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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 8588 [post_author] => 18 [post_date] => 2023-10-17 16:50:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-10-17 16:50:00 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Jude Thaddeus is often called the patron saint of “the impossible.” Pray this <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-novenas/">novena</a>, with <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/hallow-press-release-our-newest-partner-dr-scott-hahn/">Dr. Scott Hahn</a> as your guide, during seasons of struggle, pain, and challenge in your life. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, ‘Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.’</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>John 14:22-23</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- 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="#who-was-st-jude">Who was St. Jude? </a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#jude-the-disciple">One of the twelve disciples</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#st-jude-medalion">St. Jude’s medallion</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#st-jude-martyr">Martyrdom and modern popularity</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#why-pray-st-jude-novena">Why pray the St. Jude Novena?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#when-to-pray-st-jude-novena">When should we pray the St. Jude Novena?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#how-to-pray-st-jude-novena">How to Pray the St. Jude Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#related-prayers">Related prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="who-was-st-jude">Who was St. Jude?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="jude-the-disciple">One of the twelve disciples</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Jude is the patron saint of hopeless causes and desperate situations. He was one of Jesus’s twelve disciples, though he is only <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A22-23&amp;version=NRSV">quoted</a> once in the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-gospels/">Gospels</a> (see above). While called Judas in the Gospel of John, he is known by Jude to avoid confusion with Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus, as John points out in his Gospel. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Many people have become more familiar with St. Jude through watching the popular TV show "The Chosen," in which actor <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4544348/">Giavani Cairo</a> portrays Jude Thaddeus. Cairo leads the St. Jude Novena on the Hallow app.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center","orientation":"horizontal"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/stjudenovena">Pray the St. Jude Novena with Jude from The Chosen</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="st-jude-medalion">St. Jude’s medallion </h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Tradition <a href="https://shrineofstjude.org/the-shrine/st-jude/st-jude-thaddeus-symbols/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">holds</a> that while Jesus was still alive, King Abgar of Edessa (modern-day Turkey) was sick with an incurable disease. He wrote Jesus a letter, asking for a miracle. Jesus responded to King Abgar that he would send one of his disciples to heal him. Then, Jesus impressed his face onto a cloth for St. Jude to transport to King Abgar. Upon receiving the cloth, King Abgar was healed. Today, St. Jude is often depicted with the same “image of Edessa” on a medallion around his neck.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="st-jude-martyr">Martyrdom &amp; modern popularity</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Jude continued ministering in Persia and was martyred in Persia alongside St. Simon. The two Saints share the same feast day (October 28th) and are buried together in the crypt beneath St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He was <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Jude-Apostle" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">popularized</a> in prayer for desperate causes in the late 18th century in western Europe. Nowadays, many know St. Jude as the namesake of children’s research hospitals across the United States. In the fall of 2023, a relic of St. Jude toured the U.S., <a href="https://thecountypress.mihomepaper.com/articles/st-jude-relics-visit-immaculate-conception/">making stops in 100 different cities</a>. The tour, organized by the Treasures of the Church apostolate, <a href="https://www.detroitcatholic.com/news/meeting-the-apostle-of-hope-thousands-venerate-major-relic-of-st-jude-thaddeus">helped bring the St. Jude relic</a> to crowds of thousands at some stops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="why-pray-st-jude-novena">Why pray the St. Jude Novena? </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We pray the St. Jude Novena to lead us in prayer for hope and strength during difficult times in our lives and in the lives of others. St. Jude sought to love the Lord through challenging times, so we strive to imitate this same unwavering faith. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="when-to-pray-st-jude-novena">When should we pray the St. Jude Novena?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The St. Jude Novena is commonly prayed in preparation for the Saint’s feast day on October 28th. Some <a href="https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/our-lady-of-hope-slated-to-host-st-jude-novena-next-week/article_93b5a9b3-0814-5040-bf9d-161ca2a03298.html">parishes organize</a> communal prayer of the St. Jude Novena. However, you can pray this novena during any season of struggle when you’re in need of the Saint’s comfort. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="how-to-pray-st-jude-novena">How to Pray the St. Jude Novena </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:image {"id":9823,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/How-to-Pray-Mary-Undoer-of-Knots-3-1024x536.png" alt="Hallow App - How to pray - St. Jude Novena" class="wp-image-9823"/></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:yoast/how-to-block {"hasDuration":true,"days":"0","hours":"0","minutes":"15","jsonDescription":"\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Pray the St. Jude Novena\u003c/strong\u003e","steps":[{"id":"how-to-step-1639099551732","name":["Begin by making the sign of the cross"],"text":[{"type":"em","props":{"children":["In the name of Father, and of the Son, and of the ",{"type":"a","props":{"href":"https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-to-the-holy-spirit/","children":["Holy Spirit"]}},", Amen. 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You can choose one intention to pray with for the entire nine days, or you can name a different one each day of prayer.<br/><br/>Whether it is a physical, mental, or spiritual struggle you or a loved one endures, you can name these intentions of your heart in prayer.</p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1639100014504"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Pray the St. Jude novena prayer</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><em>“St. Jude, you are the patron of the impossible. Pray for me and my intentions! O St. Jude, pray that God’s grace and mercy will cover my intentions. Pray for the impossible if it is God’s will.</em><br/><br/><em>Pray that I may have the grace to accept God’s holy will even if it is painful and difficult for me.”</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1639100044625"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Rest with the daily meditation</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"> The daily meditation focuses on a different theme each day, including faith, sacrifice, and hope. The first day of the novena asks St. Jude to lead us in loving God: <em>“St. Jude, you loved our Lord, help me to love Him more.”</em> </p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1639100083629"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Close with the Sign of the Cross</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"><em>In the name of Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. </em> <br/><br/>Repeat this prayer with St. Jude for eight more days to complete the novena.</p> </li></ol></div> <!-- /wp:yoast/how-to-block --> <!-- wp:separator {"opacity":"css"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You can pray the St. Jude Novena with Dr. Scott Hahn on Hallow. On behalf of the Hallow Team, we hope this novena supports you in praying through challenging times in your life. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center","orientation":"horizontal"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/stjudenovena">Join the Novena for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="related-prayers">Related Prayers</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to Pray the Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/7-sorrows/">How to Pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-our-father/">How to Pray the Lord’s Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">How to Pray the Hail Mary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-therese-novena/">How to Pray the St. Thérèse&nbsp;Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-mary-undoer-of-knots-novena/">How to Pray the Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/">How to Pray the Divine Mercy Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-teresa-of-avila-prayers-quotes-feast-day/">St. Teresa of Ávila prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/holy-family-novena/">How to Pray the Holy Family Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-peregrine-novena/">Novena to St. Peregrine</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Article updated Oct. 19, 2023</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => St. Jude Novena: How to Pray the Novena to St. Jude [post_excerpt] => Pray this novena to lead you through times of struggle, pain, and challenge. 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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 42273 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2023-10-09 20:02:45 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-10-09 20:02:45 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Our Lady of Aparecida Table of Contents</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#history">History</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#popularity">Popularity</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pilgrimages">Pilgrimages</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#feast-day">Feast Day</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#prayers">Prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Our Lady of Aparecida: History, Prayers, Feast Day, Miracles and More&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Our Lady of Aparecida is the patron of Brazil, and her feast day represents a national holiday in the country of more than 200 million people, many of whom are Catholic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Virgin of Aparecida has been associated with many miracles spanning centuries. She remains an important part of the faith of Brazilian Catholics as well as believers scattered throughout the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Her face is the face of the Brazilian people,” <a href="https://aleteia.org/2013/07/25/whats-so-important-about-the-virgin-of-aparecida/">said Father Jose Arnaldo Juliano dos Santos</a>, a Catholic historian. “She’s the great unifier of Brazil, who reaches across all sorts of divisions of race, class, region, and religion, and brings us all together as a people.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn more about Our Lady of Aparecida (which means: Our Lady Revealed) and how she might inspire your faith today.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/call-to-action {"name":"acf/call-to-action","data":{"title":"Build a Habit of Prayer. Try Hallow Today.","_title":"field_61830a908ae38","link-1-url":"https://hallow.app.link/aparecida","_link-1-url":"field_61830aa18ae39","link-1-text":"Get the App.","_link-1-text":"field_61830abc8ae3a","link-2-url":"","_link-2-url":"field_61830ace8ae3b","additional-text":"","_additional-text":"field_61830b128ae3d","color":"#c49ee7","_color":"field_61830b2a8ae3e","text-color":"#FFFFFF","_text-color":"field_61830b418ae3f"},"align":"center","mode":"auto"} /--> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="history">History</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9116934">Described as</a> Brazil’s Lourdes or <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/our-lady-of-fatima/">Fatima</a>, Our Lady of Aparecida’s story begins more than 300 years ago in the waters of the Paraíba River.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Three fishermen–Domingos Garcia, Filipe Pedroso, and João Alves–were having little success bringing in fish. It was not a peak season for fishing, so the trio prayed for the intercession of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While pulling in their nets at the end of a long day, they realized they had “caught” a headless wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, which had somehow ended up in the river–and the nets of the fishermen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Throwing the nets back in the water, they pulled in a wooden head that they quickly realized belonged to the body of the statue they previously netted.