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Christ the King" rel="bookmark">Prayer to Christ the King</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-12-03T13:25:34-05:00">Dec 3, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/catholicismorg" title="View all posts by Catholicism.org" rel="author">Catholicism.org</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-to-christ-the-king.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="79136 https://catholicism.org/?p=79136">1</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>To help you better welcome our King at Christmas, here is a prayer by a Scotist Franciscan theologian, Père Chrysostome, O.F.M. The prayer was granted a plenary indulgence by the Supreme Apostolic Penitentiary in 1923, and we have used it … <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-to-christ-the-king.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-40227" class="post-40227 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers tag-extra-ecclesiam-nulla-salus-lex-orandi-lex-credendi"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/10/Guardian_Angel_Icon_Public_Domain-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/recommendation-to-ones-guardian-angel-for-a-happy-hour-of-death.html" title="Permalink to Recommendation to One’s Guardian Angel for a Happy Hour of Death" rel="bookmark">Recommendation to One’s Guardian Angel for a Happy Hour of Death</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-02T09:53:08-04:00">Oct 2, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/saintcharlesborromeo" title="View all posts by Saint Charles Borromeo" rel="author">Saint Charles Borromeo</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/recommendation-to-ones-guardian-angel-for-a-happy-hour-of-death.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="40227 https://catholicism.org/?p=40227"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>My good Angel: I know not when or how I shall die. It is possible I may be carried off suddenly, and that before my last sigh I may be deprived of all intelligence. Yet how many things I would … <a href="https://catholicism.org/recommendation-to-ones-guardian-angel-for-a-happy-hour-of-death.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77515" class="post-77515 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers category-our-lady category-spiritual-life tag-quotes-worth-contemplating"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/09/Lorenzo_Monaco_-_attribuito_-_Maria_Vergine_bambina_e_Sant_Anna_1416402_Museo_Nazionale_del_Bargello-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-of-consecration-to-the-admirable-child-mary.html" title="Permalink to Prayer of Consecration to the Admirable Child Mary" rel="bookmark">Prayer of Consecration to the Admirable Child Mary</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-08T03:00:44-04:00">Sep 8, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/sistermariegabrielle" title="View all posts by Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M." rel="author">Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M.</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-of-consecration-to-the-admirable-child-mary.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77515 https://catholicism.org/?p=77515"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Quotes Worth Contemplating for September 8 Prayer of Consecration to the Admirable Child Mary by St. John Eudes It would be well to renew this Consecration every year on the day on which it was made, and on the eighth … <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-of-consecration-to-the-admirable-child-mary.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-12468" class="post-12468 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2009/10/Our_Lady_of_Palestine-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-to-our-lady-of-palestine.html" title="Permalink to Prayer to Our Lady of Palestine" rel="bookmark">Prayer to Our Lady of Palestine</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2023-10-24T14:26:32-04:00">Oct 24, 2023</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-to-our-lady-of-palestine.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="12468 https://catholicism.org/?p=12468">2</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Going through Brother Francis’ books after he died in 2009 — when I initially posted this prayer on our site — I came upon an old Latin-Arabic missal. It was evidently published for Latin Rite Palestinians and, presumably, other Arabs … <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-to-our-lady-of-palestine.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-13721" class="post-13721 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-announcements category-columns category-library-of-prayers"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/01/VA_-_Raphael_Christs_Charge_to_Peter_1515-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/chair-of-unity-octave.html" title="Permalink to Chair of Unity Octave" rel="bookmark">Chair of Unity Octave</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2023-01-18T09:00:00-05:00">Jan 18, 2023</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/chair-of-unity-octave.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="13721 https://catholicism.org/?p=13721">1</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Annual announcement: Today begins the traditional Chair of Unity octave, originally planned to last from the feast of Saint Peter’s Chair at Rome until the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul on January 25. Readers may use this PDF … <a href="https://catholicism.org/chair-of-unity-octave.