What does it mean when we say that mortification and prayer prepare the way for contemplation? An audio reflection (see above).
Mortification frees the soul from every obstacle which retards the growth of grace... whereas prayer (intimate conversation with God) feeds this love and quickens this flight.
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This is a very helpful infographic on the Triduum that you can print out and study and follow beginning this morning.
Dear friends, suffering in a thousand unexpected ways this season,
Our community is one devoted above all to the Apostolate of prayer.
We have witnessed again and again the fruits of intercessory prayer and believe in this time in particular we are called to exercise this hidden but powerful charism.
We are daily praying for an end to this Pandemic and for all those affected by it,
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Beginning today, and continuing for as long as you please, we invite you to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet with us.
Many pray it during the 3 o'clock hour, the Hour of Mercy, so named by Jesus Christ, Himself, as told to St Faustina Kowalska.
Once you hear this magnificent version, sung by the magnificent Ariel McKinney, daughter of Dan and Stephanie Burke, you will want to pray it al...
The Surrender Novena was given to Servant of God, Father Dolindo Ruotolo, a priest, mystic, and stigmatist who was a contemporary of Padre Pio, but who was far less well known. In fact, when Padre Pio met people who came to him from Naples, where Father Dolindo lived, he chastised them, saying, “Why do you come here, if you have Don Dolindo in Naples? Go to him, he’s a saint!”...
Earlier today, Cardinal Raymond Burke released a Message on the Combat against the Coronavirus, COVID-19.
Please take some time to read this urgent message, which has been pasted below for your convenience. As Cardinal Burke says, we must be vigilant in defending ourselves against this virus, but "In considering what is needed to live, we must not forget that our first consideration is ...
What is this time of trial revealing in you?
Dear Apostoli Viae Family and other Friends,
The health crisis we all face across the globe is significant, but it has also revealed a crisis in faith that is even more troubling to the faithful. This crisis of faith is both revealed in personal fear and in irrational behavior in relationship to how the Eucharist should be offered to the faithful. The purpose of this post is not to focus on ...
