Down in Adoration Falling |Tantum Ergo by St. Thomas Aquinas

Down in adoration falling,Lo, the sacred Host we hail;Lo, o’er ancient forms departing,Newer rights of grace prevailFaith for all defects supplying,Where the feeble senses fail. To the everlasting FatherAnd the Son who reigns on high,With the Spirit still proceedingAge to age eternally,Be salvation, honor, blessing,Might and endless majesty. Tantum ergo SacramentumVeneremur cernuiEt antiquum documentumNovo cedat ritui;Praestet fides supplementum,Sensuum defectui. Genitori GenitoqueLaus et jubilatio,Salus, honor, virtus quoqueSit et benedictio:Procedenti ab utroqueCompar sit laudatio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swns4Kjzc9E

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Free eBook about Our Lady of Akita |The Tears and Message of Mary

Written by Father Teiji Yasuda, chaplain of the convent in Akita, this book was first published in Japanese with the Imprimatur of the Bishop of Niigata. On March 14th, 1989, the Most Rev. John S. Ito, retired Bishop of Niigata who knows English and who had personally read this English translation approved it in the following words:“I recommend this book and testify that its contents aretrue.”  Most Rev. John S. Ito, D.D CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK FOR FREE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLVUGL57lRg&t=14s

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‘We lack food and medicine’| Catholics in Gaza take refuge in only parish church

By CNA Suhail Lawand As the fighting between Hamas and the Israeli army continues in the Holy Land, the Catholic Church in Gaza is doing everything in its power to alleviate the burden of war on its affected members. The bloodshed and displacement have not spared the civilians in Gaza, who have borne the brunt of the raging war in a region that has not known safety and stability for about 75 years. In an exclusive conversation with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, Nisreen Antoun, Holy Family parish’s project manager, revealed that there are 20 homes of Christian civilians that were completely destroyed as a result of Israeli bombing as well as homes that were partially damaged. Holy Family Church is the only Roman Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip and is located in the northern part of Gaza City. Israel’s military had ordered the Palestinian civilians to evacuate south last week, but the church today still has several hundred people taking refuge in its buildings. Antoun said the number of Christian refugees coming to the church to date is estimated to be approximately 500 people in addition to others residing in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius. Antoun described what the church is providing for the displaced families. “We opened the halls and rooms in the church and school,” he said. “We supplied the displaced with mattresses, pillows, and covers. We also provide them water, food, and personal hygiene items.” Read more…

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Real footages of FÁTIMA: October 13, 1917

FÁTIMA: October 13, 1917Historical (colorized) photographs taken during the Sixth and Final Apparition of OUR LADY to the three shepherd children / the ‘Great Miracle of the Sun’ at Cova da Iria – Fátima, Portugal 🇵🇹 on October 13, 1917The ‘Solar Miracle’ was witnessed by 70,000 people from all walks of life, including atheists and unbelievers. * Photos courtesy of Joan Michaelli Viñas Lara

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As Pope appeals for peace, Israel warns Vatican against false ‘parallelisms’

ROME – A massive and deadly surprise offensive from Hamas in recent days has prompted Israel to declare war, drawing appeals from Pope Francis and church leaders in the Holy Land for calm, and for international intervention to prevent further bloodshed. At the same time, Israel’s embassy to the Holy See has warned the Vatican to avoid what it described as “linguistic ambiguities” and “parallelisms” that would equate the aggressors in the conflict with its victims. Speaking to faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his October 8 Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis said, “I am following with apprehension and pain what is happening in Israel, where violence has exploded even more ferociously, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries”. “I express my closeness to the families of the victims. I pray for them and for all those who are experiencing hours of terror and of anguish,” he said. He begged both sides to “please stop the attacks and weapons and understand that terrorism and war do not lead to any solution, but only to the death and suffering of many innocent people”. “War is a defeat, every war is always a defeat,” he said, and asked faithful to join him in praying for peace in Israel and Palestine. On Saturday, Oct. 7 Palestinian group Hamas launched a massive surprise attack on Israel, including a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza and gunmen on foot breaching security barriers. Militants spread videos across social media platforms showing Israelis being gunned down and several being taken hostage. Read more…

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Prayer to Our Lady of Turumba for Miracles and Blessings

Oh Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Turumba, I come to you with an afflicted heart, seeking your intercession and guidance. As the Lady of Sorrows, you understand the pain and suffering that I am going through. Please pray for me to your Divine Son and the Holy Spirit, that I may receive the miracles and blessings that I need. I trust in your maternal love and compassion, knowing that you will never abandon me. Our Lady of Turumba, known for your one drop of tears that turned into a miraculous well, please pour out your grace upon me. Amen.

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Prayer for St. Joseph’s protection while traveling

O St. Joseph, who accompanied Jesus and Mary in all their journeys, and who has been called the patron of all travelers, accompany us in this journey that we are about to undertake. Be our guide and our protector; watch over us; preserve us from all accidents and dangers to soul and body; support us in our fatigue, and aid us to sanctify it by offering it to God. Make us ever mindful that we are strangers, sojourners here below; that heaven is our true home; and help us to persevere on the straight road that leads thereunto. We ask you especially to protect and aid us in the last great voyage from time to eternity, so that, under your guidance, we may reach the realm of happiness and glory, there to repose eternally with you in the company of Jesus and Mary. Amen

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Prayer to St. Michael for protection against spiritual enemies

Glorious St. Michael, prince of the heavenly hosts, who stands always ready to give assistance to the people of God; who fought with the dragon, the old serpent, and cast him out of heaven, and now valiantly defends the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly entreat you to assist me also, in the painful and dangerous conflict which I have to sustain against the same formidable foe. Be with me, O mighty Prince! that I may courageously fight and wholly vanquish that proud spirit, whom you have by the divine power, so gloriously overthrown, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ, has, in our nature, so completely overcome; to the end that having triumphed over the enemy of my salvation, I may with you and the holy angels, praise the clemency of God who, having refused mercy to the rebellious angels after their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man.Amen.

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Prayer After The Rosary

O God, whose only begotten Son,by His life, death and resurrection,has purchased for usthe rewards of eternal salvation;grant, we beseech Thee, that,while meditating upon these mysteriesof the most Holy Rosaryof the Blessed Virgin Mary,we may imitate what they containand obtain what they promise,through the same Christ our Lord, Amen.May the Divine Assistanceremain always with us,and may the souls of the faithful departed,through the mercy of God,rest in peace. Amen

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