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-589" class="post-589 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-announcements category-columns category-library-of-prayers"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2005/05/mary-pentecost-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/novena-ghost.html" title="Permalink to Novena to the Holy Ghost; from Friday after Ascension Thursday to Saturday, the Vigil of Pentecost" rel="bookmark">Novena to the Holy Ghost; from Friday after Ascension Thursday to Saturday, the Vigil of Pentecost</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2021-05-13T15:00:08-04:00">May 13, 2021</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/catholicismorg" title="View all posts by Catholicism.org" rel="author">Catholicism.org</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/novena-ghost.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="589 https://catholicism.org/wordpress/2005/05/16/novena-to-the-holy-ghost-from-friday-after-ascension-thursday-to-saturday-the-vigil-of-pentecost/"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>This is the prototype of all novenas. It commemorates the nine days between the Ascension of Our Lord and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the first Pentecost Sunday. During this time Our Lady and the twelve Apostles prayed … <a href="https://catholicism.org/novena-ghost.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-63893" class="post-63893 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers category-saint-benedict-center-in-richmond-new-hampshire"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2000/06/ss_peter_and_paul_embrace-1-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/novena-to-saints-peter-and-paul-for-saint-benedict-centers-needs.html" title="Permalink to Novena to Saints Peter and Paul for Saint Benedict Center’s Needs" rel="bookmark">Novena to Saints Peter and Paul for Saint Benedict Center’s Needs</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2019-06-22T14:40:26-04:00">Jun 22, 2019</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/novena-to-saints-peter-and-paul-for-saint-benedict-centers-needs.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="63893 https://catholicism.org/?p=63893"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>This is somewhat last minute, but we ask friends and benefactors of Saint Benedict Center to join our Brothers and Sisters in a Novena to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul to begin today, Saturday, June 22, and terminate on … <a href="https://catholicism.org/novena-to-saints-peter-and-paul-for-saint-benedict-centers-needs.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-58349" class="post-58349 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers category-spiritual-life"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/10/chains-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-of-a-slave.html" title="Permalink to Prayer of a Slave" rel="bookmark">Prayer of a Slave</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2017-10-12T08:52:42-04:00">Oct 12, 2017</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-of-a-slave.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="58349 https://catholicism.org/?p=58349"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>The following prayer is offered for the private devotion of our readers: Immaculate Heart of Mary, may your sorrows be my sorrows, may your joys be my joys, may your love be my love. I am your slave now and … <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-of-a-slave.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-48381" class="post-48381 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/02/random_07-275x235.jpg" alt="" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/saint-maximilian-maria-kolbes-prayer-of-marian-consecration.html" title="Permalink to Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe’s Prayer of Marian Consecration" rel="bookmark">Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe’s Prayer of Marian Consecration</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2015-10-08T14:06:59-04:00">Oct 8, 2015</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/stmaximilianmkolbe" title="View all posts by St. Maximilian M. Kolbe" rel="author">St. Maximilian M. Kolbe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/saint-maximilian-maria-kolbes-prayer-of-marian-consecration.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="48381 https://catholicism.org/?p=48381"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>O Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to thee. I, N___, a repentant sinner, cast myself at thy feet humbly imploring thee … <a href="https://catholicism.org/saint-maximilian-maria-kolbes-prayer-of-marian-consecration.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-48346" class="post-48346 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers category-our-lady"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/02/random_05-275x235.jpg" alt="" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-prayer-to-the-virgin-against-the-spirits-of-darkness.html" title="Permalink to A Prayer to the Virgin against the Spirits of Darkness" rel="bookmark">A Prayer to the Virgin against the Spirits of Darkness</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2015-10-07T11:00:59-04:00">Oct 7, 2015</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/catholicismorg" title="View all posts by Catholicism.org" rel="author">Catholicism.org</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-prayer-to-the-virgin-against-the-spirits-of-darkness.