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Tossing their nets into the water once more, they suddenly had more fish than they could handle.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mary didn’t appear that day the same way she appeared in <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-prayers-celebrations/">Guadalupe</a> or Fatima, but her presence was clearly felt and word of the miraculous occurrence rapidly spread throughout Brazil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="popularity">Growth in Popularity</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Word of the statue’s discovery–and subsequent miraculous fishing hauls–spread quickly throughout Brazil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">People traveled to see the statue, held in a small hut where one of the fishermen lived. A small chapel was built to house it more properly, but by 1737, <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/10/12/our-lady-of-aparecida.html">a larger chapel replaced it</a>, to better accommodate its growing popularity.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">By 1888, a larger cathedral, now <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-pope-basilica/brazils-giant-basilica-is-backdrop-for-pope-visit-idUSN0236838720070506">known as the Old Basilica</a>, was finished after 50 years of work. For Latin America’s most popular shrine, it was still not large enough.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 1930, Pope Pius XI declared Our Lady of Aparecia the Patroness of Brazil. In 1955, work began on the current Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://hallow.com/saints/john-paul-ii/">Pope John Paul II</a> <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1980/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19800704_aparecida-brazil.html">visited and inaugurated the current basilica</a>, the second largest basilica in the world, beind only St. Peter’s in Rome, in 1980.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Devotees of Our Lady and pilgrims to Aparecida present here, and you who follow us on radio and television, preserve jealously this tender and trusting love for the Virgin, which is characteristic of you,” he said during his address that day. “Never allow it to become lukewarm! Let it not be an abstract love, but an incarnate love.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="pilgrimages">Pilgrimages to Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Millions of people from around the world make the trek to Aparecida each year, inspired by Our Lady and to visit her shrine.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It’s become such a popular destination that it spawned the creation of a <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/look-ahead-benedict-brazil">massive religious theme park</a> that opened in 2000.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Groups like <a href="https://famvin.org/en/2022/07/21/the-historic-50th-pilgrimage-to-aparecida-brings-together-13000-people/">Society of Saint Vincent de Paul</a> plan large trips there each year. <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2007/may/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070513_conference-aparecida.html">In 2007</a>, Pope Benedict chose Aparecida as the site of the Fifth General Conference of Bishops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In the middle of February each year, a group of men <a href="https://www.cnbb.org.br/cresce-o-terco-dos-homens-no-brasil/">gather to pray the Rosary</a> at the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida. The gathering began in 2009 with 600 men but <a href="https://www.a12.com/redacaoa12/igreja/o-fenomeno-terco-dos-homens">exploded to more than 80,000 men in 2019</a>, before the pandemic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="feast-day">Our Lady of Aparecida Feast Day</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Feast for Our Lady of Aparecida occurs each year on October 12.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It is a national holiday in Brazil, as Our Lady continues to influence the daily lives of Brazilian Catholics.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">A recent example of this is the trend of Brazilian brides choosing to have images of Our Lady of Aparecida <a href="https://aleteia.org/2023/04/03/veil-with-image-of-our-lady-becomes-trend-among-catholic-brides/">sewn into their wedding gowns</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The design is a common tattoo choice, and the hymn <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZRJuTZaIdY">associated with Our Lady of Aparecida</a> is also a popular tune.</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/aparecida">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="prayers">Our Lady of Aparecida Prayers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The most popular prayer asking for the intercession of Our Lady of Aparecida goes as follows:&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Prayer to Our Lady of Aparecida</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:group {"className":"","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} --> <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:group {"className":"","layout":{"type":"flex","orientation":"vertical"}} --> <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">O incomparable Our Lady of Aparecida, Mother of my God, Queen of Angels, Advocate of sinners, Refuge and Consolation of the afflicted and troubled.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">O Most Holy Virgin, full of power and kindness, cast a favorable gaze upon us, so that we may be helped in all our needs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Remember, most clement Mother Aparecida, that it is not known that of all those who have turned to you, invoked your most holy name and begged for your singular protection, any one was abandoned by you.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Encouraged by this confidence, I turn to you: I take you from this day forward forever as my Mother, my protector, my consolation and guide, my hope and my light at the hour of death.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">So, Lady, free me from everything that could offend you and your Son, my Redeemer and Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed Virgin, preserve this unworthy servant of yours, this house and its inhabitants, from pestilence, famine, war, lightning, storms and other dangers and evils that may plague us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Sovereign Lady, deign to direct us in all spiritual and temporal affairs; deliver us from the temptation of the devil, so that, walking the path of virtue, through the merits of your purest Virginity and the most precious Blood of your Son, we may see you, love and enjoy eternal glory, for all ages of ages.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --></div> <!-- /wp:group --></div> <!-- /wp:group --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope John Paul II offered the following prayer at Mass in the Basilica of Aparecida on July 4, 1980:&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Lady Aparecida, a son of yours</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">who belongs to you unreservedly— totus tuus!—</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">called by the mysterious Plan of Providence to be Vicar of your Son on earth,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">wishes to address you at this moment.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He recalls with emotion,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">because of the brown colour of this image of yours,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">another image of yours</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">the Black Virgin of Jasna Gora!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mother of God and ours,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">protect the Church, the Pope, the bishops, the priests</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">and all the faithful people;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">welcome under your protecting mantle</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">men and women religious, families, children, young people and their educators!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Health of the sick and Consoler of the afflicted,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">comfort those who are suffering in body and in soul;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">be the light of those who are seeking Christ, the Redeemer of man:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">show all men that you are the Mother of our confidence.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Queen of Peace and Mirror of Justice,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">obtain peace for the world,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">ensure that Brazil may have lasting peace,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">that men will always live together as brothers,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">as sons of God!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Our Lady Aparecida,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">bless this Shrine of yours and those who work in it&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">bless this people praying and singing here,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">bless all your sons,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">bless Brazil. Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130724_gmg-omelia-aparecida.html">Pope Francis offered</a> the following prayer during a homily at the basilica in 2013:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mary Most Holy by the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in your beloved image of Aparecida, spread infinite favours over all Brazil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I, unworthy to be counted among your sons and daughters but full of desire to share in the blessings of your mercy, lie prostrate at your feet. To you I consecrate my intentions, that they may ever dwell on the love that you merit; to you I consecrate my tongue that it may ever praise you and spread your devotion; to you I consecrate my heart, that, after God, I may love you above all things.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Receive me, incomparable Queen, you whom Christ Crucified gave to us as Mother, and count me among your blessed sons and daughters; take me under your protection; come to my aid in all my needs, both spiritual and temporal, and above all at the hour of my death.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Bless me, heavenly helper, and through your powerful intercession, give me strength in my weakness, so that, by serving you faithfully in this life, I may praise you, love you and give you thanks in heaven, for all eternity. Let it be!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-related-prayer-resources">Related Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- 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/feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-prayers-celebrations/">Our Lady of Guadalupe</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/our-lady-of-chiquinquira-history-feast-day-and-prayers/">Our Lady of Chiquinquira</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/our-lady-of-fatima/">Our Lady of Fatima</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Our Lady of Aparecida: History, Prayers, Feast Day, Miracles and More  [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => our-lady-of-aparecida-prayers-feast-day [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-05-29 13:31:43 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-05-29 13:31:43 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=42273 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 45986 [post_author] => 3 [post_date] => 2023-10-01 21:11:14 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-10-01 21:11:14 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We’ve received a lot of feedback over the last few days on the Advent challenge, with many folks really excited and many, understandably, upset, hurt, or confused. Many have asked questions about Hallow’s stance on issues of Church teaching.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I’d want to start by saying that Hallow stands proudly and unequivocally in support of all Catholic Church teaching, especially the pro-life stance of the Church and the USCCB’s affirmation of the end of abortion as the preeminent priority. It is a heartbreakingly important issue that we as an organization, and I personally, take very seriously. We have several explicitly pro-life prayers and meditations on the app guided by the foremost pro-life leaders in the Church. We would never allow any content on the app that goes against the pro-life teaching of the Church. We consistently send our team to the March for Life each year. We will do everything in our power as long as we are around to assist in the fight for life and to work to let God change hearts and minds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When we originally decided on the theme for this year’s Advent challenge, we prayed and reflected on who might be best to help bring C.S. Lewis’s words to life and help us all to grow closer to Christ, while still remaining, as we always do and will, fully in-line with Church teaching.