RELIGION AND ART

TUESDAY THE   1ST WEEK OF ADVENT YEAR C PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   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.   Readings   Lectures Reflection St. Andrew Apostle   First Reading Romans 10:9-18 Faith comes from what is preached, and what is preached comes from the word of Christ  If your lips confess that Jesus is Lord and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. By believing from the heart you are made r...

MONDAY THE   1ST WEEK OF ADVENT YEAR C PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   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 Isaiah 2:1-5 The Lord gathers all nations together  into the eternal peace of God's kingdom The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning J...

1ST SUNDAY IN ADVENT YEAR C PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   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 Jeremiah 33:14-16 I will make a virtuous Branch grow for David See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks –  when I am going to fulfil the promise ...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass    MEMORIAL OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SATURDAY 34TH WEEK  IN  ORDINARY 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 Daniel 7:15-27 His sovereignty will be an eternal sovereignty I, Daniel, was deeply disturbed and the visions tha...

HIS SOVEREIGNTY IS AN ETERNAL SOVEREIGNTY  PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   FRIDAY 34TH WEEK IN  ORDINARY 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 Daniel 7:2-14 I saw coming on the clouds of heaven, one like the son of man I, Daniel, have been seeing visions in the...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   34TH THURSDAY IN  ORDINARY 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   St. Catherine of Alexandria First Reading Daniel 6:12-2 8 Daniel in the lions' den The presidents and satraps came along in a body and found Daniel praying and pleading with Go...

YOUR ENDURANCE WILL WIN YOU YOUR LIVES WEDNESDAY 34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME  PRAYER BEFORE MASS    Go before us O Lord, in this our sacrifice of Prayer and Praise, and grant that we say and sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and practice and show forth in our daily lives. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. PRAYER AFTER MASS  Bless, O Lord, our hearts and minds, and grant that as we leave Your house, we may continue to be aware of Your presence. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.  by Saint John Berchmans, Patron Saint of Altar Boys  Readings   Lectures   Reflection   Saints Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions First Reading Daniel 5:1-6,13-14,6-7,23-28 The writing on the wall King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for his noblemen; a thousand of them attended, and he drank wine in company with this thousand. As he sipped his wine, Belshazzar gave orders for the gold and silver vessels to be brought which his father Nebuchadnezzar had looted...

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   TUESDAY 34TH WEEK IN  ORDINARY 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 Daniel 2:31-45 Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, ‘You have had a vision, O king; this is what you saw: a statue, a great statue of ext...