Night Prayers for Lent ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Lent, the Christian, on preparing for sleep, will unite himself with the Church…
Day: February 22, 2024
Evening Meditations for the First Thursday in Lent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
So great was the desire of Jesus to suffer for us that in the night preceding His death, He not only went of His own will into the Garden, where He knew that the Jews would come and take Him, but knowing that Judas the traitor was already near at hand with the company of soldiers, He said to His disciples, Arise, let us go; behold he that will betray me is at hand (Mark xiv. 42)…
Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: First Thursday in Lent
Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: First Thursday in Lent
The titular church of the famous deaconry of the Suburra was dedicated to the Sicilian martyr Agatha; in the eighth century a monastery was attached to it…
Station Thursday Lent I: Statio ad S. Laurentii
Mercifully look down, we beseech Thee, O Lord, upon the devotion of Thy people, that they who are mortified in
Spiritual Reading for the First Thursday in Lent
However, those who seek perfection may, without the danger of vain-glory, occasionally perform very rigorous mortifications. For example, by doing with only bread and water on the days of devotion, on Fridays and Saturdays, on the vigils of the Blessed Virgin, and on similar occasions; for such fasts are ordinarily practised by fervent souls.
Morning Meditations for the First Thursday in Lent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
His heart shall be as hard as a stone and as firm as a smith’s anvil. God does not indeed harden the habitual sinner, but He withdraws His grace in punishment of his ingratitude for past favours; and thus his heart becomes as hard as a stone. And St. Thomas of Villanova says: “Hardness of heart is a sign of damnation.”
Morning Prayers for the First Thursday in Lent ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Lent, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…