. "],"jsonQuestion":"What’s a Good Catholic New Year’s Resolution? ","jsonAnswer":"Committing to spend more time in prayer is a great New Year’s resolution for all Christians. "}]} --> <div class="schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block"><div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640727991785"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Is New Year's Day a Holy Day of Obligation? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">In the United States, New Year’s Day (solemnity of Mary, Mother of God) is a Holy Day of Obligation unless it falls on a Saturday or Monday (<a href="https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/canon-law/complementary-norms/canon-1246">USCCB</a>). </p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640728013089"><strong class="schema-faq-question">When did New Year’s Day Become a Holy Day of Obligation? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">The celebration of Mary on Jan. 1 dates back more than 1,000 years, though its exact start day is unknown. </p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640728028615"><strong class="schema-faq-question">What's a Good Prayer for New Year's? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer"><em>“May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days.” </em></p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640728045463"><strong class="schema-faq-question">What’s a Good Catholic New Year’s Resolution? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">Committing to spend more time in prayer is a great New Year’s resolution for all Christians. </p> </div> </div> <!-- /wp:yoast/faq-block --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">More Prayers</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <p><!-- /wp:buttons --></p> <p><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --></p> <ul class=""> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/thanksgiving-prayer/">Thanksgiving Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to Pray the Rosary</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/7-sorrows/">The Seven Sorrows Rosary</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-our-father/">The Lord's Prayer (Our Father)</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-therese-novena">The St. Thérèse Novena</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-mary-undoer-of-knots-novena">Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/">Divine Mercy Novena</a></li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:buttons {"contentJustification":"center"} --></p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center"><!-- wp:button --></div> <p><!-- /wp:button --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- /wp:buttons --></p> <p><!-- wp:buttons {"contentJustification":"center"} --></p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center"><!-- wp:button {"backgroundColor":"black","className":"is-style-fill"} --></div> <p><!-- /wp:button --></p> <p><!-- /wp:buttons --></p> [post_title] => New Year's Prayers: Catholic Prayers and Blessings for New Year's Eve and Day 2025 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => new-years-prayers [to_ping] => [pinged] => https://hallow.com/2019/09/25/how-to-pray-night-prayer/ https://hallow.com/2021/02/10/7-sorrows/ https://hallow.com/2021/06/30/how-to-pray-the-gospels/ https://hallow.com/2020/02/12/how-to-pray-our-father/ https://hallow.com/2020/03/08/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/ https://hallow.com/2019/09/13/how-to-pray-the-examen/ [post_modified] => 2024-12-24 19:14:37 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-12-24 19:14:37 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=10783 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 72837 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2024-12-16 14:41:53 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-12-16 14:41:53 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en/notizie/comunicati/2024/partnership-hallow.html"><em>View the release on the Jubilee's website</em></a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2024</strong> -The Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World, responsible for organizing the 2025 Ordinary Jubilee, has partnered with Hallow, a global Catholic prayer and meditation app.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow – currently the most downloaded prayer app in the world – offers its users guided prayers, meditations, Lectio Divina, and daily reflections on the Gospel and Sacred Scriptures, as well as audiobooks, catechesis, and various genres of Christian music. Additional features include community “prayer challenges” and the opportunity to pray for one another through "prayer campaigns" and virtual "parish groups".</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For the Jubilee, Hallow has made its channels available to the Dicastery for Evangelization to promote the message of Hope that the Holy Year aims to convey to pilgrims worldwide. The Hallow team will create tailored content in the main languages of the Jubilee pilgrims to prepare and spiritually support the faithful, whether they visit Rome in person or participate in the Jubilee remotely from their own homes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The content, produced in audio and video formats, will be accessible by smartphone through the app and online through their website. Hallow will also contribute to the spiritual accompaniment of the Jubilee in person, supporting the organization of Jubilee events and involving various testimonies and Catholic personalities who have been collaborating on app content for years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"We are grateful to Hallow's founders for their willingness to serve the Church during this Holy Year, promoting the message and outreach of the Jubilee and creating content to accompany pilgrims daily in prayer," affirmed His Excellency Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“We’re incredibly thrilled to partner with the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization on this amazing work and couldn’t be more excited to invite everyone attending the Jubilee into a deeper life of prayer,” said Alex Jones, Hallow CEO and Co-Founder</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow<br></strong>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 #1 Catholic app in the world and has been downloaded 22 million times and used to pray more than 700 million times across 150-plus countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow App Partners with the Jubilee [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-app-partners-with-the-jubilee [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-12-16 19:24:50 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-12-16 19:24:50 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=72837 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 69298 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-10-22 21:23:27 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-22 21:23:27 [post_content] => <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-election-prayers-jump-to-a-section">Election Prayers: Jump to a Section</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="http://bible-verses">Bible Verses</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#short">Short Election Prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#before-election">Before Election</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#after-election">After Election</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Elections are stressful.