Do you have holy water in your home?
Holy water is a sacramental — it draws down God's grace and can even forgive the venial sins we're sorry for. Most parishes keep a font in the back where you can fill a bottle to take home, free. And St. Teresa of Ávila said the devil hates the stuff — sprinkle a little around the house and it puts him to flight.
Where's your holy water from — your parish, a shrine, a pilgrimage? Let us know below!
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I hope you had a great Pentecost Sunday! The Monday after Pentecost is the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. Why? Because the apostles asked her to join them in prayer after the Ascension to ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit. She was there at the birth of the Church! @thegnewsroom
Pope Leo on Pentecost Sunday:
"The Holy Spirit opens the doors of our hearts, helping us to overcome resistance, selfishness, mistrust, and prejudice, and enabling us to live as children of God and brothers and sisters to one another. Where the Spirit of the Lord is present, brotherhood arises among individuals, groups, and the peoples of the Earth, and all speak the one language of love, which unites and harmonizes diversity.
Brothers and sisters, even in our own day, especially on this day of Pentecost, we must invoke the Holy Spirit, so that He might open all the doors that still remain closed."
❤️ At the hour of my death, when I’m about to stand before Almighty God…
If I could choose only one person to pray for me, it would be the Blessed Virgin Mary because she is closest to her Son.
This beautiful teaching shows why:
The Angel Gabriel did not say “Hi, Mary.”
He greeted her with the royal salutation reserved for nobility:
“Hail, full of grace!” (Lk 1:28)
Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out:
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!” (Lk 1:42)
The entire first half of the Hail Mary is Sacred Scripture, word for word.
And the second half:
“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death” is the Church’s confident cry to the Queen of Heaven and our tender Mother.
Who else would you want interceding for your soul in that moment?
👉🏽Pray the Rosary today.
👉🏽Trust Our Lady.
👉🏽She never abandons her children.
Padre Pio was losing one cup of blood every day. 🤯🤯
He had the stigmata and also bore the wounds on his shoulder that Jesus bore!
Damn!
St. Padre Pio, pray for us.
📹 parousiamedia
This is what winning in life looks like btw.
188 descendants. Filled an entire church. The priest was one of their grandchildren. Other grandsons served at the altar, while the great-grandchildren formed the liturgical choir. The entire church was completely filled with family.
What’s the secret to this profound blessing? According to their daughter Nicole, it’s rooted in daily faithfulness: praying the family Rosary, attending Holy Mass, devotion to the Stations of the Cross, embracing the traditional roles of father and mother, and maintaining a total openness to life without ever closing the doors to God’s will.
This is true "generational wealth", not measured in material things, but in souls who love Christ.
If you add the spouses of their descendants their family is 244 strong, 255 soon with the babies that are on the way!
Ave Maria de Fatima and Procession of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima this morning, at the start of the celebrations marking the 109th Anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in Cova da Iria, Fatima, Portugal in 1917.