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="48346 https://catholicism.org/?p=48346"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>A friend sent us a card with this prayer on it. She suggested that we recommend it to be said daily for the Synod of Bishops: Remedy against the “spirits of darkness” and the forces of hatred and fear. AUGUST Queen of … <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-prayer-to-the-virgin-against-the-spirits-of-darkness.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-39905" class="post-39905 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-library-of-prayers category-news"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/02/random_06-275x235.jpg" alt="" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-litany-for-syria.html" title="Permalink to A Litany for Syria" rel="bookmark">A Litany for Syria</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2013-08-30T10:13:05-04:00">Aug 30, 2013</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/briankelly" title="View all posts by Brian Kelly" rel="author">Brian Kelly</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-litany-for-syria.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="39905 https://catholicism.org/?p=39905"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>The website, The Hermeneutic of Continuity has posted a Litany of Syrian Saints composed by reader of that site. It is thoroughly Catholic and can only be used privately.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-36256" class="post-36256 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/02/random_05-275x235.jpg" alt="" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayers-for-the-election-of-a-holy-and-zealous-pope.html" title="Permalink to Prayers for the Election of a Holy and Zealous Pope" rel="bookmark">Prayers for the Election of a Holy and Zealous Pope</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2013-02-25T15:18:11-05:00">Feb 25, 2013</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayers-for-the-election-of-a-holy-and-zealous-pope.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="36256 https://catholicism.org/?p=36256">2</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Catholics should all pray for the Holy Father daily. During the period of sede vacante following Pope Benedict’s abdication from the Chair of Peter, we at Saint Benedict Center will be offering the following prayers in lieu of the prayers … <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayers-for-the-election-of-a-holy-and-zealous-pope.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-20791" class="post-20791 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/02/random_05-275x235.jpg" alt="" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/venerable-nelson-bakers-un-pc-prayer.html" title="Permalink to Venerable Nelson Baker’s un-PC Prayer" rel="bookmark">Venerable Nelson Baker’s un-PC Prayer</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2011-01-19T13:11:42-05:00">Jan 19, 2011</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/venerable-nelson-bakers-un-pc-prayer.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="20791 https://catholicism.org/?p=20791"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>The Servant of God, Father Nelson Baker, recently declared venerable, is a figure that will probably go down in history as one of the great American saints. In the early Church, long before the modern process of canonization, he probably … <a href="https://catholicism.org/venerable-nelson-bakers-un-pc-prayer.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-16730" class="post-16730 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-library-of-prayers category-outside-the-church-there-is-no-salvation tag-extra-ecclesiam-nulla-salus-lex-orandi-lex-credendi"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2019/08/praying_hands_rosary-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-for-the-conversion-of-non-catholics.html" title="Permalink to Prayer for the Conversion of Non-Catholics" rel="bookmark">Prayer for the Conversion of Non-Catholics</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2010-06-17T12:02:24-04:00">Jun 17, 2010</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-for-the-conversion-of-non-catholics.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="16730 https://catholicism.org/?p=16730">14</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>When we say that lex orandi lex credendi est, we mean that the Church’s prayers reveal to us her doctrines, and that salutary doctrine informs our prayer life. This point can be illustrated with any and every teaching of our … <a href="https://catholicism.org/prayer-for-the-conversion-of-non-catholics.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-9286" class="post-9286 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-library-of-prayers"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2023/01/Saint_Louis_De_Montfort_Queen_of_All_Hearts-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/act-of-perfect-consecration-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary.html" title="Permalink to Act of Perfect Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary" rel="bookmark">Act of Perfect Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2009-04-17T13:22:21-04:00">Apr 17, 2009</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/stlouismariedemontfort" title="View all posts by St. Louis Marie de Montfort" rel="author">St. Louis Marie de Montfort</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/act-of-perfect-consecration-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="9286 https://catholicism.org/?p=9286"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>O Eternal and Incarnate Wisdom! O sweetest and most adorable Jesus! True God and true man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of Mary, always Virgin! 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