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St Bridget 12 year prayer-7 wounds of Jesus

Posted in Art, Prayer with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on February 19, 2010 by Joann

The 12 Year Prayers:

O Jesus, now I wish to pray the Lord’s Prayer seven times in unity with the love with which You sanctified this prayer in Your Heart. Take it from my lips into Your Divine Heart. Improve and complete it so much that it brings as much honor and joy to the Trinity as You granted it on earth with this prayer. May these pour upon Your Holy Humanity in Glorification to Your Painful Wounds and the Precious Blood that You spilled from them.

First Prayer: The Circumcision

Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:

Eternal Father, through Mary’s unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the first wounds, the first pains, and the first Bloodshed as atonement for my and all of humanity’s sins of youth, as protection against the first mortal sin, especially among my relatives.

Second Prayer: The Suffering on the Mount of Olives

Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:

Eternal Father, through Mary’s unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the terrifying suffering of Jesus’ Heart on the Mount of Olives and every drop of His Bloody Sweat as atonement for my and all of humanity’s sins of the heart, as protection against such sins and for the spreading of Divine and brotherly Love.

Third Prayer: The Flogging

Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:

Eternal Father, through Mary’s unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the many thousands of Wounds, the gruesome Pains, and the Precious Blood of the Flogging as atonement for my and all of humanity’s sins of the Flesh, as protection against such sins and the preservation of innocence, especially among my relatives.

Fourth Prayer: The Crowning of Thorns

Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:

Eternal Father, through Mary’s unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Wounds, the Pains, and the Precious Blood of Jesus’ Holy Head from the Crowning with Thorns as atonement for my and all of humanity’s sins of the Spirit, as protection against such sins and the spreading of Christ’s kingdom here on earth.

Fifth Prayer: The Carrying of the Cross

Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:

Eternal Father, through Mary’s unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Sufferings on the way of the Cross, especially His Holy Wound on His Shoulder and its Precious Blood as atonement for my and all of humanity’s rebellion against the Cross, every grumbling against Your Holy Arrangements and all other sins of the tongue, as protection against such sins and for true love of the Cross.

Sixth Prayer: The Crucifixion

Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:

Eternal Father, through Mary’s unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You Your Son on the Cross, His Nailing and Raising, His Wounds on the Hands and Feet and the three streams of His Precious Blood that poured forth from these for us, His extreme tortures of the Body and Soul, His precious Death and its non-bleeding Renewal in all Holy Masses on earth as atonement for all wounds against vows and regulations within the Orders, as reparation for my and all of the world’s sins, for the sick and the dying, for all holy priests and laymen, for the Holy Father’s intentions toward the restoration of Christian families, for the strengthening of Faith, for our country and unity among all nations in Christ and His Church, as well as for the Diaspora.

Seventh Prayer: The Piercing of Jesus’ Side

Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:

Eternal Father, accept as worthy, for the needs of the Holy Church and as atonement for the sins of all Mankind, the Precious Blood and Water which poured forth from the Wound of Jesus’ Divine Heart. Be gracious and merciful toward us. Blood of Christ, the last precious content of His Holy Heart, wash me of all my and others’ guilt of sin! Water from the Side of Christ, wash me clean of all punishments for sin and extinguish the flames of Purgatory for me and for all the Poor Souls. Amen.

Extreme Shepherding

Posted in Art, Culture with tags , , , , , , , , on December 8, 2009 by Joann

Who Do You Worship?

Posted in Art, The Cross, Video with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 22, 2009 by Joann

Can’t say it any better than Mel Gibson, Tim Hughes and Jim Caviezel:

Nature Cries Out!

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Culture, Faith with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 15, 2009 by Joann

I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.’ Luke 19:40

Here is a photograph of a living tree which I pass almost everyday.  One day it stopped me in my tracks as an image emerged out of the noise of criss-crossing leaves and branches. This tree was struck by lightening and now bears a recogognizable image:

Scourging and Crucifixion

Scourging and Crucifixion of Christ.

I am an artist and that may make me sensitive to images camouflaged in the ordinary things around us.  Not only do I see the Scourging and Crucifixion of Christ in this living tree, but I can also see the Crown of Thorns. As a starting point for mediation, ask yourself, “Why a tree?”

Art, Plagerism, Fraud?