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We were thrilled with the opportunity to partner with Liam as a voice actor to read the C.S. Lewis passages because of his powerful portrayal of Aslan (who is C.S. Lewis’s representation of Christ) in the C.S. Lewis films. We felt that pairing Liam alongside Jonathan Roumie and an incredible religious sister would allow us to hear Liam bring to life the writings in a new way, while also letting the religious sister and Jonathan lead us deeper into a Catholic reflection on the passages.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">They’ve all three done an incredible job recording the scripts. They are each deeply moving and we’re excited and humbled to be able to share them with the Hallow community. We believe that many will find them life-changingly powerful and that the challenge will help them grow deeper in their relationship with God.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">All that being said, we do not stand behind or claim to endorse any of the personal views, past actions, or political opinions of any of the narrators on the app. We have many actors on the app with differing personal views on many topics, some who are practicing Catholics, but several of whom come from different faith backgrounds. Several have done things in the past or may hold personal views that we would disagree with. The one thing we do strongly stand behind is every word they read within the app itself.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We have two different philosophies for approaching partners. One is for anyone on the app we have sharing their own reflections or sermons. This bar is very high - we look for the partner to have deep expertise in what they are speaking about and an extensive background in theology and adherence to the Church. We must ensure and trust that everything they say on the app is 100% orthodox and in-line with Church teaching. The other bar is for our actors or other partners. These partners are each reading from a script - usually Scripture passages or quotes from theological writings - written by our theology team. We partner with these actors, athletes, and creators, some of whom are not practicing Catholics, for their ability to bring the readings to life in a new way and invite a new audience to prayer. Our philosophy for which partners we work with in this second category has been primarily rooted, as everything we do at Hallow is, in discerning the extent to which it will help people grow closer to God while also seriously evaluating any risk that any content or partnership might lead people away from God.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While the majority of the content on Hallow, by far, is led by incredible religious - nuns, priests, bishops - who lead people into deep reflections and spiritual practices, our goal at Hallow has always been to try to reach out to folks who have fallen away and to invite them into a relationship with Christ. This often means partnering with non-traditional partners and people from different backgrounds. It’s one of the reasons why we’re so grateful to the partners who do choose to work with us. It takes courage, especially in today’s world, to decide to partner with an explicitly Catholic app and to use your talents and platform as a celebrity to invite people into prayer. It’s an honor to work with our partners - both those who take their Catholic faith seriously, and those who are in different places in their faith journey - to try to join in with God’s effort to reach out to the very hardest to reach, those in the darkest of places.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">As with every major decision at Hallow, we prayed deeply through this decision and consulted heavily with our advisors. It is a very difficult decision. Ultimately for us it comes down to our discernment in prayer. I do not always get clear answers in prayer, but in this particular case I do strongly believe this is what God is calling us to do. I understand if you disagree.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On that note, I deeply appreciate all the feedback. We are very early in the process of learning how to build this content &amp; community. Please know of our prayers for you. I humbly ask you for yours.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Alex, CEO &amp; Co-Founder</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-resources-from-hallow">More Resources From Hallow</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/ash-wednesday/">Ash Wednesday 2024</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/lent/">Complete Guide to Lent</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/what-to-give-up-for-lent/">Things to Give Up for Lent</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/lent-fasting-rules/">Lent Fasting Rules</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/when-is-lent/">Lent 2024</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Response to Advent Prayer Challenge [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => response-to-advent-prayer-challenge [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-02-13 01:41:50 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-02-13 01:41:50 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=45986 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 41647 [post_author] => 43 [post_date] => 2023-09-22 15:48:16 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-22 15:48:16 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The waiting period before surgery – for yourself or a loved one – can bring about many emotions that leave us feeling discomfort, anxious, or worried. And sitting in that discomfort, anxiety, or worry can feel like a never-ending amount of time. Talking to God during this time is helpful – to give Him the burdens on our hearts and minds and do our best to trust in His plan.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-anointing-of-the-sick">Anointing of the Sick</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-prayer-before-surgery">Prayer before surgery&nbsp;</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-prayer-for-surgery-for-a-friend">Prayer for surgery for a friend</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-prayer-for-recovery-and-healing">Prayer for recovery after surgery</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Matthew 9:35</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-anointing-of-the-sick">Anointing of the Sick</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to prayer during this waiting period before surgery, many Catholics receive the Anointing of the Sick. One of the seven Sacraments, the Anointing of the Sick, is a gift of healing for the whole person – mind, body, soul. It harkens back to Jesus’ healing ministry in <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-gospels/">the Gospels</a> and is a prayerful way for you or a loved one to prepare for surgery in the Catholic tradition.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines the Anointing of the Sick as,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>A particular gift of the Holy Spirit. The first grace of this sacrament is one of strengthening, peace and courage to overcome the difficulties that go with the condition of serious illness or the frailty of old age. </em><strong><em>This grace is a gift of the Holy Spirit,</em></strong><em> who renews trust and faith in God and strengthens against the temptations of the evil one, the temptation to discouragement and anguish in the face of death.</em><em></em><em>This assistance from the Lord by the power of his Spirit is meant to lead the sick person to healing of the soul, but also of the body if such is God's will. Furthermore, “if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-to-the-holy-spirit/">Holy Spirit</a>, in particular, has a charism (special gift or ability) of healing. Thus, when priests give the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, they say a prayer rooted in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>“Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit.”&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The priest says this prayer while making the Sign of the Cross on the sick person’s forehead using holy oils, similar to how we receive ashes on our foreheads on <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/ash-wednesday/">Ash Wednesday</a>. To receive this sacrament, contact your local priest or parish, or ask the hospital about a Catholic priest visiting in the hospital.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/wSXjNyVGhDb">Pray with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayer-before-surgery">Prayer before surgery</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Jesus, I am anxious about my upcoming surgery, yet I trust in You. I trust You to help the physicians, nurses, and aids involved to heal me. I trust You to be with me during the procedure. Jesus, I trust in You. Jesus, I trust in You. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>God, You are the Divine Healer. Please help me find patience for my healing. Please guide me to rest in Your presence in this time of waiting.&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Luke, you are the patron saint of physicians and surgeons. Please pray for me and all those involved in my surgery or recovery. Help lead me to trust in Jesus.&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Also, pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-surrender-novena/">Surrender Novena</a> for the 9 Days leading up to your surgery on Hallow, or consider the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-peregrine-novena/">St. Peregrine Novena</a> if you're battling cancer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-healing-in-scripture">Healing in Scripture</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Did you know that the Bible records more than 40 specific occasions when Jesus healed someone or multiple? These are just a small handful of the miracles He performed. We also consider all of the miraculous healings so many have experienced after Jesus’ death and resurrection. Before your surgery, spend some time meditating on just a few of these scriptural moments of healing:&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7+&amp;version=NABRE">Luke 7</a>: <em>“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+9&amp;version=NABRE">Matthew 9</a>: <em>“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+5&amp;version=NABRE">John 5</a>: <em>“Rise, take up your mat, and walk.”</em></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/wSXjNyVGhDb">Read Scripture with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayer-for-surgery-for-a-friend-or-family-member">Prayer for surgery for a friend or family member</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lord, I thank you for the gift of physicians, hospitals, and medicine to help heal our loved ones. Please hold [name of your loved one] in Your palm as they undergo surgery. Guide the physicians, nurses, and aids for a peaceful surgery. And may [name of your loved one] have a gentle recovery. Amen.&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Holy Spirit, you have a gift to comfort and heal. Please rest in the operating room with [name of your loved one] and be present while they undergo surgery. Amen.&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Jesus, You are the Healer. Please guide the hearts, minds, and hands of all the physicians, nurses, and aids in [name of your loved one]’s surgery. May You lead them with Your grace and mercy in all the work they do.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayer-for-your-recovery-and-healing-after-surgery">Prayer for your recovery and healing after surgery</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Heavenly Father, please help me have patience in this time of recovery. Help me seek rest in Your presence. Amen.&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>God, you are the Divine Healer. I trust in Your healing and Your time for my recovery. Guide me toward a healthier life, a life with less pain and more of Your Love. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In your recovery, you can also pray with the beautiful Healing Prayer of <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/padre-pio-prayers-feast-day/">Padre Pio</a>:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Heavenly Father, I thank you for loving me.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>I thank you for sending your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the world to save and to set me free.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>I trust in your power and grace that sustain and restore me.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Loving Father, touch me now with your healing hands, for I believe that your will is for me to be well in mind, body, soul and spirit.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Cover me with the most precious blood of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ from the top of my head to the soles of my feet.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Cast anything that should not be in me.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Root out any unhealthy and abnormal cells.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Open any blocked arteries or veins and rebuild and replenish any damaged areas.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection by the power of Jesus’ precious blood.