Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Act of Consecration to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary

(for Religious and Laity)

Virgin of Fatima, Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven and Earth, Refuge of Sinners, WE who belong to the Marian Movement consecrate ourselves in a very special way to your Immaculate Heart. By this act of consecration we intend to live, with you and through you, all the obligations assumed by our baptismal consecration. We further pledge to bring about in ourselves that interior conversion that will free us of every attachment to ourselves and to easy compromises with the world so that, like you, we may be available only to do always the will of the Father. And as we resolve to entrust to you, O Mother most sweet and merciful, our lives and vocations as Christians, that you may dispose of it according to your designs of salvation in this hour of decision that weighs upon the world, we pledge to live it according to your desires, especially as it pertains to a renewed spirit of prayer and penance, the fervent participation in the celebration of the Eucharist and in the works of the apostolate, the daily recitation of the holy rosary, and an austere manner of life in keeping with the Gospel, that shall be to all a good example of the observance of the law of God and the practice of the Christian virtues, especially that of purity. We further promise you to be united with the Holy Father, with the hierarchy and with our priests, in order thus to set up a barrier to the growing confrontation directed against the Magisterium, that threatens the very foundation of the Church. Under your protection, we want moreover to be apostles of this sorely needed unity of prayer and love for the Pope, on whom we invoke your special protection. And lastly, insofar as is possible, we promise to lead those souls with whom we come in contact to a renewed devotion to you.

Mindful that atheism has caused shipwreck in the faith to a great number of the faithful, that desecration has entered into the holy temple of God, and that evil and sin are spreading more and more throughout the world, we make so bold as to lift our eyes trustingly to you, O mother of Jesus and our merciful and powerful Mother, we invoke again today and await from you the salvation of all your children, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Prayers to Heal Oneself

Spiritual Healing

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for loving me
And for calling me to come closer to You.
Thank You for never giving up on me
Even if I have often strayed away from You.
Thank You for the many times
You have been faithful
To Your promises
Despite all my unfaithfulness, sins,
Failures and weaknesses.
Thank You for Your concern
For my spiritual life and for planting in me
This desire to draw closer to You.
Thank You for Your healing mercy
And forgiveness for the many ways
I have offended You in my thoughts, words and actions.
I come before You now with a humble heart
Asking, seeking, knocking
And hoping to experience
Your loving healing presence.
I come seeking healing for those times
Of my prayerlessness
Due to laziness or giving more priority
To my other interests and activities.
Heal me for the times I have depended
On my own efforts or from others
And disregarded You.
For the times I was blinded
By my self-centeredness
And many worldly concerns
And easily gave in to temptations.
Search me, O God, and help me see
The areas in my life that need
Your healing love and mercy.
Create in me a clean heart.
Give me the grace to put You
As first priority in my life
At all times and to turn away from sin
Or occasions and influences
That lead to sin.
Teach me to pray
And give me the desire to pray
As often as I can.
Lift me up when my prayer seems dry \and empty,
When I feel as though my prayers
Are not being heard.
Strengthen me with patience
And perseverance
When trials and obstacles
Make me feel like giving up.
Guide me in the right path
That leads only to You.
Dearest Lord,
Draw me near to You always.
Let my spirit be filled with Your power
And healing presence.
I pray these in Jesus’ name
Through Mary and all the angels
And saints.
Amen.

Healing of Addictions

Lord Jesus,
I come before You,
Calling on You in a very special way.
I come before You trusting in Your power
And great love for me.
I come with expectant faith and hope
That You will not forsake me
In my prayer for healing as I am
in bondage, enslaved by an addiction
to (name the addiction)
and I am in dire need of Your help.
Please enter now into my heart and soul.
Touch all the areas in my life
That need Your healing love,
Especially the root causes of my addiction.
Heal all unresolved traumatic experiences
From my past,
Fill with Your divine love all deprivations
And needs that were not met during
My significant developmental stages.
Release me from all inherited destructive
Patterns in my family tree and bloodlines,
And from my present environment
That could be influencing or encouraging
This addictive behaviour.
Cut off all links to all the sources
And causes of my addiction.
Lead me by the hand to all the right people
Who can help me in this healing process
And deliver me from this addiction.
Let Your Holy Spirit dwell within
To strengthen and empower me
To overcome this addiction completely,
Totally and permanently.
In the name of the Most Blessed Trinity,
Father, Son and the Holy Spirit,
With the intercession of Mary
And all the angels and saints,
I claim Your victory in delivering me
From this addiction and surrender to You
My whole life.
In Jesus’ name I pray, with Mary
And the angels and saints. Amen.

Inner Healing

Lord, I come before You for inner healing.
Touch me now where I am hurting most.
You know better that anyone else
What is best for me.
Let the grace of Your Divine Love
Flow to the inner recesses of my being,
To my past, present and future.
Heal all the unresolved pain, anguish,
Bitterness, resentments,
Feelings of rejection, despair
And frustration from the past.
Heal all painful memories
In my subconscious,
Including all repercussions
Of traumatic experiences.
Give me a forgiving heart
To help forgive all the people
Who have hurt me in the past
And seek forgiveness from those
Whom I have hurt.
Grant me the grace to accept
All my sufferings as a share
In Your own sufferings
And offer this for the conversion
Of sinners and the salvation
Of souls, especially those
Of my family and loved ones.
Give me a repentant and contrite heart
To acknowledge the many ways
I have sinned and displeased You
In the past and present
And bring me Your Divine Mercy.
Fill my emptiness with Your love,
Peace and joy.
Grant me the grace of expectant faith
To truly believe that I will be healed.
Bring me hope in Your forgiveness
And loving mercy.
And after I have been healed,
May I serve You for the rest of my life
And be a powerful witness
Of Your healing power and love.
All these I pray in Jesus’ name
Through Mary, the angels and saints.
Amen.

Emotional Healing

Loving Father,
I come before You with faith
In Your promise
that whatever I ask for in Your name
You will grant to me if it is for the good
Of my souls and in accordance
With Your Divine Will.
I come trusting in Your great love for me
And believing that only You
Know what is best for me.
I come to You now to ask
That You enter my heart
And heal all my wounded emotions.
You know me better than I know myself.
Bring Your healing love
Into every corner of my heart
And release all the buried
Negative emotions inside
That have not been resolved
And continue to cause
Me pain and anguish.
Remove all my unhealed hurts
And painful memories
That block the flow of Your graces,
Robbing me of Your peace, love and joy.
Heal all feelings of sadness, loneliness,
Fear and anxiety.
Heal all guilt, despair,
Feelings of betrayal and rejection.
Heal all feelings of anger, hatred,
Resentment and bitterness.
Bring Your healing love to all my emotions
That have caused me feelings
Of hopelessness, discouragement,
Helplessness and despair.
Grant me the grace to forgive all those
Who have cause these negative
Emotions and likewise to be forgiven
By those to whom I have done
The same harm.
O Lord, give me a repentant heart,
Forgive me for my sins
And failures, and be merciful to me.
Help me to realize the blessings
That resulted from each painful experience
And how this had led me closer to You.
As You release from me
All these painful emotions
Fill all the empty spaces
With Your love, Your peace, Your joy
And the powerful presence
Of Your Holy Spirit.
After I have been healed,
May my life be a witness
To Your power and glory
And may I reach out to others, too.
All these i pray in Jesus’ name
Through Mary and all the angels
And saints.
Amen.

Financial Healing

Loving Father,
You are our Creator, our Refuge,
Our Strength and our Great Provider.
You made us all that we are, and
You are the source of all that we
Possess.
I come before You
Trusting in Your goodness
And great love for me.
In response to Your call,
“Come to Me all of You who are weary
And I will give you rest,” (Mt. 11:28)
I come with expectant faith
Believing that You are a God
Who answers all prayers in a way
That is best for each one of us,
Especially what is good for our soul
And in accordance with Your will.
Lord, I have deep financial problems,
And I have no one to run to except You.
Forgive me for all my past failures and actions
That may have led me to this crisis
And help me learn from them.
Inspire me with ways and means
To help ease my financial burdens.
Guide me in the proper management
Of my finances.
Deliver me from the tendency
To want too many things,
Especially those that are unnecessary.
Deliver me from envy
When I see blessing of people
Around me.
Send me to generous hearts that can help
Alleviate my financial troubles
And help me to be trustworthy,
Responsible and dependable
In all my dealings with them.
Thank You for always being there
To bring me love and hope
In times of despair and frustration, courage
In times of fear and doubt, and peace
In times of anxiety.
With confidence in Your love and mercy,
Give me the patience
To humbly wait for Your answers
To my prayer for financial healing.
These I pray in Jesus’ name
Through Mary with all the angels
And saints.
Amen.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

The 100 Requiem Prayer

Ana Maria Taigi was very devoted to the souls in Purgatory. She was generous in giving suffrages to the souls by praying 100 Requiem. She testifies that through this prayer she obtains many heavenly favors in different circumstances and for various needs.

In the name of the Father,
And of the Son,
And of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the benefit of the souls in Purgatory,
The merits of your sufferings
Endured for our redemption.
I start by contemplating the Blood
That oozed out from your Body
Due to the sadness and anguish
That you experienced
In the Garden of Gethsemane.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory,
The admirable patience with which
You endure the tortures
Of those vile soldiers who led you
To Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, and Herod,
To give you more insult
They dressed you up in purple
Amid the mockeries and insults of the people.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory,
The bitterness you felt
When they chose Barabbas,
Who was a criminal,
Instead of you, the innocent one.
Later on, tied to a pillar,
You were scourged without mercy.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory,
The humiliation you suffered when,
Treating you as a false king,
They put on your shoulders
A purple cloak
Gave you a stick for your sceptre,
And crowned your head with thorns,
And in this way
Pilate presented you to the mob saying:
Look at this man!

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory,
The intense sorrow you felt
When the mob shouted: “Crucify him!”
And when the heavy burden of the cross
Made you stumble several times
As you carried it to Mt. Calvary.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory,
The compassion and deep pain
You felt when you were
Separated violently from
Your beloved Mother
Who came to meet and embrace you
On your way to Calvary.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory
The untold torments you endured
When your bloody body
Was extended on the cross
And they nailed your hands and feet to it,
And they they raised up the cross violently
And planted it on a hole.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory
The anguish and pains that,
For three hours, you endured
While hanging on the cross,
Made more painful by your knowing
That your sorrowful Mother was there
Beneath your cross.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

My Jesus, I offer you
For the souls of Purgatory
The desolation that your Mother endured
When she saw you dead,
And when your body
Was lowered down from the cross
And she embraced and carried
Your lifeless body.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen. (10 times)

Holy souls of Purgatory,
Pray to God for me and
I will ask the Father
To give you the glory of Paradise.

The Heroic Act of Love

My God, for your greater glory,
In union with the merits of Jesus and Mary,
I offer and surrender
The satisfactory value of all the good that I will do
And all the suffrages I will receive after my death,
For the holy souls in Purgatory.
Dispose of everything
According to your Divine Will.
Amen.

Prayer for the Liberation of Souls in Purgatory

By Saint Mathilde

Our Father in heaven.

Humbly I pray to you
Eternal and merciful Father,
Forgive the poor souls
Whom you yourself take as your creatures
If they have not loved you
Nor rendered you due honor.
To you I offer reparation and penance
In union with the love and goodness
Of your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Holy be your name.

Humbly I pray to you,
Eternal and merciful Father,
Forgive the souls
Who have hot glorified your Name and
Who frequently pronounced it in vain.
As reparation and penance I offer you
All the teachings with which your Beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, has glorified
Your Name on earth.

Your kingdom come.

I pray to you humbly,
Eternal and merciful Father,
Forgive the souls
Who have not desired
With ardent love your holy kingdom.
For those sins I offer in sacrifice
The powerful desire of your Beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
With which he wishes that everyone
Be admitted in your eternal kingdom.

Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

I humbly pray to you,
Eternal and merciful Father,
Forgive the souls
Who did not submit to your will,
But followed their own will.
In reparation and penance I offer
The Divine Heart of Jesus and his great submission.

Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us.

I humbly pray to you
Eternal and merciful Father,
Forgive the souls their sins,
Because they did not love
Nor forgive their enemies.
In reparation and penance,
I offer you in sacrifice
The holy words of your Beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
With which he said while on the Cross:
“Father, forgive them,
For they do not know
What they are doing.”

And lead us not into temptation.

Humbly I pray to you,
Eternal and merciful Father,
Forgive the souls
Who did not oppose temptations,
Thereby yielding to
The seductions of the Evil One.
For this they fell into ruin.
In reparation and penance I offer
The obedience, the exhausting works,
And all the bitter sufferings,
And death of your Beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ.

