RELIGION AND ART

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   THURSDAY 33RD 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   The Dedication of Sts Peter and Paul Basilicas First Reading  1 Maccabees 2:15-29 Heavens preserve us from forsaken the Law and its ordinances The commissioners of King Antiochus who were enforcing the apostasy came to the

THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD WILL GIVE YOU LIFE                                      PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS   Act of Love beforeMass   WEDNESDAY WEEK 33 IN ORDIANRY 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. Elizabeth of Hungary First Reading Maccabees 7:1,20-31 The creator of the world will give you back both breath and life There were seven brothe

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   TUESDAY 33 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 Meccabees 6:18-31 I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws Eleazar, one of the foremost teachers of the Law, a man already advanced in years and of most noble appearance, was being forc

PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S     Act of Love before Mass   MONDAY 33RD 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   St Albert the Great Frist Reading  1 Maccabees 1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-64 The Persecution of Antiochus Ephphanes There grew a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became ki