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It doesn’t matter if you’re running for office, simply paying attention to an election, or trying to avoid getting swept up in the sea of election chaos. It’s all too common to find election season to be a challenging one.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Reminders of the election are everywhere: from yards to TV to social media feeds. The tension feels both suffocating and inescapable.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Luckily, in moments when we feel overwhelmed, we can turn to God for peace. And in moments when our country feels divided, we can unite in prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 2024, Hallow is launching a prayer challenge, One Nation Under God, to help us all come together in prayer for America.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Join the challenge today and use the prayers below to help you navigate the election season with a little more peace.</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/electionprayers">Pray for Our Country on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="bible-verses">Election Prayers: Bible Verses</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One of the most simple forms of prayer is spending time with Scripture and listening to how God is speaking to us through His word.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These Bible verses feel especially relevant during election season:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"<em>He received dominion, splendor, and kingship; all nations, peoples and tongues will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, his kingship, one that shall not be destroyed</em>." - Daniel 7:14</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This verse from Daniel reminds us that regardless of who sits in the White House or any political, corporate or governmental office, God is ultimately the King. His reign is forever, unlike any positions human beings hold on earth.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"<em>God’s way is unerring; the Lord’s promise is tried and true; he is a shield for all who trust in him. Truly, who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is the rock?</em>" - 2 Samuel: 31-32</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This verse reminds us that, while we sometimes feel like the weight of the world depends on the outcome of the ballot box, we ought to place our trust ultimately in God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"<em>First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth."</em> -1 Timothy: 1-4</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In Biblical times, as it is now, it’s important that we pray for all of our leaders and our country, regardless of who wins and loses an election. This verse reminds us that we can all come together in prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>"If you live in accordance with my statutes and are careful to observe my commandments, I will give you your rains in due season, so that the land will yield its crops, and the trees their fruit;  your threshing will last till vintage time, and your vintage till the time for sowing, and you will eat your fill of food, and live securely in your land. I will establish peace in the land, and you will lie down to rest with no one to cause you anxiety."</em> - Leviticus 26:3-6</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This verse from Leviticus speaks to how abundantly God provides for His people. It's a lesson that we can forget when we drift into a mindset where the weight of the entire world hinges on the result of a particular relection.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="short">Short Prayer for Peaceful Elections</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These original short prayers from Hallow can help you pray for our country as well as draw closer to God during election season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Heavenly Father, we ask you today to be with us and our country now as you have been since our first days as a nation. Help us to listen less to harsh rhetoric and more to the Holy Spirit. Help us to feel how Your Spirit will guide us, no matter the election’s outcome. We pray for peace, love and hope, in Your name. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Christ, our King, we pray today that we can look beyond the current political landscape, in a moment when it seems like it’s the only thing everyone is talking about, and remember that we are builders of Your kingdom here on earth. Prince of Peace, help peace flourish amid division, and strengthen us to live generously and charitably in Your name. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>God, may Your Spirit unify us. May we recognize that we are all created in Your image, regardless of which political candidate we vote for. As we approach this election, open our eyes to recognize that people we may disagree with are still our brothers and sisters, Your children. In Jesus’s name we pray. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="before-election">USCCB Prayer Before an Election</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The USCCB <a href="https://www.usccb.org/prayers/prayer-election">offers us</a> a prayer we can pray as elections approach.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Lord God, as the election approaches,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>we seek to better understand the issues and concerns that confront our city/state/country,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and how the Gospel compels us to respond as faithful citizens in our community.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask for eyes that are free from blindness</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>so that we might see each other as brothers and sisters,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>one and equal in dignity,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>especially those who are victims of abuse and violence, deceit and poverty.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask for ears that will hear the cries of children unborn and those abandoned,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Men and women oppressed because of race or creed, religion or gender.