CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

*CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL DIRECTION* *"Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven." Saint Pope Pius X*

SAINT ISIDORE FEAST DAY: MAY 15TH Isidore was born to poor parents living in Madrid, Spain. He became a farmer and worked on the great estate owned by John de Vergas. John de Vergas valued the hard work that Isidore did for him and treated him with love and respect and allowed him to attend his church. Isidore married St. Mary de la Cabeza. Isidore prayed constantly and worked hard as a ploughman on the farm. The angels would come to assist him in his farm work at times. He was a special friend to the poor and sick and had the ability to work miracles. He died in 1170. He was canonized in 1622 and is the patron saint of Madrid. INTERCESSORY PRAYER: Ask Saint Isidore to assist you with your needs today. Saint Isidore, please pray for (state your prayer request.) *******
*PRAYER FOR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING* *THE CONSTANT PRAYER OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA* PRECIOUS BLOOD, ocean of divine mercy: Flow upon us! Precious Blood, most pure offering: Procure us every grace! Precious Blood, hope and refuge of sinners: Atone for us! Precious Blood, delight of holy souls: Draw us! Amen.
PURPOSE OF WEB SITE: Welcome to this Catholic Spiritual Direction Web Site. It is the intention of this page to help Catholics develop a closer relationship with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit through the promotion of prayer and Christian teaching which will enable Christians to adhere to the straight and narrow path Jesus speaks of in the Gospels. Included in these web pages are the Douay-Rheims Bible and the works of Saint John of the Cross, Thomas à Kempis and Saint Louis de Montfort, and the works of other saints of the Catholic faith, all of whose teachings on spiritual direction have been followed by priests, ministers, clergymen, Popes and Saints. These teachings adhere to the teachings of the Catholic Church. This site is dedicated to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (Biography) (1774-1824) Mystic, Stigmatist, Prophet, and Great Visionary, a saintly Augustinian nun from Flamske, Germany. Her highly descriptive visions of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, The Sorrowful Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, are presented here. In time more works from the Saints of the Catholic Church will be added to these pages. INTERCESSORY PRAYER AND PRAYER CHAPLET TO BLESSED ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH
PRAYER TO PROTECT ALL MILITARY TROOPS FIGHTING FOR PEACE Oh, Lord God, we ask in the name of your precious Son, JESUS, for the protection of all military troops fighting against terrorism. Secondly, in the name of JESUS, we ask for the apprehension of all hostile terrorist leaders and their followers. *"Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it." John 14: 13-14* PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL Glorious St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, who standest always ready to give assistance to the people of God; who didst fight with the dragon, the old serpent, and didst cast him out of heaven, and now valiantly defendest the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly entreat thee to assist me also, in the painful and dangerous conflict which I have to sustain against the same formidible foe. Be with me, O mighty Prince! that I may courageously fight and wholly vanquish that proud spirit, whom thou hast by the Divine Power, so gloriously overthrown, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ, has, in our nature, so completely overcome; to the end that having triumphed over the enemy of my salvation, I may with thee and the holy angels, praise the clemency of God who, having refused mercy to the rebellious angels after their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man. Amen _____________ U.S. FATALITIES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN HAVE MASSES SAID FOR SOLDIERS THAT HAVE DIED
PROTECT THE LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN IN 2008. VOTE PROLIFE. VOTE FOR SENATOR JOHN S. MC CAIN FOR PRESIDENT. THE LIVES OF OVER A MILLION BABIES A YEAR DEPEND UPON YOUR VOTE.. SEE THE HISTORY AND VOTING RECORD OF SENATOR JOHN MC CAIN SEE SENATOR JOHN S. MC CAIN'S WEB SITE: http://www.johnmccain.com/ In 1993, John McCain and his wife, Cindy, adopted a little girl from Mother Teresa's orphanage in Bangladesh. She has been a blessing to the McCain family and helped make adoption advocacy a personal issue for the Senator. --From Senator John S. Mc Cain's Web site. IF A CANDIDATE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ABORTION AS BEING MURDER, THEN HE OR SHE DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE PRESIDENT. BOTH SENATORS HILLARY CLINTON AND BARAK OBAMA SUPPORT ABORTION, THEY SUPPORT ROE VS. WADE. 'Make a tree sound and its fruit will be sound; make a tree rotten and its fruit will be rotten. For the tree can be told by its fruit. Brood of vipers, how can your speech be good when you are evil? For a man's words flow out of what fills his heart. A good man draw good things from his store of goodness; a bad man draw bad things from his store of badness.' Matthew 12: 33-35 When Presidential candidates support abortion; they are being very wicked and they do not know or love God. If they do not know or love God, they cannot possibly lead a nation.
"At the evening of life, you will be examined in love. Learn to love as God desires to be loved and abandon your own ways of acting." Saint John of the Cross
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