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Let the fire of your healing love pass through my entire body to heal and make new any diseased areas so that my body will function the way you created it to function.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Touch also my mind and my emotion, even the deepest recesses of my heart.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Saturate my entire being with your presence, love, joy, and peace, and draw me ever closer to you every moment of my life.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>And Father, fill me with your Holy Spirit and empower me to do your works so that my life will bring glory and honor to your holy name.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center","className":""} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>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/wSXjNyVGhDb">Download Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-related-prayers-amp-reading">Related Prayers &amp; Reading</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-healing/">Prayers for Healing</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-go-to-confession-the-sacrament-of-penance-reconciliation/">Reconciliation</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/eucharist-holy-communion-adoration-prayer/">Guide to the Eucharist</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-anxiety/">Prayers for Anxiety and Fear</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/saints/elizabeth-ann-seton/">St. Elizabeth Ann Seton</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 --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/scripture/bible-verses-for-surgery/">Bible Verses for Surgery</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/scripture/bible-verses-for-healing/">Bible Verses for Healing</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Prayers for Surgery and Recovery [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => prayers-for-surgery-and-recovery [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-09-04 20:42:12 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-09-04 20:42:12 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=41647 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 41622 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2023-09-21 18:19:56 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-21 18:19:56 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope Francis <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2015/march/documents/papa-francesco_20150314_uciim.html">once said</a> that “no teacher is ever alone: they always share their work with other colleagues and the entire educational community to which they belong.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow is proud to support the vital work of Catholic educators with the launch of Kids’ Prayers, Curriculum and Daily Virtue.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The full slate of resources are available to teachers immediately inside the Hallow teacher portal, while the Daily Virtue series, created in partnership with the Dominican Sisters of Mary and <a href="https://openlightmedia.com/education-in-virtue/">Education In Virtue</a>, is available to teachers and children in the Hallow app.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Sr. Mary Bethany, O.P.,&nbsp;serves as the voice for the Daily Virtue series, which helps children learn the importance of hope, charity, justice, patience and more. Daily prayer series on Hallow have been extremely popular with adults. Children will love the daily dose of goodness as well!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The goal of Kids’ Prayers, Curriculum and Daily Virtue is to help equip elementary school teachers with the tools to make faith accessible to the children they teach.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The new array of prayer resources, lesson plans and catechesis targets children in the 2nd and 5th grade. Still, it is designed to allow teachers to easily extend the content or scaffold up to it depending on the particular grade they teach.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It features the introduction of characters Hallie and Harry, brother and sister sheep, who help make faith accessible to young people.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":41633,"className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image.png" alt="" class="wp-image-41633"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Hallie and Harry</em></figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Hallow app offers sessions for all children across the spectrum of Littles, Middles and Teens.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These uniquely developed resources for curriculum building are offered through <strong>Hallow for Schools</strong>, which already includes great resources for teachers of all grades, including:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Catholic Social Teaching</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Classroom Prayers</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sacrament Prep</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/hallows-athlete-partners-prayers-and-bible-verses-for-sports/">Athletes</a> and Influencers&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to supporting the professional efforts of teachers in educating the hearts and minds of young people, Hallow aids the personal prayer lives of educators themselves.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“I’d been through Catholic School and gone to Mass every week, but didn’t spend that much time in individual prayer with God,” said one Catholic school teacher. “As soon as I downloaded the Hallow app, I noticed my individual prayer time increased exponentially.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn <a href="https://hallow.com/how-hallow-helps-teachers/">how Hallow helps teachers</a> and discover everything that <a href="https://hallow.com/communities/schools/">Hallow for Schools</a> offers for educators.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow is a proud partner of the NCEA.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>RELATED: </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-with-kids/">How to Pray with Kids</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/holy-week-for-kids/">Holy Week for Kids</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/saints/maximilian-kolbe/">St. Maximilian Kolbe, Patron Saint of Athletes</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>For any help you need with your Hallow access, visit <a href="https://help.hallow.com/en/">Hallow support</a>.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Launches Brand New Kids Prayer, Curriculum and Daily Virtue to Assist Teachers  [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-launches-kids-prayer-curriculum-daily-virtue [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-08-02 11:43:09 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-08-02 11:43:09 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=41622 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 41365 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2023-09-18 22:11:57 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-18 22:11:57 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 </strong>- Hallow, the No. 1 Christian prayer app, today announced a new partnership with Holy Cross College in South Bend, Ind., to bring Hallow’s prayer resources to its campus.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">With the new partnership, all members of the Holy Cross College community will receive free premium access to Hallow’s robust library of prayers and Catholic, faith-based meditation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“I am thrilled for the partnership with Hallow – the #1 prayer app in the world,” said Dr. Marco Clark, president of Holy Cross College. “Through this collaboration, made possible from the generosity of the Tom &amp; Glory Sullivan Foundation, our students, faculty, and staff now have spiritual tools to grow in their discipleship with Jesus Christ.”&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Holy Cross College is the latest college to partner with Hallow and make available to its students prayers and meditations that include:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Daily prayer content, including the daily Mass reading, the Rosary, daily Examens, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mini-courses of specific faith topics, including The Science of Happiness by Harvard Business School professor Dr. Arthur Brooks, Spiritual Warfare by exorcist Fr. Vincent Lampert, and A Biblical Walk Through the Mass by Dr. Edward Sri.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Meditations and reflections on overcoming common emotional wounds by Sr. Miriam James Heidland and Dr. Bob Schuchts 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 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="">“Supporting young people in their faith journey is central to Hallow’s mission,” said Alessandro DiSanto, Hallow Co-Founder. “We’re honored to support Holy Cross College in its mission to lead people to wholeness in the image of Christ.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The partnership is effective immediately, and Holy Cross College students, faculty, and staff can now access Hallow’s premium content for free.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“As a regular user of Hallow, I can attest to the value that this resource has been in my relationship with Jesus Christ,”&nbsp; Clark said.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow helps people deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, meditations and music. The app has 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 200 million prayers completed across 150-plus countries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Holy Cross</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Holy Cross College mission is to educate and form global citizens with the competence to see and the courage to act. Holy Cross is a Catholic college, founded in 1966, that advances the apostolic mission of the Holy Cross Brothers. Our practical, experiential, liberal arts curriculum applies timeless truths to contemporary life and leads people to wholeness in the image of Christ.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Partners With Holy Cross College to Support Prayer Life on Campus [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-partners-with-holy-cross-college-to-support-prayer-life-on-campus [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-09-18 22:12:00 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-09-18 22:12:00 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=41365 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 41203 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2023-09-13 11:43:01 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-13 11:43:01 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Contemplative Prayer: Table of Contents</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#definition">What Is Contemplative Prayer?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#contemplation-vs-meditation">Contemplative Prayer vs. Meditative Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#history">History: St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#ignatian-contemplation">St. Ignatius and Ignatian Contemplation</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#thomas-merton">Thomas Merton and Seeds of Contemplation</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#gallagher">Imaginative Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="definition">What Is Contemplative Prayer?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Contemplative prayer is when we use our minds and hearts, and sometimes our imaginative ability, to recognize God’s presence and fix our gaze on Him. It seeks to achieve a union with God and is characterized by quiet, stillness, and simply resting in God’s presence.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">According to Pope Francis, who considers contemplation the <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-05/pope-francis-general-audience-contemplative-prayer-action.html">salt that gives flavor to our day</a>, contemplation is less a way of “doing” and more a way of “being.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Contemplative prayer, or imaginative prayer, has a rich history in the Church but probably goes back to Jesus himself. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=k3CrvJJZkqEC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q=contemplation&amp;f=false">Some theologians</a> consider Jesus a contemplative, pointing to the times Jesus went off by himself to pray in solitude and how He encourages the disciples (and all of us) to “go into your inner room” for prayer (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6&amp;version=NABRE">Matthew 6:6</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/contemplativeprayer">Try Contemplative Prayer With Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="contemplation-vs-meditation">Contemplation/Contemplative Prayer vs. Meditation</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Contemplation is a foundational type of prayer in the Catholic faith, but it’s distinct from other forms of prayer, like meditation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-christian-meditation/">Meditation</a> is the use of the understanding, the reasoning faculty to come to know God's revelation better. Contemplation is the use of the imagination to achieve the same end.