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask for minds and hearts that are open to hearing the voice of leaders who will bring us closer to your Kingdom.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We pray for discernment</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>so that we may choose leaders who hear your Word,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>live your love,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and keep in the ways of your truth</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>as they follow in the steps of Jesus and his Apostles</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and guide us to your Kingdom of justice and peace.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask this in the name of your Son Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="after-election">Prayer for After an Election</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow has created a simple prayer for the hours, days and weeks following the election:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>God of all creation, we ask for Your blessing today as we seek to move forward following the election.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>After months of words, claims and promises, we pray that we may unite over actions: loving our neighbors, pursuing justice, becoming peacemakers.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>In His Resurrection, we know that Jesus conquered death, securing for us the promise of salvation. On this day, let us focus on the hope we enjoy as Christians. Let this hope sustain us during any challenges moments that may come our way. Let us never succumb to division, hate, or hopelessness.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>In Your name we pray. Amen.</em></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/electionprayers">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayers-from-presidents">Prayers from Presidents</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Prayer has deep roots in America.&nbsp; Praying for our country is something millions of Americans have done across hundreds of years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It’s also something that predates our country, with roots dating back to the Second Continental Congress in 1775 (one of the reasons we still celebrate a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/national-day-of-prayer/">National Day of Prayer</a>!)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">See how prayer been prominent in America’s history through the words of our various presidents:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fdr-s-d-day-prayer-june-6-1944">FDR’s D-Day Prayer - June 6, 1944</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And for us at home - fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas - whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them - help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Give us strength, too - strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Thy will be done, Almighty God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">(<a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/prayer-d-day">View the prayer in its entirety</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-theodore-roosevelt-thanksgiving-prayer-nbsp-1902-nbsp">Theodore Roosevelt, Thanksgiving Prayer,&nbsp; 1902&nbsp;</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Nevertheless, decade by decade we have struggled onward and upward; we now abundantly enjoy material well-being, and under the favor of the Most High we are striving earnestly to achieve moral and spiritual uplifting. The year that has just closed has been one of peace and of overflowing plenty. Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt thanks to the giver of Good; and we will seek to praise Him, not by words only, but by deeds, by the way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow-men. (<a href="https://www.pilgrimhall.org/pdf/TG_Presidential_Thanksgiving_Proclamations_1900_1909.pdf">Source</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-woodrow-wilson-1918">Woodrow Wilson, 1918</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,</em> President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, the thirtieth day of May, a day already freighted with sacred and stimulating memories, a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, and do exhort my fellow-citizens of all faiths and creeds to assemble on that day in their several places of worship and there, as well as in their homes, to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins and shortcomings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the truth, to accept and defend all things that are just and right, and to purpose only those righteous acts and judgments which are in conformity with His will; beseeching Him that He will give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take counsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle and perplexity, and steadfastness to our people to make sacrifice to the utmost in support of what is just and true, bringing us at last the peace in which men's hearts can be at rest because it is founded upon mercy, justice and good will. (<a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-1445-decoration-day-1918">Source</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources">More Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you’re looking to find peace and relieve stress at any time, Hallow has plenty of prayer resources to help you spend some time with God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to Pray the Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-jude-novena/">St. Jude Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/saint-anthony-novena/">St. Anthony Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-lectio-divina/">Lectio Divina</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Election Prayers: Praying for America and Finding Peace During Elections with Prayer, Bible Verses [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => election-prayers [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-10-22 21:23:59 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-10-22 21:23:59 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=69298 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 68830 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-10-21 16:27:04 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-21 16:27:04 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO , Oct. 21, 2024</strong>- Hallow, the No. 1 prayer app, has partnered with NET Ministries, a leading Catholic youth missionary organization, to help deepen the prayer lives of the young people who serve the organization.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The partnership will make Hallow available to both NET Ministries missionaries as well as the young people they serve.