Posted in American, Culture, Opinions with tags , , , , , , , on October 11, 2009 by Joann

What were they (the Obamas) thinking when they chose to hang an Alma Thomas art piece in the White House. Perhaps, they were thinking, “I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like.” The problem with this artist is that her creation, “Watusi (Hard Edge), as Michell Malkin says here , “is an almost exact reproduction of a 1953 piece by Henri Matisse titled “L’Escargot:”

“Here they are side by side, with “Watusi” rotated and on the left.”

Free Republic posts:

“Is this fraud? If the new piece has been titled “Homage to Collage” or “Matisse in Blue”, I would think the artist wasn’t trying to hide the copying. But I wonder whether anyone realized that the artist copied almost every aspect of a famous work to sell her artwork. Perhaps everyone involved knew that this is a re-colored reprint. If not, it seems to be an embarrassment for the “sophisticates” who failed to spot a copy hiding in plain sight.”


The Subtle Art of Latte

Posted in Art, Culture with tags , , on April 16, 2009 by Joann

Not your ordinary latte or barista.

Susan Boyle – Beauty Beyond Skin-deep

Posted in Art, Christian, Culture, Spiritual, Video with tags , , , , , , , , , , on April 16, 2009 by Joann

The Anchoress writes: Why Susan Boyle matters so much.

I’ve given it is some thought, too.  My take goes like this.  We all feel at some level like nobodies in need of affirmation.  Some of us live our entire lives trying hard, but unsure even of our successes.  I know my strengths, but they are not necessarily in demand.  Sometimes, I’m the only one clapping, and then again, I wonder why I bother at all.  As long as we’re living, as long as we’re still trying, at least, we are in the game. We haven’t given up. Now, to me, Susan is like Judgment Day.  Finally, we find out Someone is aware; Someone notices; Someone is clapping loudly and eternally.

I hope and pray Susan doesn’t get messed up since she is so beautiful just as she  is.

Listen again

The Music of the Manuscripts

Posted in Catholic, Catholicism, Christian, Church, Culture, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, Tradition with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 10, 2009 by Joann

Metropolitan Museum of Art – wonderful exhibition

More here

Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 11

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 10, 2009 by Joann

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St. Leo the Great: Sermon LXXII (On the Lord’s Resurrection): complete

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St. Leo the Great: Sermon LXXII (On the Lord’s Resurrection): complete

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 10

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 9, 2009 by Joann

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St. Leo the Great: Sermon XLIX(On Lent XI) : complete

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St. Leo the Great: Sermon XLIX (On Lent XI) complete

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 9

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 8, 2009 by Joann

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St. Leo the Great: Sermon XXI (On the Feast of the Nativity I) : complete

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St. Ambrose of Milan: Concerning the Mysteries:5-9

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 8

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 7, 2009 by Joann

crucificionicon12Day37 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 4/8/09

St. Leo the Great: Sermon XXVIII (called the Tome”): complete

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St. Ambrose of Milan: Concerning the Mysteries:1-4

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 7

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2009 by Joann

crucificionicon12Day36 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 4/7/09

St. Ambrose of Milan: Concerning the Mysteries: 5-9

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXIII (12-23)

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 6

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 5, 2009 by Joann

crucificionicon12Day35 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 4/6/09

St. Ambrose of Milan: Concerning the Mysteries: 1-4

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXIII (1-11)

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 4

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 3, 2009 by Joann

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXIII

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXII

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 3

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2009 by Joann

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXII

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XX

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 2

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 1, 2009 by Joann

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXI

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St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: 90-94

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Lenten Reading Plan – Apr 1

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2009 by Joann

crucificionicon12Day31Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 4/1/09

St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XX

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St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: 82-89

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Rallying Point for Citizens

Posted in American, Art, Culture, Economy, Just Thinking Out Loud, People, Photography, Political, Politics with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2009 by Joann

InstaPundit on behalf of Simon Jester:

Here is where we could use your help. Submit your t-shirt ideas. Send us articles about dumb government. Even send us pictures of you and your neighbors at a tea party, esp. if you are sporting a Simon Jester! We will publish your pictures down there in the gallery, investigate your articles and give our take on them, and some new designs are already in the works. We aim to be a source of information and a rallying point for citizens who love the liberty inherent in all men and codified in our founding documents.

Lenten Reading Plan – Mar 31

Posted in Art, Catholic, Christ, Christian, Church Fathers, Fathers of the Church, Lent, Lenten Reading, Religion, Spiritual, Spiritual Things, The Cross with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 30, 2009 by Joann

crucificionicon12Day30Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 3/31/09

St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XIX

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St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony:74-81

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