And deliver us from evil. Amen.

Humbly I pray to you,
Eternal and merciful Father,
Forgive the poor souls
And take them to Jesus Christ
In the kingdom of Glory
Where you live forever. Amen.

Crown of Suffrages for the Souls in Purgatory

In the name of the Father,
And of the Son,
And of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

My Jesus,
For that copious sweat of blood
You shed in the Garden of Gethsemane,
Have mercy on my relatives
Who are suffering in Purgatory.

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.

My Jesus,
For the humiliations and cruel treatment
You suffered at the tribunal of Pontious Pilate,
Have mercy on the souls of our beloved dead
Who are hoping to be glorified in your kingdom.

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.

My Jesus,
For the crown of thorns that pierced your head,
Have pity on the most abandoned souls,
Those deprived of suffrages,
And those who are still far
From being freed from the pains of Purgatory.

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.

My Jesus,
For the painful steps you made
As you carried the heavy cross,
Have mercy on the souls
Who are about to leave Purgatory;
And for the sufferings you endured
As you saw your Mother
On the way to Calvary,
Free the souls in Purgatory
Who were devoted to this dear Mother.

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.

My Jesus,
For your most holy body laid on the cross
For your feet and hands pierced by nails,
For your cruel death and
For your side pierced by the lance,
Have mercy on the poor souls
And admit them into your heavenly kingdom.

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.

Devotion to the Holy Wounds for the Souls in Purgatory

(Based on Private Revelations to Sr. Maria Martha Chambon)

Maria Martha Chambon was born in La Croix-Rouge on March 6, 1841. She died in Santander on March 21, 1921. A daughter of poor farmers, she joined the Monastery of the Visitation of Santander in 1864. There she remained until her death. Most of the time, she worked in the refectory and in the boarding school. She had a vision of Christ Crucified and because of this she consecrated herself to the Holy Wounds, about which she had astonishing visions. In 1875 she received stigmata. The following are promises by Jesus to Sr. Maria Martha Chambon:

1. I will grant the petition of those who ask me through the invocation of my Holy Wounds. Promote this devotion.
2. This prayer comes from heaven... It can obtain all.
3. My Holy Wounds sustain the world... Love them because they are fountains of all graces. Invoke them frequently and invite your neighbour to do the same for the benefit of the souls.
4. When you have pains to endure, take them quickly to my Wounds and they will become light to bear.
5. To the sick, repeat many times this invocation: “My Jesus, pardon and mercy, for the merits of your Holy Wounds.” This prayer will lighten the body and soul.
6. Let the sinner say: “Eternal Father, to you I offer the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ to save our souls.” I will obtain conversion.
7. My Wounds will alleviate yours.
8. Those who die invoking the merits of my Wounds will have eternal life.
9. For every word that they pronounce from the Prayer of Mercy, I let a drop of my Blood fall on the soul of the sinner.
10. Those who honor my Holy Wounds and have offered them to the Eternal Father for the souls in Purgatory will be accompanied at the time of their death by the Blessed Virgin and by the Angels and I will receive them to crown them.
11. The Holy Wounds are the Treasure of all treasures for the souls in Purgatory.
12. The devotion to my Holy Wounds is the remedy in this time of iniquity.
13. From my Wounds come forth the fruits of holiness. Those who meditate on them will receive new nourishment of love.

The Rosary of the Holy Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ

(This prayer is recited using the beads of the Marian Rosary. The prayer starts with the following:)
1. Oh Jesus, Divine Redeemer, be merciful to us and to the whole world. Amen.
2. Holy God, Almighty God, Immortal God, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Amen.
3. Grace and mercy, oh my God. In time of danger cover us with your most precious Blood. Amen.
4. Oh Eternal Father, for the Blood of your Son, have mercy on us. Amen. Amen. Amen.

For each Decade of the Rosary:
Our Father...

Invocation:
“Eternal Father, I offer you the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ to heal our souls.”

The 10 Hail Mary’s...

Invocation:
“My Jesus, pardon and mercy for the merits of your Holy Wounds.”

(This Rosary of the Holy Wounds ends with this invocation repeated three times)
“Eternal Father, I offer you the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ to heal our souls.”