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">NET Ministries has a mission to “challenge young Catholics to follow Jesus Christ and embrace a life of community in the Church.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow provides a wealth of resources for young people to deepen their connection with God, with audio-guided prayers, novenas, rosaries, and more.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Daily personal prayer is essential for Christians to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and live as His disciples,” said David Rinaldi, president of NET Ministries. “We are honored to partner with Hallow to get great prayer resources into the hands of young people and help them on their journey of discipleship."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The partnership will also allow Hallow and NET Ministries to collaborate on content available exclusively on Hallow.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"NET’s 40+ years of ministering to young people have been marked by inviting them to encounter Jesus through daily personal prayer,” said Pete Burds, NET’s chief mission officer. “With our new Hallow partnership, we are able to hand each young person an incredible tool that brings this life-changing relationship right to their earbuds."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow<br></strong>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 #1 Catholic app in the world and has been downloaded 20 million times and used to pray more than 600 million times across 150-plus countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About NET Ministries<br></strong>NET Ministries is an apostolate serving Catholic communities through youth and young adult evangelization and discipleship since 1981. Every year we form and equip hundreds of Catholics as missionary disciples. Then, we send them out to work hand-in-hand with Catholic ministry leaders across the country and minister directly to the next generation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Announces Partnership with NET Ministries [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-announces-partnership-with-net-ministries [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-11-16 20:23:19 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-11-16 20:23:19 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=68830 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 68360 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2024-10-09 12:52:34 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-09 12:52:34 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>October 9, 2024</em>&nbsp;— In preparation for World Mission Sunday, October 20th, The Pontifical Mission Societies USA and Hallow are excited to announce a special novena to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Patroness of the Missions. This global initiative invites the faithful to join in nine days of prayer, reflecting on the mission and spirit of St. Thérèse, starting on October 11th.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle</strong>, pro-prefect of the Section of Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization, will guide the novena in English, offering daily reflections to inspire hearts and deepen prayer. Members of the international Pontifical Mission Societies network will lead additional reflections:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sister Regina Da Costa Pedro, National Director of TPMS Brazil, will lead the novena in Portuguese.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Father José María Calderón, National Director of TPMS Spain, will lead the novena in Spanish.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This novena honors St. Thérèse's life and her profound dedication to spreading the Gospel through small acts of love and faith. Known for her "little way," St. Thérèse continues to inspire Catholics worldwide to contribute to the Church’s missionary efforts, even in the smallest, everyday actions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The World Mission Sunday Collection, which began in 1926, sustains the work of missionaries in Asia, Africa, Oceania, Latin America, and the Middle East. These funds support communities where the Church is young, poor, or persecuted.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Global Participation via Hallow</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Novena will be available for free on the Hallow app, inviting participants from all over the world to pray alongside these mission leaders in their native languages. By downloading the app, users can access guided prayers, daily reflections, and special features to journey spiritually with the patroness of the missions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Novena will begin on October 11th and conclude on October 19th, leading up to World Mission Sunday on October 20th. St. Thérèse, who is the patroness of the missions despite never having left France, remains a model of love and dedication to the Church’s global mission.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Participants can also follow the novena on The Pontifical Mission Societies' social media channels (<strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tpms_us/?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a></strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TPMSUSA/?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a></strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://x.com/TPMS_USA?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">X</a></strong>, and&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pontifical-mission-societies-in-the-united-states/?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a></strong>).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow<br></strong>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 #1 Catholic app in the world and has been downloaded 20 million times and used to pray more than 600 million times across 150-plus countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About The Pontifical Mission Societies USA<br></strong>The Pontifical Mission Societies USA is part of a worldwide network under the Pope’s direction, supporting the Church’s missionary activities in over 1,150 mission territories. Its mission is to spread the Gospel and meet the spiritual and material needs of the Church in mission territories.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow and The Pontifical Mission Societies USA Unite to Offer a Global Novena to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Patroness of the Missions [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-and-pontifical-mission-societies-usa-unite-to-offer-a-global-novena-to-st-therese-of-lisieux-patroness-of-the-missions [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-10-09 12:52:38 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-10-09 12:52:38 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=68360 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )