Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Matt Fradd's Night Prayer

This video is beautiful. 
Near the end of it Matt sings an amazing song of praise and thanksgiving and repentance to God. I made a separate video below with just the prayers but you should really watch Matt's video. You can just feels God's presence when he speaks. 






Evening  prayer which Matt  prays with his family 


Matt's night prayer (transcribed)


+ In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

Glory to you our God, glory to you.

O Heavenly King, console us. O Spirit of Truth, present in all places and filling all things, the treasury of blessing and the giver of life, come and dwell within us; cleanse us of all stain and save our souls O Gracious One.

Holy God,
Holy and mighty,
Holy and immortal have mercy on us.

Holy God,
Holy and mighty,
Holy and immortal, have mercy on us.

Holy God,
Holy and mighty,
Holy and immortal, have mercy on us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever, Amen.

O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord forgive us our sins. Master pardon our transgressions. Holy One, look upon us and heal our infirmities for Your Name's sake.

Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever, Amen.

Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy Kingdon come, thy will be done,
On Earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and
Forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil,
For thine is the kingdom and the power,
and the glory of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever, Amen.

Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever, Amen.

Come let us worship God our King and bow down before him. Come let us worship Christ God our King and bow down before him.
Come let us worship Christ our King and our God and bow down before him.

O Lord, Heavenly King, Consoler, Spirit of Truth,
have compassion and mercy on your sinful servant,
and pardon my unworthiness,
and forgive me all the sins I humanly committed today,
and not only humanly, but even worse than a beast,
my voluntary sins known and unknown from my youth,
and from evil suggestions and from my brazenness, and from boredom.

If I've sworn by your name or blasphemed it in thought,
blamed or reproached anyone, or in my anger have detracted anyone,
or slandered anyone, or grieved anyone,
or if I've gotten angry about anything,
or have told a lie, if I have slept unnecessarily,
or if a beggar has come to me and I have despised or neglected him,
or if I have troubled my brother or quarreled with him,
or if I have condemned anyone, or if I have boasted,
or have been proud or have lost my temper with anyone,
or if when standing in prayer, my mind has been distracted by the glamour of this world,
or if I have had depraved thoughts, or have over-eaten, or have drunk excessively,
or have laughed frivolously, or have thought evil,
or have seen the attraction of someone and have been wounded in my heart,
or said indecent things, or made fun of my brother's sin when my own faults are countless,
or have been neglectful of prayer,
or have done some other wrong that I cannot remember for I have done all this and much more,
have mercy, my Lord and Creator, on me, your wretched and unworthy servant,
and absolve and forgive and deliver me in your goodness and love for men so that lustful and sinful and wretched as I am, I might lie down and sleep and rest in peace, and I shall worship, praise and glorify your most honourable name with the Father and His only begotten Son, now and always and forever and ever, Amen.

It is truly proper to glorify you, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and immaculate and the mother of our God. More honourable than the cherubim, and beyond compare, more glorious than the seraphim, although being a virgin, gave birth to God the Word, you, truly the Theotokos, we magnify.

All my hope I place in you, O Theotokos, keep me under the wings of your protection. Into your hands O Lord Jesus Christ my God, I surrender my spirit, soul, and body.
+ Bless me, save me, and grant me eternal life, Amen.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Ghanaians Anchor National Prayer and Fasting Day on Thanksgiving and Repentance

Ghanaians Anchor National Prayer and Fasting Day on Thanksgiving and Repentance:


ACCRA , 27 March, 2020 / 7:15 AM (ACI Africa).-

Christians and Muslims in the West African nation of Ghana observed a day of prayer and fasting Wednesday, March 25 using a ten-point prayer guide that detailed specific prayers against the spread of COVID-19.

Among the key highlights of the prayer guide was a call for thanksgiving, protection, and forgiveness of sins that have been committed by Ghanaians and the rest of the world that is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the latter prompting repentance.

Drive thru Confession at Annunciation of the Lord Parish March 25 2020


Our Priests are awesome! While  sitting out in the cold from 7:00 pm til 9:00 pm on March 25, 
and as part of our Parish Feast Day Celebrations, they heard confessions
God bless them! 

Thanks for the great video Maria ! God bless you!

And God bless Joshua, our  "director of traffic!"

What a team!!!

And thank you God for all the Graces You bestowed on you children!

Carbon Tax to be increased by 50%

 From the REBEL Media 


Thursday, March 26, 2020

Sanity prevails in Ohio - abortion declared non-essential service

Ohio AG orders providers to cease surgical abortions during pandemic, Planned Parenthood insists abortion is "essential" - NRL News Today
By Lisa Bourne 

Ohio’s attorney general has ordered two of the state’s abortion providers to stop performing surgical abortion to conserve personal protective gear during the COVID-19 outbreak, the order applying to abortion facilities statewide. At the same time the nation’s largest abortion business put forth the claim that abortion was “essential” and would continue at its Oho sites.
Attorney General Dave Yost sent letters on Friday to two facilities — Women’s Med Center in Dayton and Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio’s Cincinnati Surgery Center — ordering them to stop conducting any procedures, such as abortion, that require the use of personal protective equipment.

Father Tomaso Jozef Jochemczyk Processes with The Blessed Sacrament



A priest in Italy boldly carried the Blessed Sacrament in procession through his small town, blessing his parish, his diocese, and the whole country stricken by the coronavirus. 

Priests celebrate a public Mass from the roof of their parish

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/italian-priests-celebrate-mass-on-rooftop-so-faithful-can-participate-from-their-balconies

March 25, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Italian priests from Naples found a creative way to celebrate a public Mass this past Sunday during the coronavirus lockdown, doing so from the roof of their parish with many people joining in prayer from nearby balconies.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Ralph Martin - Renewal Ministries - The Annunciation




Jesus I trust in You

First Richard Decarie now Jim Karahalios

The Federal Conservative Party has ousted yet another Leadership Candidate, 
and it appears to be because of his Social Conservative views.
I'm starting to think that the Federal PCs are just as corrupt as the Liberals. 
Sounds like it is a few self-appointed red Tories that control the Party.


March 25th 2020 - Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

  • In honour of Our Lady and our parish of  we will be hosting mass at 6 pm today online through YouTube. Make sure to check our YouTube site for 6 pm. 
                                                                      
  • Legion of Mary Acies Ceremony                                                                                          ( 6:30 pm details below )


Updates with Father Rob Arsenault 
Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Annunciation will be offering drive-by confession
 this evening from 7-9 pm. 
For instructions on participating, watch the video below:







Legion of Mary - Acies Ceremony

This year, in lieu of the annual Acies where we reconsecrate ourselves to Our Lady
on the feast of the Annunciation we are recommending an alternative to us gathering for the ceremony. This year we are hoping you will join us in doing a Spiritual Acies. 
These prayers in a sense are going to take the place of the spiritual portion of the Acies. 
Everyone will be on their own doing this in their own homes.

PROGRAM for Wednesday 25 March:

At 6:30 pm we will begin with the opening prayers in the Tessera,
followed by five decades of the Holy Rosary.

Then right after we will recite the Catena.

Then in front of a statue or image of Our Lady we will renew our consecration to Jesus through Mary by reciting the following prayer: "I am all yours, my Queen, my Mother, and all that I have is yours."

Then recite the concluding prayers in the Tessera.

At 7:30 pm EST please pause and recollect as 
Father Shroff will recite an act of consecration for the Regia as a whole.
If you do join us in this Spiritual Acies, 
we would love to know so would you kindly reply to Jennifer Snell Jennifersnell2000@yahoo.ca


Prayers of the Tessera

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

March 24, 2020 - Urgently Needed - Prayer and Repentance

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."  2 Chronicles 7:14 New International Version

Here is a link to Daniel's prayer of Repentance for his people 
http://www.usccb.org/bible/daniel/9

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada calls for a Global Day of Prayer and fasting

My hope is that all our political leaders, would start to recognize that we are nothing without God. I feel a sense of urgency about this. Prayer and repentance is so very important right now and fasting if you are able. Here in Canada, we have all but abandoned God. We need only think of the  attacks on human life, young and old alike. Now is the time: now the hour to turn to Him in prayer and beg Him for His mercy.

The words below are taken from
Message on the Combat against the Coronavirus, COVID-19ON MAR 21, 2020 by Cardinal Burke 

"In the same light, a person of faith cannot consider the present calamity in which we find ourselves without considering also how distant our popular culture is from God. It is not only indifferent to His presence in our midst but openly rebellious toward Him and the good order with which He has created us and sustains us in being. 
We need only think of the commonplace violent attacks on human life, male and female, which God has made in His own image and likeness (Gn 1, 27), attacks on the innocent and defenseless unborn, and on those who have the first title to our care, those who are heavily burdened with serious illness, advanced years, or special needs. We are daily witnesses to the spread of violence in a culture which fails to respect human life.
Likewise, we need only to think of the pervasive attack upon the integrity of human sexuality, of our identity as man or woman, with the pretense of defining for ourselves, often employing violent means, a sexual identity other than that given to us by God. With ever greater concern, we witness the devastating effect on individuals and families of the so-called “gender theory.”"

Thankfully some of our Government leaders are acknowledging our dependency on God:

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has declared Wednesday March 25th a national day of fasting and prayer as the West African country grapples with Covid-19. click here
“The disease is not an ordinary one and it demands spiritual solution to send it packing. Several terrible epidemics in the past had always been tackled through spiritual means even when there was no medical or scientific know-how," Adetoyese was quoted as saying.

Gov. Justice orders West Virginians to stay home;
announces statewide day of prayer on March 25th at this link

Mayor Cooper declared Sunday March 22, 2020 a 'day of prayer' in Nashville amid coronavirus pandemic click here

Malacanang declares fourth week of March 2020 as National Week of Prayer amid COVID-19 crisis

Read morehttps://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/3/22/malacanang-declares-fourth-week-of-march-national-week-of-prayer.html

Councillors of the City of Steinbach during a city council meeting last week, declared Sunday March 22, 2020 to be a Day of Prayer click here


Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared on March 17, 2020
that March 21,2020 be National Day of Prayer. click here
“We cannot ignore the need to turn to God. In these circumstances as we have done in the past as a nation, we have always turned to God first to give thanks for the many blessings that He has bestowed on our nation. "But we also turn to God to share our fears, our apprehensions, but also to seek his guidance and ever-present protection,” the President said.

President Trump declares Sunday a National Day of Prayer amid COVID-19 outbreak at this link

Monday, March 23, 2020

Find a livestream mass during COVID-19 restrictions


From Priests for Life
https://www.priestsforlife.org/mass/index.aspx

From the Priestly Apostolate of Saint Peter -The Latin Mass


From Saint Monica Parish, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Annunciation of the Lord Parish,Ottawa, ON, Canada

From the Companions of the Cross

Daily Mass with Cardinal Collins 
from Saint Michael's Cathedral Basilca in Toronto, ON, Canada

Within the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton 
These are the masses which will be available online 
within the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton 
during the current COVID-19 preventive measures.
No congregation will be allowed at these masses, 
and only the celebrant will communicate (or receive Holy Communion).
St. Joseph's Basilica is one of the churches
with the Archdiocese of Edmonton live-streaming Sunday Masses
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For a complete list of Sunday and Weekday masses click here

EWTN TV - 
Daily Mass and  Catholic television programs faithful to the teachings of the church

Within the Diocese of Arlington Virginia
Live stream Masses, prayer guides and more!
Many parishes are facilitating a live stream 
or recording of daily and Sunday Mass. 
Some priests are offering spiritual reflections on social media. 
Especially on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, 
the faithful are encouraged to devote time to prayer, 
observe Mass on television or the internet, 
and pray the Rosary, along with other devotions. 
For a complete list of resources  click here

From the Archdiocese of Chicago
During this difficult time, it is particularly important that the faithful have access to the grace and comfort of Holy Mass. Please see below for broadcast Masses:

From Word on Fire with Bishop Baron
https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/

Sunday, March 22, 2020

March 22, 2020

I took these photos when I went for a walk today










Pray for Us!!!




Only In God - Liturgical hymn based on Psalm 62

Hymn from the Saint Louis Jesuits,

Written and sung by John Foley S,J




Only In God - based on Psalm 62

Antiphon

Only is God will my soul be at rest 
From Him comes my hope, my salvation. 
He alone is my rock of safety, 
my strength, my Glory my God. 

1...Trust in Him at all times O people and pour out your heart. 
God Himself is a refuge for us and a stronghold for our fear. 

2...Many times have I heard Him tell of His long lasting love. 
You, Yourself, Lord reward all who labor for love of Your Name.


Photo by Patricia Maloney, Ottawa, ON, Canada
 - taken in Barbados 2012-