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Advent Week 4

Pour forth thy power, O Lord, and come: Assist us by that mighty power, so that by thy grace and merciful kindness we may swiftly receive the salvation…

Advent Week 3

We beseech thee to listen to our prayers, O Lord, and by the grace of thy coming enlighten our darkened minds: Thou who livest and reignest with God…

Advent Week 2

Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the paths of thine Only-begotten Son: that we may worthily serve thee with hearts purified by His coming: Who livest…

Happy New Year!

The Archdiocese of Saint Louis has prepared a gift for each of you.

Advent Reflections

Just a few days left to sign up for Fr. Robert Barron’s FREE daily Advent Reflections! Join over 170,000 people as we journey through this holy season. Fr. Barron will…

Je Suis L’Immaculee Conception

Prayer of the Immaculate Conception O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for thy Son, we beseech…

Happy St. Nicholas Day

Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas. If you are still looking for some fun activities for your kids, or just more info on St. Nick, head to…

Start the new year with a 2012-2013 Liturgical Calendar

  Michele Quigley, known for her beautiful Catholic Daily Planner, has posted printable 2012-2013 liturgical calendars for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the liturgy. While your there,…

A Visit from the Christ Child

A Visit from the Christ Child is my husband’s adaptation of the Clement Moore classic, A Visit from St. Nick. Written in 1986, the year we married and…

A beautiful ‘O Antiphon coloring page

Free ‘O Antiphon coloring page from Illuminated Ink: As a special “THANK YOU” to all our loyal friends and fans, we are making our ‘O Antiphon’ coloring page…

Paper . . . rock . . . scissors

Skip the rock! If you love paper as much as I do, you’ll love these links! For tomorrow’s Feast of St. Nicholas, you will want to head to…

Second Sunday of Advent

First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 Psalm: Psalm 85:9-14 Second Reading: 2 Peter 3:8-14 Gospel: Mark 1:1-8

First Sunday of Advent

First Reading: Isaiah 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-7 Psalm: Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Gospel: Mark 13:33-37

Got candles?

Happy New Year! Tomorrow, Advent 2011 begins along with the launch of the new translation of the Roman Missal. Our Advent wreath is hanging and ready, and nativities,…

Fourth Sunday of Advent

O Lord, stir up Thy power, we pray Thee, and come; and with great might help us, that with the help of Thy Grace, Thy merciful forgiveness may…

Third Sunday of Advent

O Lord, we beg Thee incline Thy ear to our prayers and enlighten the darkness of our minds by the grace of Thy visitation. Through Christ our Lord….

Pleasing to the Lord

It’s a feast-filled week of Advent! Thanks to Jen at Family in Feast and Feria, here is a lovely coloring page of the Miraculous Medal. Prayer to Our…

Second Sunday of Advent

O Lord, stir up our hearts that we may prepare for Thy only begotten Son that through His coming we may be made worthy to serve Thee with…

First Sunday of Advent

O Lord, stir up Thy might, we beg Thee, and come that by Thy protection we may deserve to be rescued from the threatening dangers of our sins…

Just hanging around waiting for Advent

For the past two years I have hung our traditional Advent wreath. It is very pretty hanging and alleviates the problem of wear to put the big wreath….

New Roman Missal – Advent 2011

Use of new Roman Missal to begin in US at Advent 2011 by Nancy Frazier O’Brien Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics in the United States will…

First Communion JOY blog party

JOYfilled Family is hosting a First Communion JOY party in honor of Mary and all First Communicants. Share a First Communion post from this year or a previous…

O Emmanuel

God-with-us O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to…

O Rex Gentium

King of Nations O come, Desire of nations, bind in one the hearts of all mankind; bid thou our sad divisions cease, and be thyself our King of…

O Oriens

Dayspring O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thine advent here; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice!…