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In meditation, we use our mind to ponder. It’s an active endeavor, usually involving a “source material” to prompt us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Contemplation, <a href="https://www.catholicdigest.com/amp/from-the-magazine/ask-father/ask-father-describe-the-difference-between-meditation-and-contemplation/">on the other hand</a>, represents a fulfillment of all of our efforts to deepen our personal relationship with God. It has the character of a gift: we are given the grace of gazing lovingly on the very source of our life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Fr. Dennis Gallagher, AA suggests we view meditation and contemplation as “two ends of a continuum.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And Thomas Merton points out that meditation can support more contemplative prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“(Thomas) Merton notes that vocal prayer, meditation, and the sacraments (especially celebration of the liturgy) nourish the life of active contemplation,” <a href="https://blogs.sjcme.edu/theology/merton-on-contemplation/#_edn1">Sr. Marilyn Sunderman, RSM wrote</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="history">Contemplative Prayer Historical Roots - Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If Jesus demonstrated the practice of contemplative prayer, it’s likely the early Church observed some form of it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We see clearer roots through fifth-century monk John Cassian, one of the “Desert Fathers,” who described contemplative prayer in his book, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=k3CrvJJZkqEC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q=contemplation&amp;f=false"><em>The Conference</em></a><em>.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Every monk who longs for the continual awareness of God should be in the habit of meditating on it ceaselessly in his heart, after having driven out every kind of thought, because he will be unable to hold fast to it in any other way than by being freed from all bodily cares and concerns," he wrote.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"This, then, is the devotional formula proposed to you as absolutely necessary for possessing the perpetual awareness of God: "'O God, incline unto my aid; O Lord, make haste to help me."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The tradition remained in the Church for a thousand years when one of the most famous contemplatives in Church history, <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-teresa-of-avila-prayers-quotes-feast-day/">St. Teresa of Avila</a> (Hallow’s <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/patron-saints/">patron saint</a>!), took up the practice.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">She <a href="https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/652/">described contemplative prayer</a> as “nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him whom we know loves us.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">A contemporary and friend of St. Teresa, St. John of the Cross, a fellow Spanish mystic, also wrote about contemplative prayer, in his work “Counsels and Maxims of the Spirit.”&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetites and our tongue,” he wrote,&nbsp; “for the language He best hears is silent love.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Another 16th-century saint would further popularize contemplative prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="ignatian-contemplation">St. Ignatius’s Form of Contemplation: Imaginative Prayer</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://hallow.com/saints/ignatius-loyola/">St. Ignatius</a> was transformed in his faith during a period of quiet and stillness–he was bedridden after recovering from a cannonball and began reading books about Jesus and the saints.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to being the founder of the Jesuits and being a champion of the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-examen/">daily examen</a>, he also popularized a unique form of contemplation called imaginative prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In imaginative prayer, one imagines him or herself in a particular setting, often one from Scripture.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Igantius recognized that no one could not effectively “teach” or “do” contemplative prayer, since God does all the heavy lifting in contemplation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“A major difference between Ignatius and these writers is that they would provide the imaginative experience for prayer, but Ignatius preferred to set the stage and leave the imaginative work to God and the retreatant,” <a href="https://thejesuitpost.org/2021/10/jesuit-101-ignatian-contemplation-encountering-god-through-our-imagination/">writes Jesuit Tucker Redding, SJ</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Ignatius echoed St. Teresa of Avila’s description of contemplation as sharing between close friends, encouraging those doing imaginative prayer to spend some time in conversation with Jesus “as one friend speaks to another.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While we may open ourselves up to contemplation, and this conversation with God, the true encounter all stems from grace.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Contemplation, like all prayer, is pure gift, and not anything we can achieve,” <a href="https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/prayer/personal-prayer-life/different-ways-to-pray/the-gift-of-contemplative-prayer-by-margaret-silf/">writes Margaret Silf,</a> an expert on Ignatian spirituality. “It happens when prayer becomes, wholly and utterly, the flow of God’s grace, transforming the land it flows through, like Ezekiel’s stream.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="thomas-merton">Thomas Merton and Seeds of Contemplation</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In the 20th century, Merton, an American Trappist monk, inspired a new generation of Catholics to encounter God through contemplative prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One difficulty he found, however, is in “teaching” someone contemplation. He, like Ignatius, recognized that contemplation was not something that could clearly be taught or actively “done.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“No one teaches contemplation except God, Who gives it,” Merton wrote in <em>New Seeds of Contemplation</em>. “The best you can do is write something or say something that will serve as an occasion for someone else to realize what God wants of him.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This is what Merton sought to do.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Merton wrote prolifically, often on the topic of contemplative prayer. He believed contemplative prayer had the power to change the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“If the salvation of society depends, in the long run, on the moral and spiritual health of individuals, the subject of contemplation becomes a vastly important one, since contemplation is one of the indications of spiritual maturity,” Merton wrote in <em>A Book of Hours</em>. “It is closely allied to sanctity. You cannot save the world merely with a system. You cannot have peace without charity. You cannot have social order with saints, mystics and prophets.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="gallagher">Fr. Thomas Gallagher and Imaginative Prayer</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While contemplation cannot be taught, we can strive to follow the example of Thomas Merton and offer something that might spark an encounter with God for someone else.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Fr. <a href="https://www.frtimothygallagher.org/">Timothy Gallagher</a>, a priest from the Congregation of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, has spent decades bringing people to God through imaginative prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Imaginative prayer, or in the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/ignatian-spirituality-and-the-spiritual-exercises/">Ignatian tradition</a>, imaginative contemplation, describes how we can open ourselves to the Gospel and enter into it imaginatively, allowing our whole heart to be present for God to mingle with.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It’s as if a scene from Scripture is playing at a movie theater. We might sit and meditate over what we see. Imagine prayer is as if we walked into the theater and were immediately in the movie. In the scene. Experiencing it with hearts receptive to the Lord.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In a new course on Hallow, Fr. Gallagher will guide users through these opportunities to be open to God’s grace.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Try imaginative prayer and join Fr. Gallagher’s course today.</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/contemplativeprayer">Pray With Fr. Gallagher on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources">More Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/daily-prayer-prayers-for-today/">Daily Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-54-day-novena/">54-Day Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/7-sorrows/">7 Sorrows Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-marian-consecration/">Marian Consecration</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/the-imitation-of-christ/">The Imitation of Christ</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/saints/augustine-of-hippo/">St. Augustine Prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Contemplative Prayer, Imaginative Prayer and Encountering God in the Silence [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => contemplative-prayer-imaginative-prayer [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-07-24 17:22:24 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-07-24 17:22:24 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=41203 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 41142 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2023-09-11 21:48:22 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-11 21:48:22 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Catholic education in America predates America itself.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Ursuline Academy, a high school, <a href="https://clarionherald.org/news/tradition-of-catholic-education-began-with-ursuline-academy">first opened its doors</a> in New Orleans in 1727, but it would be another 50+ years until America had its first Catholic college.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Georgetown University traces its roots back to 1789, and in the nearly 250 years since then, many other Catholic colleges and universities have contributed to the mission of Catholic education in America.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Today, Hallow celebrates the impact—spanning centuries—that these institutions have made by recognizing the oldest Catholic college or university that is still operational in every state:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-map" data-src="visualisation/14929966"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script></div> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-midwest-home-to-several-bi-centennial-schools">Midwest Home to Several ‘Bi-Centennial’ Schools</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Some of the oldest Catholic colleges in the U.S. are found in the Midwest.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Louisville’s Spalding University (1814) and Missouri’s Saint Louis University (1818) have been providing Catholic education in their respective communities for more than 200 years each.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Loras College, in Dubuque, Iowa, has been around since 1839. The Hawkeye State is also home to other acclaimed, long-standing Catholic colleges, including Clarke University (1843), St. Ambrose University (1882), and Mercy College of Health Sciences (1899).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Xavier University in Chicago is the oldest operational Catholic college in Illinois, having opened in 1846–just 14 years before Quincy University opened 300 miles away in Quincy, Ill.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In Indiana, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College has operated since Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded it in 1840. Notre Dame (1842), St. Mary’s College (1844), and Marian University (1851) are among other stalwarts of Catholic education in the Hoosier State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-oldest-and-only">Oldest and Only</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In some states with a smaller footprint of Catholic post-secondary education, the oldest Catholic college is also the only Catholic college.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Maine’s St. Joseph’s College has been around since 1912 and is the only Catholic college in the Pine Tree State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Similarly, Chaminade University, founded in 1955, represents Hawaii’s only Catholic college. The Dakotas have one Catholic College each: the University of Mary (1959) in North Dakota and Mount Mary University (1951) in South Dakota.