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Prayer Pledge 2018: Wrap Up // The Angelus - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Wrap Up // The Angelus

The Angelus The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Wrap Up // The Morning Offering - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Wrap Up // The Morning Offering

The Morning Offering O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of your Sacred...
The 2018 FOCUS Student Leadership Summit (SLS) - Blessed Is She

The 2018 FOCUS Student Leadership Summit (SLS)

I spent my college years at a small state school without much of a Newman Center. I found some community at the Baptist Student Union, went to daily Mass when...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 5 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 5

A Prayer for Priests and Bishops O God, who has appointed Your only-begotten Son to be the eternal High Priest for the glory of Your Majesty and the salvation of...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 4 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 4

Litany of St. Paul Antiphon: Thou hast proved me and known me: Thou hast known my sitting down and my rising up. V. The great Saint Paul, the vessel of...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 3 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 3

Novena for the Presentation of the Lord This novena starts on January 24 and ends on February 1. O Blessed Mother of God, who went up to the Temple according...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 2 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 2

Collect Prayer for the feast of St. Vincent of Saragossa Almighty ever-living God, mercifully pour out your Spirit upon us, so that our hearts may possess the strong love by...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 1 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Supplication // Day 1

Day of Prayer for the Unborn - A Prayer for Life by St. Pope John Paul II O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to...
Set Your Own Lands: Sanctifying the Small - Blessed Is She

Set Your Own Lands: Sanctifying the Small

I have to confess, I’m not a big news follower. I get my 3-minute blip from the local NPR station, and sometimes even that is too much (especially if the...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Thanksgiving // Day 5 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Thanksgiving // Day 5

Introductory Dialogue to the Eucharistic Prayer The Lord be with you. And with you spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Thanksgiving // Day 4 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Thanksgiving // Day 4

1 Chronicles 16:34-36 Give thanks to the Lord, who is good, whose love endures forever. And say, “Save us, O God, our savior, gather us and deliver us from among...
Prayer Pledge 2018: Thanksgiving // Day 3 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2018: Thanksgiving // Day 3

St. Thérèse of Lisieux to her sister, Céline What most draws down graces from our dear Lord is gratitude, for if we thank him for a gift, he is touched...