Category: FRIDAY JULY 22, 2016

Abp: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R: Amen Abp: Peace be with you. R: And also with you. Abp: The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary R: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. R: Hail Mary, full of grace, the LORD is with thee; Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Abp: Behold the handmaid of the LORD: R: Be it done unto me according to Thy word. R: Hail Mary… Abp: And the WORD was made flesh. R: And dwelt among us. R: Hail Mary… Abp: Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Abp: Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee , O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may, by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Christ, our Lord. R. Amen. Abp: The Lord is with you. R: And also with you. Abp: Blessed be the name of the Lord. R. Now and forever. Abp: Our help is...

Prayer for the beatification of the Servant of God Fr. Robert Spiske Almighty and eternal God, grant fame to Your faithful servant, Father Robert Spiske, who zealously worked for the glory of Your name and founded a new religious family of the Sisters of St. Jadwiga. Let me, following his example, multiply Your glory through the spirit of prayer, dedicated work and kindness to others. Through the intercession of Your servant Father Robert grant me the grace …, for which I humbly ask. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. … the prayer from 14th century. God has no hands but our hands to do his work today; God has no feet but our feet to lead others in his way; God has no voice but our voice to tell others how he died; And, God has no help but our help to lead them to his side. We are the only Bible the careless world will read We are the Lord’s last message given in deed and word … Prayer for the grace of the mercy O Lord, I want to be completely transformed into Your mercy and to be Your living reflection. May the greatest of all divine attributes, that of Your unfathomable mercy, pass through my heart and soul to my neighbour. Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that I may never suspect...

COLLECT O God, whose Only Begotten Son entrusted Mary Magdalene before all others with announcing the great joy of the Resurrection, grant, we pray, that through her intercession and example we may proclaim the living Christ and come to see him reigning in your glory. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. FIRST READING 2 Cor 5:14-17 The reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to Corinthians. Brothers and sisters: the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. The Word of the Lord. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 118 (117), 1 i 4. 13-14. 22 i 24 (R.: por. 1a) R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines and my...

„BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY WILL RECEIVE MERCY ” (THE DAY OF THE WORKS OF MERCY) St. Mary Magdalene – the obligatory memorial The character of the Day: Father Robert Spiske – the apostle of love Father Robert Spiske was born on 29th January 1821 in Leśnica (today a suburbian district of the city of Wroclaw) in a poor family of a shoemaker. His father Anthony Spiske was of Czech descent and his mother Tekla was a daughter of the head of St. Nicholas school in Wroclaw. He was baptized in St. Jadwiga’s church in Leśnica and received names: Joseph, Anthony, Robert. In his family home Robert adopted deep faith, strong will, spirit of sacrifice and trust in God. He graduated from the elementary school in Leśnica. Poor material conditions did not allow him to continue education. However, owing to the generous help of clergymen at the cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław he could attend classess at the cathedral school to then attend the gymnasium of St. Matthias that he graduated from with a good result in 1843. Despite many difficulties from the people who wanted to discourage him from entering the path of priesthood, trusting in God’s help, he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Wroclaw, which he combined with educational work with gymnasium students. While in seminary he devoted his free...