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Belmont Abbey College, which first opened in 1876, is North Carolina’s lone Catholic college. Since 2007, Wyoming been home to a Catholic institution of higher learning: Wyoming Catholic College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-mount-st-mary-s-still-going-strong">Mount St. Mary’s Still Going Strong</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mount St. Mary’s University is the second oldest Catholic college still in operation. Founded in 1808 in Emmitsburg, Md., it has educated future congress members, Supreme Court justices, professional athletes and coaches, not to mention bishops, archbishops, priests, and martyrs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It shows no signs of slowing down. In May 2023, it <a href="https://news.msmary.edu/2023/05/2023-graduates-facts-figures-and-people-to-know.html">graduated 616 students</a> and featured alum Todd Bowles, the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as a commencement speaker.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-some-states-lack-a-catholic-college">Some States Lack a Catholic College</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Ten states currently lack any Catholic college or university: Delaware, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Alaska.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This hasn’t always been the case. Oklahoma lost St. Gregory’s University in 2017. In Arkansas, Little Rock College, a Catholic institution, <a href="https://www.arkansas-catholic.org/news/article/4872/St-John-Center-campus-founded-in-1916-as-a-college">closed in 1930</a>. New Mexico’s only Catholic college <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/04/29/catholic-colleges-are-searching-new-homes-southwest-can-they-succeed">shut its doors in 2009</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Delaware has been without a Catholic college <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/44210634">since 1867</a>, when St. Mary’s College closed after 20 years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In other places, however, Catholic education is taking root.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In Arizona, through a partnership with Arizona State University, the University of Mary now offers Catholic post-secondary education in Tempe.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://ben.edu/about/campus-locations/mesa-campus/">Benedictine University</a> is also a relatively new Catholic college in Arizona, which has a large (and growing) Catholic population. <a href="https://www.catholic.edu/tucson/about-us/index.html">Catholic University of America</a> now has a presence in Arizona (Tucson) as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In Wyoming, Wyoming Catholic College <a href="https://wyomingcatholic.edu/about/history/">became the state’s first ever Catholic college</a> in 2007.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Browse the map above and explore some of the oldest Catholic colleges across the country. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn more about how you can support Catholic education by visiting the <a href="https://www.ncea.org/">NCEA website</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Reveals Oldest Catholic Colleges Across America  [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => oldest-catholic-colleges-america [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-09-12 19:56:03 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-09-12 19:56:03 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=41142 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 41071 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2023-09-09 15:04:53 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-09 15:04:53 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">September 11th, 2001 unquestionably represents one of the darkest days in history and lowest points of humanity.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While we may heal with time, we certainly will never forget what happened, we can continue to pray for all of the lives lost and impacted on that terrible day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Prayer was the response of many that day.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Students and faculty at Creighton University, a thousand miles away in Omaha, Neb., packed the church for the noon Mass, with a crowd so large, people stood in the aisles of the church, <a href="https://alumni.creighton.edu/news-events/news/911-photos-archives">as seen in these photos from the school’s archives</a>. A similarly large crowd flocked to a prayer service that evening.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Just a few miles from Ground Zero at <a href="https://saintpatrickscathedral.org/">St. Patrick’s Cathedral</a>, Cardinal Egan prepared to celebrate a lunch time Mass at the famous Fifth Avenue church in Manhattan.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“I thought we'd have the usual group for a daily Mass — about 500. The cathedral was packed. People were out on the streets,” he <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/news/cardinal-egan-remembers-9-11">told the National Catholic Register</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Egan later described the impact that 9/11 had on New Yorkers as an event that “woke us up.”&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/patriotday">Pray with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“It was evil,” he said, “but the people reacted with renewed commitment to the Lord. It might have done us more good than we suspect.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">More than 20 years later, the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks is still an occasion in which we gather together for prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We may not stand side by side physically, but we’re united in Christ when we lift up our hearts in prayer to remember this day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Here are some prayers you can consider on September 11 or anytime when you want to remember all of those impacted by the evil events that day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pope-benedict-prayer-at-ground-zero">Pope Benedict Prayer at Ground Zero</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>God of understanding,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>we seek your light and guidance</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>as we confront such terrible events.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Grant that those whose lives were spared</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>may live so that the lives lost here</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>may not have been lost in vain.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Comfort and console us,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>strengthen us in hope,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and give us the wisdom and courage</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>to work tirelessly for a world</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>where true peace and love reign</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>among nations and in the hearts of all.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Pope Benedict XVI</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">(<a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2008/april/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080420_ground-zero-ny.html">via The Vatican</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pray-with-the-beatitudes">Pray with the Beatitudes</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Consider praying with the beatitudes on the occasion of September 11th:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Blessed are they who mourn,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>for they will be comforted....</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>for they will be satisfied.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Blessed are the merciful,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>for they will be shown mercy....</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Blessed are the peacemakers,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>For they will be called children of God.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Matthew 5:4,6,7,9</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-9-11-anniversary-prayer">9/11 Anniversary Prayer</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">God of Peace and Mercy, on this anniversary for September 11, we lift up the souls who perished on that day. Welcome them with loving arms into Your kingdom. Comfort their families and friends. Help us to mourn alongside them with a constant compassion that can only be rooted in You. May we look to the first responders that day to inspire us to live bravely and courageously, and to selflessly protect others in need. May we look to those who opened up their homes to the stranded and displaced that day to stir us to be more hospitable. Having seen the face of evil and darkness, may we be steadfast and faithful in pursuing You, our perpetual Light. In Jesus’s name we pray. Amen.</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/patriotday">Get the Hallow App</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-intercessory-prayers-on-september-11">Intercessory Prayers on September 11</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>For liturgies or prayer services on 9/11, consider these intentions/prayers of intercession:</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>For our military, police, firefighters and all first responders, may You bless them, keep them safe, and help them to make good decisions. We pray to the Lord.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>For all veterans, from all wars, may You strengthen us to help and serve them. We pray to the Lord.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>For peace in all places of the world that experience violence, we pray to the Lord.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>For our world leaders, may they unite to create a world where life is protected, not destroyed, in a place where peace flourishes, even when different groups of people disagree. We pray to the Lord.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>For those who were not yet born on September 11, may they never experience in their lifetime such a profound act of evil. We pray to the Lord.&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>For the grace to be forgiving and show mercy, we pray to the Lord.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you'd like to make a donation to help those impacted by September 11, consider a contribution to the <a href="https://www.fdnyfoundation.org/">FDNY Foundation</a>, the <a href="https://www.nycpolicefoundation.org/">New York City Police Foundation</a>, or the <a href="https://www.familiesoffreedom.org/">Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund</a>, which provides scholarships and support to the children of those killed or badly injured during the 9/11 attacks. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources">More Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-hope/">Prayers for Hope</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/7-sorrows/">7 Sorrows Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-strength/">Prayers for Strength</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Prayers for 9/11 (Patriot Day): Prayers for the Anniversary of September 11th and to Remember the Lives Lost [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => prayers-for-september-11-patriot-day [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-09-09 15:04:53 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-09-09 15:04:53 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=41071 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 40796 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2023-09-01 20:35:28 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-01 20:35:28 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"<strong>The Imitation of Christ": Table of Contents</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Overview</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#history">History</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#four-books">Four Books</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#popularity">Popularity</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#impact-on-saints">Impact on Saints</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pray">Pray with The Imitation of Christ</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"The Imitation of Christ," which was the foundation of Hallow’s 2023 <a href="https://hallow.com/pray40/">Pray40</a> Lent prayer challenge, has inspired the faith lives of millions of people spanning hundreds of years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Despite the countless lives it’s changed, it’s a book that still remains a bit of a mystery to many Christians.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Learn all about "The Imitation of Christ" and join Hallow’s Imitation of Christ prayer challenge this fall.