RELIGION AND ART

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS   Act of Love beforeMass O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.  Readings Lectures Reflection   Saint Jerome First Reading Nehemiah 8:1-12 All the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law When the seventh month came, all the people gathered as one man on the square before the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book o...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS   Act of Love beforeMass O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.  Readings Lectures Reflection  F east of Archangels   Michael, Gabriel and Raphael First Reading Daniel Daniel 7:9-10,13-14 His robe was white as snow As I watched: Thrones were set in place and one of great age took his seat. His robe was white as snow, the hair of his h...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   TUESDAY 26TH WEEK   IN ORD. TIME O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.    Readings     Lectures   Reflection First Reading Zechariah 8:20-23 Many people and great nations will come to seek the Lord of Hosts The Lord of Hosts says this:  ‘There will be other peoples yet, and ...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS   Act of Love beforeMass O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.   Mass Readings   Lectures   Reflection   St. Vincent de Paul   First reading Zechariah 8:1-8 The Lord will return to Zion The word of the Lord of Hosts was addressed to me as follows: ‘The Lord of Hosts says this. I am burning with jealousy for Zion, with ...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   SUNDAY 26TH WEEK   IN ORD. TIME O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Readings    Lectures   Reflection First Reading Number 11:25-29 If only all the whole people of the Lord were prophets The Lord came down in the Cloud. He spoke with Moses, but took some of the spirit that was on him and...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   SATURDAY 25TH WEEK   IN ORD. TIME O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Readings    Lectures   Reflection First Reading Zechariah 2:5-9,14-15 'I will be the glory of Jerusalem' Raising my eyes, I saw a vision. It was this: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked him,...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   FRIDAY 25TH WEEK   IN ORD. TIME O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.   Readings   Lectures Reflection First Readings Haggai 1:15-2:9 The new glory of this Temple is to surpass the old In the second year of King Darius, on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord was add...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS   Act of Love beforeMass O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.   Mass Readings Lectures Reflection   St. Pius (Padre Pio) First Reading Haggi 1:1-8 Rebuild the House In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord was addressed through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, high co...