Devotionals

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The Rosary is a powerful prayer and a cherished tradition. Catholics ask the Blessed Mother to bring their prayers to Her Divine Son and plead for His aid. In praying the Rosary we strengthen our faith, resist evil, grow spiritually, and solicit help for ourselves and others. The Rosary is a form of meditation, and in each decade of the Rosary we are invited to meditate on one of the events of the life of Jesus, God incarnate and our Savior. In times of fear and uncertainty, we can pray the Rosary.

While we observe the "social distancing" regulations during our coronavirus crisis, you can pray the Rosary, each day at 7:00 p.m., with up to 100 other people, joined together by phone. Visit the Restorative Justice Community Rosary Rally here.   

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The Stations of the Cross are a 14-step Catholic devotion that follows Jesus through Good Friday, as He is condemned, tortured, crucified, killed, and buried. 

The 14 stations constitute a pilgrimage along the Via Dolorosa (the Way of Sorrows). At each station, the individual recalls and meditates on an event from Christ's last day.  The Stations of the Cross are prayed at least once a week during Lent in most parish churches.

During this time of public health crisis, with physical gatherings forbidden or severely curtailed, we can pray the Stations of the Cross in our homes, individually or with family.

Many churches in several countries are now livetreaming Eucharistic Adoration in their sanctuaries or chapels, with cameras trained on the Tabernacle or on the Host displayed in a Monstrance. Many of these are live 24/7. Others are timed and scheduled. This time of prayer, silence, reflection, and spiritual reading offers a break from hectic routines and an occasion for peace and reconnecting to God. More than a dozen such opportunities can be found online at  virtualadoration.home.blog.

For a set of Prayer Ideas for Virtual Eucharistice Adoration, click here.

"O my Lord Jesus low as I am in Your all-holy sight, I am strong in You, strong through Your Immaculate Mother and through Your saints; and thus I can do much for the Church, for the world, for all I love."
                 
   Prayer by St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is a devotion, taught by Saint Faustina, that is prayed on the beads of a rosary. Pray along with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in this video. For information and resources, visit the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The history of the Chaplet and Saint Faustina is here.