Reparation Prayer for the First Saturday in July 2024

   

O Most Holy Virgin and our Mother, we listen with grief to the complaints of your Immaculate Heart surrounded with the thorns which ungrateful men place therein at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. 

Moved by the ardent desire of loving you as Our Mother and of promoting a true devotion to your Immaculate Heart, we prostrate ourselves at your feet to prove the sorrow we feel for the grievance that men cause you, and to atone, by means of our prayers and sacrifices, for the offenses with which men return your tender love.

Obtain for them and for us the pardon of so many sins. A word from you will obtain grace and amendment for us all.

Hasten, O Lady, the conversion of sinners, that they may love Jesus and cease to offend the Lord, already so much offended, and will not fall into hell. Turn your eyes of mercy toward us, that henceforth we may love God with all our heart while on earth and enjoy Him forever in heaven. 

Amen.  

Carlo Acutis Canonization Moves Forward in Rome

Carlo Acutis, our young blessed, will be canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church.

Carlo Acutis, from the Vatican News

Pope Francis with Church Cardinals approved the canonization of the "millennial" who was born in 1991 and died at age 15 in 2006. It is expected that the canonization ceremony take place in the 2025 Jubilee Year.

The teen's devotion to Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions, which he cataloged online, continues to bring millions of people to Jesus and his Most Holy Mother Mary. 

He is a wonder-worker, for certain, so do not hesitate to call upon Carlo for his aid and to lead us closer to the Most Blessed Sacrament. 

Prayer from the Carlo Acutis website

Oh God, Our Father, thank you for giving us Carlo,  a life example for the young and a message of love for everyone.

You made him become enamored with Your Son Jesus, Making of the Eucharist his "Highway to Heaven." You gave him Mary, as a most loving Mother, and, with the Rosary, you made him a poet of her tenderness. Receive his prayer for us. Above all, gaze upon the poor,  whom he loved and helped. 

Grant for me too, by his intercession, the grace that I need ...

And make our joy fulfilled, placing Carlo among the saints of your Church, so that his smile may shine again for us in the glory of your name. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Pray 3 times.)