</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/imitationofchrist">Pray with The Imitation of Christ on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="history">History</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"The Imitation of Christ" was published anonymously but is believed to have been written by a German-Dutch monk named Thomas à Kempis.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Kempis was a Dutch/German monk who was born in 1380 and whose duties as a monk included writing, transcribing and instruction.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"The Imitation of Christ" began as an instruction for other monks, Kempis wrote it as a conversation between Christ and His disciple, as a daily meditation resource.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Kempis published it sometime <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JI7AA0GAbUgC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false">between 1420 and 1427</a> in the Netherlands, and it rapidly soared in popularity, with 745 different editions published across more than eight languages by 1650.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="four-books">The Four Books&nbsp;of 'The Imitation of Christ'</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Similar to the Bible, Catholics and Protestants <a href="https://digital-exhibits.library.nd.edu/04f477d5b4/preserving-the-steadfastness-of-your-faith/showcases/a69af77858/the-many-editions-of-the-imitation-of-christ">use different translations</a> of "The Imitation of Christ", yet the main divisions of the book are the same.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The entire work features four “books,” each of which addresses a different aspect of spirituality and faith:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Book 1: Admonitions, Useful for the Spiritual Life</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Book 2: Admonitions Concerning Internal Things</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Book 3: Of Internal Consolation</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Book 4: Concerning the Holy Communion.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Each book uses a similar language and tone that is very direct and, at times, strongly worded.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One person <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/zzd93e/about_the_imitation_of_christ/j2ax3wm/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button">reviewing the book</a> on the Catholicism subreddit of Reddit said they were “shocked” by the tone at first, suggesting that type of direct language was more common in the Middle Ages than it is now. However, they went on to describe the book as “soul-enriching.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">&nbsp;It focuses on humility, discipline and love, with an eye towards imitating Jesus on a daily basis.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“No sin will there be which shall not be visited with its own proper punishment,” <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1653/pg1653-images.html">Kempis wrote</a>. “The proud shall be filled with utter confusion, and the covetous shall be pinched with miserable poverty.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Much like the message of Jesus Himself, the words of Kempis were rather counter-cultural, both when "The Imitation of Christ" was first published as well as in modern times.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“He unsettles the comfortable pieties of modernity,” wrote <a href="https://library.mibckerala.org/lms_frame/eBook/Church%20History/Roman%20Catholicism/Miola%20-%20Early%20Modern%20Catholicism.%20An%20Anthology%20of%20Primary%20Sources%20(OUP).pdf">Robert Miola</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Despite the challenging tone (or perhaps because of it!), Kempis’s masterpiece exploded in popularity almost immediately.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="popularity">Popularity</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">As Maximilian Von Habsburg points out in his book “Catholic and Protestant Translations of the Imitatio Christi, 1425–1650: From Late Medieval Classic to Early Modern Bestseller,” the sheer volume of different editions published is a testament to the book’s popularity.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"The number of editions is testimony to the text's persistent appeal," <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3BppyUmrY5QC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false">he wrote</a>, "especially since the number of copies of a specific edition is seldom quantifiable."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Von Habsburg also points out that the book inspired so much further writing, in the following centuries, people citing The Imitation of Christ in their writing did not include the book in their bibliographies “on the basis that it was too common.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In other words, people would cite lines from "The Imitation of Christ" and just assume that readers would know the reference. Few-if any–books today enjoy such wide-reaching popularity!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Among those impacted by the book were future <a href="https://hallow.com/saints/">saints</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="impact-on-saints">Impact on Saints</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-therese-novena/">St. Thérèse of Lisieux</a>, one of the four female doctors of the church, famously appreciated "The Imitation of Christ."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“For a long time I had nourished my spiritual life with the ‘fine flour’ contained in "The Imitation of Christ." It was the only book which did me good, for I had not yet found the treasures hidden in the Holy Gospels. I always had it with me, to the amusement of my people at home,” <a href="https://www.ccel.org/ccel/therese/autobio.xiii.html">she wrote</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">During the 11 months in which he lived in a cave in Manresa, Spain, <a href="https://hallow.com/saints/ignatius-loyola/">St. Ignatius</a> “<a href="https://ost.edu/mysticism-practice-ignatius-loyola/">grew to love</a>” "The Imitation of Christ" and shortly after, penned his now famous <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/ignatian-spirituality-and-the-spiritual-exercises/">Spiritual Exercises</a> (and <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-examen/">daily examen</a>).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Since then he had never wished to read any other devotional book. He recommended it to all he had dealings with,” <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/01/11/have-you-read-most-circulated-book-history-christianity-after-bible">wrote Gonçalves da Câmara</a>, the Portuguese Jesuit to whom Ignatius dictated his autobiography. “After dinner and at other times he would open it at random and he always came across something that was close to his heart at that time and which he needed.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In an August 2006 General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20060809.pdf">called</a> "The Imitation of Christ" “that golden text of spirituality.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But you don’t need to be a saint or a pope for "The Imitation of Christ" to have a major impact on your life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-praying-with-the-imitation-of-christ">Praying with 'The Imitation of Christ'</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Just as "The Imitation of Christ" shaped the faith lives of saints, it can ignite your own faith life as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Sparked by the popularity of Hallow’s Pray40 Lent Prayer Challenged centered on "The Imitation of Christ," Hallow is excited to launch a new daily content series exploring this landmark work of spiritual guidance.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Join Jim Caviezel, the actor who portrayed Jesus in the Passion of the Christ, and Sr. Orianne in reading and reflecting on one chapter of the book each day, journeying through the entirety of The Imitation of Christ.</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/imitationofchrist">👉 Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources">More Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/7-sorrows/">7 Sorrows Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-st-michael-chaplet/">St. Michael Chaplet</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/lent-fasting-rules/">Lent Fasting Rules</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to Pray the Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => 'The Imitation of Christ': Overview of the Powerful Christian Devotional Book [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => the-imitation-of-christ [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-07-24 17:29:12 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-07-24 17:29:12 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=40796 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 40778 [post_author] => 43 [post_date] => 2023-09-01 18:14:38 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-09-01 18:14:38 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Teresa of Calcutta, known globally as “Mother Teresa,” was born in 1910 in Skopje, Albania, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Teresa was an ordinary person who devoted her life to loving the poor with extraordinary measures. She received the <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1979/summary/">Nobel Peace Prize</a> “for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity” in 1979 and was canonized about two decades after her death by Pope Francis in 2016.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Every year, we celebrate the St. Teresa of Calcutta's feast day on September 5, the anniversary of her death. Continue reading to learn more about Mother Teresa’s biography, her path to sainthood, and the quotes and prayers she wrote in her lifetime that continue to impact millions.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-who-was-mother-teresa">Who was Mother Teresa?</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-path-to-sainthood">Path to Sainthood</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-emergency-flying-novena">“Flying” Emergency Novena Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-i-thirst-meditation">“I Thirst” Meditation</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-do-it-anyway-poem-prayer">“Do it Anyway” Poem-Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-mother-teresa-famous-quotes">Mother Teresa’s Famous Quotes</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#faith-quotes">Faith</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#kindness-quotes">Kindness</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#love-quotes">Love</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#peace-quotes">Peace</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#h-related-saints-and-prayers">Related Saints and Prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-who-was-mother-teresa">Who was Mother Teresa?</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While Agnes and her siblings were young, Agnes’ mother and father emphasized hospitality and serving the poor. When Agnes was 9, her father fell ill, and her mother, Drana, was left a widower. Drana continued to serve the poor, sick, and elderly, and Agnes would occasionally join her.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">At 18, Agnes entered the novitiate (a period of training and discernment before entering religious life) of Loretto, where she taught at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta, India. She made final vows as a sister of the Loretto order in 1937 and took on the name Teresa, after <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-therese-novena/">St. Thérèse of Lisieux,</a> who took her vocational name after <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-teresa-of-avila-prayers-quotes-feast-day/">St. Teresa of Ávila</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Sisters of Loretto take several vows, including poverty, chastity, and obedience; she taught alongside them in Calcutta for 15 years.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-call-within-a-call">“Call within a call”</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 1946, Teresa was traveling via train from Calcutta to Darjeeling for her annual retreat. She experienced a profound moment which she later referred to as her “call within a call” – when Jesus spoke to her and inspired the famous “I thirst” prayer known worldwide.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">About two years later, the Loretto Order permitted Teresa to depart from the convent and began serving the slums of Calcutta. In 1950, she <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/teresa/stories/highlights.htm">founded</a> the Missionaries of Charity order with the <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1979/teresa/biographical/#:~:text=On%20October%207%2C%201950%2C%20Mother,decree%20of%20Pope%20Paul%20VI.">purpose</a> “to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after.”&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-dark-night-of-the-soul">“Dark night of the soul”</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mother Teresa continued to serve the poor for the rest of her life, receiving many <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/teresa/stories/highlights.htm">awards</a>, including the Medal of Freedom in 1985 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Like many <a href="https://hallow.com/saints/">saints</a> and Christians, she did not go without spiritual distress or despair.