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As we honor the Feast of St. Raphael the Archangel, we invoke his powerful intercession to those affected by Tropical Storm Kristine which has left families with losses, hardships, and devastation, trusting in his role as a messenger of healing. We offer this prayer in the hope that they may find strength, peace, and healing through our total dependence on God.

𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘚𝘵. 𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩.
𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 intercession of St. Raphael.
𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.

𝐒𝐭. 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐬!

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 | 𝐒𝐓. 𝐋𝐔𝐊𝐄, 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓
𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 & 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔

My saving Lord, You sent Your disciples on a mission to share Your saving message with all. Today we especially thank You for the life and ministry of Saint Luke. Please use us, dear Lord, to imitate his wonderful example and to share Your glorious life with others. Please lead us and inspire us to especially reach out to those whom You have put into my life. Amen.

St. Luke, pray for us 🙏

𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 | 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐢

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 12𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩'𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙩. 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙞 (𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚)
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

St. Francis of Assisi, 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨!

Malipayong Fiesta Señor San Miguel Arkanghel

𝙋𝘼𝙂-𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙊 𝙉𝙂𝘼𝘿𝙏𝙊 𝙆𝘼𝙉𝙂 𝙎𝘼𝙉 𝙈𝙄𝙂𝙐𝙀𝙇 𝘼𝙍𝙆𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙃𝙀𝙇

San Miguel Arkanghel,
tabangi kami sa panggubatan,
panalipdi kami batok sa mga panlimbong ug pagsulay sa yawa.
Pakgangon unta siya sa Dios, kami mapaubsanong nag-ampo.
Ug ikaw, o Prinsipe sa mga kasundalohan sa Langit,
pinaagi sa gahom sa Dios,
magtambog sa impiyerno kang satanas uban sa iyang dautang mga espiritu
nga naglibot-libot sa kalibutan ug naninguha sa pagpukan sa mga kalag.
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻. 🙏

Mag Diyandi na kita! Viva Señor San Miguel Arcangel 🙏💙 🪽

Feast of St. Pio of Pietrelcina

𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗼'𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝙊 𝙢𝙮 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨, 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙡𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙄 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙨, 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙞𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙮, 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝. 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮, 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙡𝙮, 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙣.

San Padre Pio, eg-ampo mo kami 🙏

𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬
𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 | 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧. 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗦
September 17, 2024

"From Wounds Comes New Life"—St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata portrays a sacred truth. Just as Christ's wounds led to the resurrection, Francis’ own marks of suffering became symbols of rebirth and transformation. His humility, shown through the stigmata, is not a sign of defeat but of divine grace. The vibrant wings and the outstretched hands remind us that through our deepest wounds and trials, we are given the chance to rise anew, filled with the light of love and grace. It is in the brokenness that God's power and life are revealed, inviting us to transcend pain and soar toward the divine.

St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us 🙏

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS

Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows

O Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Sorrows, as you held the lifeless body of your Son in your arms, you embraced the suffering of the world.
Grant us, we pray, the grace to endure our own sorrows with faith and trust in God's divine plan. Help us to unite our pain with the Passion of Christ, that we may find hope in the promise of His resurrection.
Through your intercession, may we find strength and courage in times of trial, and may our hearts remain steadfast in love and devotion to your Son, our Savior. Amen.

Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross

Heavenly Father, as we gaze upon the Cross, we are reminded of its enduring beauty and unmatched power. Amid the vibrant colors and the chaos of life, Your Cross stands firm at the center, a beacon of hope, strength, and salvation. Just as the colors blend harmoniously, may our trials and triumphs come together through the Cross, transforming our hearts and lives into a reflection of Your grace and glory. Help us to embrace the Cross daily with courage and trust, knowing that it brings healing, strength, and victory. Let it be our guide through every challenge, reminding us that with You, nothing is impossible. May we walk forward in confidence and faith, always trusting in Your boundless love. Amen.

A Night Prayer for the Creator's Heart

Heavenly Father, as we lay down to rest, we offer You all that we have created today. Bless the works of our hands and the desires of our hearts. Like the brushes that paint, allow our souls to be canvases for Your love.

Lord Jesus, in the quiet of this night, we see the figure of Your faithful saint, standing and watching over us. Let us be reminded of the peace and humility You give through the example of Your holy ones. As they walk in Your light, guide our steps in the ways of grace and compassion.

Holy Spirit, with every bead of the rosary, we feel Your presence. Wrap us in the mysteries of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, and fill our hearts with trust in Your divine will. In this stillness, we surrender our worries, knowing that You are our protector in every dark hour.

Mother Mary, hold us close as you did your Son, Jesus. Pray for us, as we close our eyes, that we may wake with renewed spirits, ready to serve and create anew for the glory of God.

Saints and angels, watch over us as we sleep, and lead us to dream of the beauty that awaits in God's kingdom. Amen.

Goodnight 🙏

Feast of The Most Holy Name of Mary

O most gentle and loving Mother Mary, in your holy name, we find peace, comfort, and hope. As we celebrate this feast, remind us of your constant presence and intercession in our lives. May your name be always on our lips, guiding us to your Son, Jesus Christ, and strengthening our faith in moments of doubt. Inspire our hearts with your purity and humility, that we may live in service to and in devotion to God. Blessed Mother, protect us and lead us closer to your Son, now and forever. Amen.

“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”

Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Dearest Mother Mary, your conception was immaculate and your birth glorious. You were conceived without sin, born without sin, and remained sinless throughout your life. In Heaven, you radiate the beauty and splendor of God and will do so for all eternity. Please pray for us, that we will more fully imitate your many virtues, so that we can be a fitting instrument of your divine Son in the world. Mother Mary, pray for us.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAMA MARY! 🙏 🎂 ❤️

Sawadee Ton Chao Quote:

"In the embrace of His holy sanctuary, every storm fades, and the sky above becomes a canvas of divine grace."