Posted by petrus, on August 28th, 2015
Conversion of Saint Augustine, by Fra Angelico (c. 1395–1455)
O God, who from among the people of Africa didst raise up thy servant Augustine to be a Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Grant us so to follow him in paths of penitence and discipline that we may attain to the vision of . . . → Read More: Saint Augustine of Hippo
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Posted by petrus, on August 24th, 2015
St Bartholomew displaying his flayed skin, detail from The Last Judgement, by Michaelangelo (1475–154).
O Almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word: Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach . . . → Read More: Saint Bartholomew
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Posted by petrus, on August 23rd, 2015
Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are . . . → Read More: The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
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Posted by petrus, on August 20th, 2015
Vision of St Bernard with Sts Benedict and John the Evangelist, by Fra Bartolomeo (1472–1517). From Wikipedia.
Enable us, O Lord, with Saint Bernard and all thy blessed servants, to bring the talents and graces of thy giving unto the sole service of the Holy Catholic Church, the Body of our Lord . . . → Read More: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot
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Posted by petrus, on August 16th, 2015
O God, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in shewing mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
. . . → Read More: The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
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Posted by petrus, on August 16th, 2015
Holy Family with st Anne and St Joachim, by a follower of Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516).
O God, who didst choose blessed Joachim from among the company of thy Saints, that of him might be begotten the Mother of thy Son: Grant that we who on his feast day devoutly do him honour, . . . → Read More: Saint Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Posted by petrus, on August 15th, 2015
The Cloud Dormition, an icon from Desyatinny Monastery in Novgorod
O God, who hast taken to thyself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of thine incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of thine eternal kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ . . . → Read More: Saint Mary, Mother of God (The Dormition, or Falling–Asleep, of the Theotokos)
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Posted by petrus, on August 13th, 2015
Portrait of Jeremy Taylor. Detail from a portrait hanging in Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered: Make us, we beseech thee, like thy servant Jeremy Taylor, deeply sensible of the shortness of . . . → Read More: Blessed Jeremy Taylor
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Posted by petrus, on August 11th, 2015
Saint Clare and sisters of her order, fresco at Church of San Damiano, Assisi. From Wikipedia.
O God of mercy, who hast inspired blessed Saint Clare with the love of poverty: Grant us so to follow Christ in poverty of spirit, that we may come to the joyful vision of thy glory . . . → Read More: Saint Claire of Assisi
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Posted by petrus, on August 10th, 2015
The Martyrdom of St Lawrence by Tintoretto (1518–1594). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
O God, who gavest grace to thy servant Laurence to be a wise guardian of the treasures of the Church, a faithful attendant upon his chief, and a bold witness in his martyrdom to the Christian . . . → Read More: Saint Laurence, Deacon at Rome and Martyr
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