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Called a “dark night of the soul” after the spiritual poem by St. John of the Cross, Teresa suffered for fifty years. Her writings on this intense spiritual darkness and doubt, however, did not become public until the book <em>Come Be My Light</em>, a collection of her private writings, was published in 2007 in the period between her beatification and canonization.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">By the end of her life, the Missionaries of Charity had more than <a href="https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/answering-a-call-within-a-call-5687">4,000</a> members. <a href="https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/from-calcutta-to-california-how-the">Today</a>, the Missionaries of Charity are present in 120 counties, and the sisters run 750 houses.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-path-to-sainthood">Path to Sainthood</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-cause-for-canonziation">Cause for Canonziation</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Pope John Paul II <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/world/europe/mother-teresas-path-to-sainthood-cleared-by-vatican.html">opened</a> the cause for Mother Teresa’s canonization just two years after her death, waving the standard 5-year waiting period before beatification with a special dispensation.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-beatification-october-19-2003-nbsp">Beatification - October 19, 2003&nbsp;</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On October 19, 2003 (World Mission Sunday), St. Pope John Paul II <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/2003/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20031019_mother-theresa.html">beatified</a> Mother Teresa.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>“Her life is a testimony to the dignity and the privilege of humble service. She had chosen to be not just the least but to be the servant of the least. As a real mother to the poor, she bent down to those suffering various forms of poverty. Her greatness lies in her ability to give without counting the cost, to give "until it hurts". Her life was a radical living and a bold proclamation of the Gospel.”&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-canonization-september-4-2016">Canonization - September 4, 2016</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">About 13 years later, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa on September 4, 2016.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>“Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of </em><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/"><em>divine mercy</em></a><em>, making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defence of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded … For Mother Teresa, mercy was the “salt” which gave flavour to her work, it was the “light” which shone in the darkness of the many who no longer had tears to shed for their poverty and suffering.”</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Today, Mother Teresa is an emblem of charity worldwide, though her spiritual journey reminds us that the road to holiness is never easy.<br><br><strong><em>Learn more about Mother Teresa in Hallow’s Saints in 7 Days series, meditating on her spiritual and charitable life.&nbsp;</em></strong></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/Y6VTZ1XeKCb">Saints in 7 Days: Mother Teresa</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-emergency-flying-novena">Emergency “Flying” Novena</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">To pray a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-novenas/">novena</a> typically means to pray with one intention for nine days. But the Missionaries of Charity often faced problems in which the petitions couldn’t wait nine days, which led to the <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/how-to-pray-mother-teresa-s-famous-flying-novena-to-our-lady">origin</a> of Mother Teresa’s “emergency” or “flying” novena. 10 Memorares (a prayer invoking Mary’s intercession) make up the Emergency Novena. Pray this novena anytime you need Our Lady’s “quick” intercession – guiding us to share what’s on our hearts with Jesus.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Mother Teresa used this prayer constantly: for petitions for the cure of a sick child, before important discussions or when passports went missing, to request heavenly aid when the fuel supply was running short on a night-time mission and the destination was still far away in the darkness.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Msgr. Leo Maasburg, friend and spiritual advisor of Mother Teresa</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:yoast/how-to-block {"hasDuration":true,"minutes":"8","jsonDescription":"\u0026lt;strong\u003eHow to Pray the Emergency Novena\u0026lt;/strong\u003e","steps":[{"id":"how-to-step-1693591736906","name":["Make the Sign of the Cross."],"text":["In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the ",{"type":"a","props":{"href":"https://hallow.com/2022/09/14/prayer-to-the-holy-spirit-and-other-holy-spirit-prayers/","children":["Holy Spirit"]}},", Amen."],"jsonName":"Make the Sign of the Cross.","jsonText":"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the \u003ca href=\u0022https://hallow.com/2022/09/14/prayer-to-the-holy-spirit-and-other-holy-spirit-prayers/\u0022\u003eHoly Spirit\u003c/a\u003e, Amen."},{"id":"how-to-step-1693591768952","name":["Pray the Memorare."],"text":[{"type":"em","props":{"children":["“Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. 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Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother. To thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.”</em></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1693591776501"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Repeat the Memorare 9 more times.</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text"></p> </li><li class="schema-how-to-step" id="how-to-step-1693591780662"><strong class="schema-how-to-step-name">Close with the Sign of the Cross.</strong> <p class="schema-how-to-step-text">In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the <a href="https://hallow.com/2022/09/14/prayer-to-the-holy-spirit-and-other-holy-spirit-prayers/">Holy Spirit</a>, Amen.</p> </li></ol></div> <!-- /wp:yoast/how-to-block --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/Y6VTZ1XeKCb">Pray the Emergency Novena on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-i-thirst-meditation">“I Thirst” Meditation</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mother Teresa wrote this beautiful meditation inspired by her “call within a call” from Jesus.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Jesus says:&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>I thirst for you.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>It is true. I stand at the door of your heart, day and night. Even when you are not listening, even when you doubt it could be Me, I am there: waiting for even the smallest signal of your response, even the smallest suggestion of an invitation that will permit Me to enter…</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>I know you like the palm of my hand. I know everything about you. Even the hairs of your head I have counted. Nothing in your life is unimportant to Me. I have followed you through the years and I have always loved you even when you have strayed. I know every one of your problems. I know your needs and your worries and yes, I know all your sins.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>But I tell you again that I love you, not for what you have or ceased to do, I love you for you, for the beauty and the dignity My Father gave you by creating you in His own image. It is a dignity you have often forgotten, a beauty you have tarnished by sin. But I love you as you are, and I have shed My Blood to rescue you. If you only ask Me with faith, My grace will touch all that needs changing in your life: I will give you the strength to free yourself from sin and from all its destructive power.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>I know what is in your heart, I know your loneliness and all your wounds, the rejections, the judgments, the humiliations, I carried it all before you. And I carried it all for you, so you could share My strength and My victory. I know, above all, your need for love, how much you are thirsting for love and tenderness.&nbsp; Yet, how many times have you desired to satisfy your thirst in vain, seeking that love with selfishness, trying to fill the void within you with passing pleasures, with the even greater emptiness of sin.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Do you thirst for love?</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>“Come to Me all you who thirst …” I will satisfy you and fill you.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Read the full meditation <a href="https://avemariaradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Jesus-I-Thirst.pdf">here</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-do-it-anyway-poem-prayer">“Do it Anyway” Poem-Prayer</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This poem-payer was found on a wall inside Mother Teresa’s home in Calcutta.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. </em><strong><em>Forgive them anyway.&nbsp;</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. </em><strong><em>Be kind anyway.&nbsp;</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. </em><strong><em>Succeed anyway.&nbsp;</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. </em><strong><em>Be honest and sincere anyway.</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. </em><strong><em>Create anyway.&nbsp;</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. </em><strong><em>Be happy anyway.</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>The good you do today will often be forgotten. </em><strong><em>Do good anyway.&nbsp;</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. </em><strong><em>Give your best anyway.</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.&nbsp;</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/Y6VTZ1XeKCb">Pray with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-mother-teresa-famous-quotes">Mother Teresa Famous Quotes</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Mother Teresa did not speak in a particularly complicated way nor with academic language throughout her life. Rather, she spoke simply from her heart on life’s most important matters – namely faith, kindness, love, and peace. Thus, much of her legacy is recorded and shared daily through famous quips and quotes that have been translated and shared with millions worldwide. Here are a few of our favorite quotes from St. Teresa of Calcutta:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="faith-quotes">On faith</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Prayer in action is love; love in action is service.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="kindness-quotes">On kindness</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Perhaps I don’t speak their language, but I can smile.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="love-quotes">On love</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“It is not about how much you do but how love you put into what you do that counts.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="peace-quotes">On peace</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“Peace begins with a smile.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“The fruit of silence is prayer; the fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of faith is love; the fruit of love is service; the fruit of service is peace.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong><em>Get inspired every day with Hallow’s Daily Quote in your inbox – sign up </em></strong><a href="https://hallow.com/daily-quote"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a><strong><em>!</em></strong></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/Y6VTZ1XeKCb">Download the Hallow App</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-related-saints-and-prayers">Related saints and prayers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class=""><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Mary Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/patron-saints/">Catholic Patron Saints</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-therese-novena/">St. Thérèse Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-catherine-of-siena-feast-prayers-quotes-feast-day/">St. Catherine of Siena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-rita-novena/">St. Rita Novena</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 --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => St. Teresa of Calcutta “Mother Teresa” - Feast Day, Quotes, Emergency “Flying” Novena [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => mother-teresa-prayers-emergency-novena [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-09-01 18:14:49 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-09-01 18:14:49 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=40778 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )