Cell Phones and New Technologies Have Surpassed Television in Terms of Dangers to Salvation

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St. John Bosco, tireless apostle of youth and founder of the Salesian Congregation, dedicated every moment of his life to the education and moral formation of youth in times of profound crises. Today, in an era where cell phones and new technologies have invaded every corner of young people's lives, it is imperative to reflect from his pastoral and apostolic perspective. St. John Bosco would vehemently warn that these tools not only represent a threat for wasting time, but also expose young people to immoral content, dangerously diverting them from the divine plan for their lives. Using his writings and teachings, along with reflections from other great saints of the Catholic tradition, we will analyze these dangers in greater depth and offer a guide to facing these challenges.

The Loss of Time and Its Relation to Salvation

St. John Bosco tirelessly emphasized the importance of the good use of time, aware that every second lost is a missed opportunity for holiness. He firmly stated: "Youth is the time of preparation; the time wasted is never recovered" (Bosco, 1876). In an era where young people can spend endless hours on their cell phones, this warning is more relevant and urgent than ever. The loss of time in purposeless digital activities diverts young people from their academic and family duties, and more seriously, robs them of the precious time they should dedicate to prayer and spiritual formation.

St. Augustine, in his "Confessions," complements this view by stating: "Time is not a friend, but a witness of our life. Make the most of every moment to do good." The constant distraction of social media and video games can prevent young people from developing a deep relationship with God and living according to His will. Likewise, St. Thomas Aquinas underscores in his "Summa Theologica" that "time is a divine gift that must be used for the contemplation of truth and the practice of virtue."

The Corrupting Influence of Immoral Content

One of the greatest dangers of indiscriminate cell phone use is exposure to immoral content. St. John Bosco, with his profound love for the purity of young people, would have been a staunch opponent of pornography and other corrupting content that is easily accessible through digital devices. In one of his letters, he wrote: "Impurity is the ruin of young souls; avoid it at all costs" (Bosco, 1884). This easy and constant access to immoral material represents a serious threat to the purity and innocence that we must protect in our young people.

St. Thomas Aquinas emphasizes that "he who sins mortally separates himself from his ultimate end," reminding us that grave sin separates us from divine grace. The ease with which young people can access these immoral materials through their cell phones is an open door to temptation and sin, eroding their morals and distancing them from God.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux also warns of the dangers of temptation: "The flesh is man's closest enemy, and indulgence in sensual pleasures is the devil's most common trap." Social media and other digital media can become tools of the enemy if not used with discernment and prudence.

The Loss of Reality and Truth

St. John Bosco, known for his dedication to the integral formation of young people, emphasized the importance of living in reality and seeking truth in all things. He said: "Truth is what makes us free; lies and illusions enslave us" (Bosco, 1887). In the digital age, constant immersion in social media and video games can lead young people to live in a virtual reality, distancing them from objective and divine truth.

Truth is not just an abstract concept but a manifestation of the divine plan for the salvation of our souls. Jesus himself reminds us in the Gospel of John: "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32). This freedom enables us to live according to God's will and attain eternal beatitude.

St. John of the Cross, in his "Ascent of Mount Carmel," teaches us that "truth suffers but does not perish," reminding us that the search for truth is a hard but essential path for Christian life. Constant exposure to false and superficial content on social media can divert young people from this search, trapping them in a world of illusions and lies.

Moreover, the pursuit of approval and validation through "likes" and followers on social media can inflate their ego and foster pride. St. Augustine warns us: "Pride is not greatness but swelling; what is swollen seems large but is not healthy." Constant comparison with others can generate a misguided self-esteem and distance young people from the humility and simplicity that Christ teaches us.

Laziness and Procrastination

St. Benedict, with his motto "Ora et labora (Pray and work)," teaches us to integrate prayer and work into our daily lives. The abuse of cell phones fosters laziness and procrastination, diverting young people from their responsibilities and from God's call to action. St. John Bosco, in his love for youth, would have exhorted young people to use their time productively and avoid digital distractions that distance them from their spiritual and moral duties.

St. John of the Cross also warns us about the importance of diligence in spiritual life: "The soul that walks in love neither tires nor is tired" (Ascent of Mount Carmel). This active and diligent love is what we must foster in our young people, steering them away from the laziness induced by excessive use of technology.

Impact on Self-Esteem and Promotion of Pride

Social media can generate misguided self-esteem and foster pride. St. John Bosco, who always promoted humility and virtue, would have warned young people about the dangers of seeking validation in the opinions of others instead of in God's truth. He said: "True greatness of man lies in being great before God and not before men" (Bosco, 1885).

St. Francis de Sales also reminds us that "humility is true greatness," urging us to seek God's approval more than that of men. The constant pursuit of validation on social media can divert young people from this path of humility and simplicity.

Deviation from God's Plan

God's plan for our lives is to use our talents and resources to glorify Him and attain salvation. The abuse of cell phones and modern technologies can divert us from this plan, becoming distractions instead of useful means. St. Teresa of Ávila reminds us: "Time is a gift from God; use it wisely to love and serve." We must be vigilant and disciplined in our use of time and technology, ensuring they are oriented towards good and do not become obstacles in our path to God.

St. John Bosco also insisted on the importance of education and moral formation: "Educating young people is a work of love. Only through love can we guide young souls towards God" (Bosco, 1883). In this sense, parents and educators must be attentive and guide young people in the prudent use of technologies, ensuring these tools are used for good and do not become instruments of their perdition.

The addiction to social media and the abuse of cell phones represent significant dangers from the perspective of St. John Bosco and the Catholic tradition. These devices not only represent a loss of time but also expose young people to immoral content, foster laziness, pride, and distance them from reality and their ultimate end. In light of the teachings of saints like St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. John of the Cross, and St. Francis de Sales, we are called to use our time and resources in ways that favor our salvation and the practice of virtue.

MONS. SCHNEIDER DIXIT

 

O Mary

 

There is no more bargaining

 

The Family that Prays Together Stays Together

Parents, like priests in the Church, have a responsibility to shepherd the flock allotted to their charge (see I Peter 5:1-4). And as parents, we must rediscover our roles as domestic priests and our corresponding responsibility to pass on our faith to our children.

Let's remind our families of the presence of God in our homes. Praying together helps us stay together. Faith and love will grow in our homes when we build a solid altar of prayer.

Saint Francis dixit

“𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱-𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻: 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲.”  

-St Francis of Assisi

The Cross

 Let us teach children to carry the cross, so that as they grow older and face life's trials, they will always cling to the cross of Christ and trust in His grace and mercy.

Ora pro nobis

 

If you should fall

 

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗗𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹

Almighty God, Creator and Sustainer of all, I come before You in humble adoration. Your wisdom surpasses all understanding, and Your love knows no bounds.

I praise You for Your infinite wisdom and boundless love. Thank You for Your constant presence in my life.

Lord, I surrender myself completely to You. Take my thoughts, my words, my actions, and my desires. Purify them, sanctify them, and align them with Your divine plan. May every breath I take be for Your greater glory.

Grant me the courage to say “yes” to Your will, as Mary did at the Annunciation. Like her, may I be Your humble servant, ready to accept whatever You ask of me.

In times of challenge, be my support. When I am weak, be my strength. When I am doubtful, be my certainty. When I am fearful, be my courage. When I am prideful, teach me humility. Grant me patience in times of waiting. Perseverance in times of trial. And gratitude in times of blessing.

Guide me in my daily walk with You. Help me to see Your hand in all things, to trust in Your infinite wisdom and love. May I find joy in serving You and others, knowing that in doing so, I fulfill Your holy will.

Guide me in my vocation and daily duties. May I be a faithful steward of the gifts You’ve given me, using them to build Your Kingdom on earth.

Lord, in my human frailty, when I stray from Your path, gently call me back. Forgive me for the times I’ve placed my will before Yours, and grant me the grace to begin anew each day.

In moments of decision, big or small, may I always ask, “What would You have me do?” Give me the wisdom to choose rightly, and the strength to follow through.

I pray not only for myself but for all Your children. May Your love and peace reign in every heart.

I offer this prayer to You, O God, through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

St. Augustine dixit

 

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢, 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗬

In the city of Lanciano, Italy, around the year 700 of Our Lord there was a priest of the order of Saint Basil who, though learned in the sciences of the world, was ignorant in ways of God, and was not strong in his faith. He was plagued by a doubt as to whether the consecrated Host was truly the Body of Christ, and the consecrated wine truly His Blood. He had difficulty believing in the mystery of transubstantiation (the miraculous changing of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ).

One morning, as he was celebrating Mass, he had already said the most holy words of consecration ("This is My Body..., This is my Blood..."), as Jesus had taught it to his Apostles, his doubts and errors weighed upon him more heavily than ever. By a most singular and marvelous grace, he saw the Bread changed into Flesh and the wine into Blood.

Frightened and confused by such a great and stupendous Miracle, he stood quite a while as if in a divine ecstasy; but eventually, his fear gave way to the spiritual happiness that filled his soul, and he turned his joyful yet tearful face to those around him, exclaiming "...Behold the Flesh and the blood of our Most Beloved Christ."

At those words, the bystanders ran to the altar and began, with tears, to cry for mercy. The faithful, who, having become witnesses themselves, spread the news throughout the entire city.

Today, twelve centuries after the miraculous occurrence it remains intact, a sustained miracle! Upon a superficial examination, the Host of Flesh, which is still in one piece and has retained the dimensions of the original "Large Host", has a fibrous appearance and a brown color, which becomes light-reddish if one places a light in the back of the Ostensorium.

The blood, contained in the chalice, has an earthly color, inclined toward the yellow of ocher, and consists of five coagulated globules. Each of the parts is uneven in shape and size, and when weighed together, the total weight is equal to that of each piece.

The actual spot of the miracle is located beneath the present day tabernacle of the Church of St. Francis. The Miracle Itself is preserved in the second tabernacle, which is found in the high altar. The Host, now changed to Flesh, is contained in a silver Monstrance. The wine, now changed to Blood, is contained in a crystal chalice.

𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

Local Church and Vatican official have authenticated the Eucharistic miracle on many occasions since the middle ages. In 1672, Pope Clement X declared the altar of the Eucharistic Miracle a privileged altar on all Mondays of the year. In 1887, the Archbishop of Lanciano obtained from Pope Leo XIII a plenary indulgence in perpetuity to those who visit the Church of the Miracle during the eight days preceding the annual feast day, which falls on the last Sunday in October.

𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬

A rigorous scientific analysis was performed in 1970-71 by Professor Dr. Odorardo, University Professor in anatomy and pathological histology and in chemistry and clinical microscopy, Head Physician of the United Hospitals of Arezzo. Prof. Linoli was assisted by Prof. Dr. Ruggero Bertelli, a Professor Emeritus of anatomy at the University of Siena.

💟The research done on the fragments of the Blood and the Flesh yielded the following results:

💟The Blood of the Eucharistic Miracle is real blood and the Flesh is real flesh.

💟The Flesh consists of the muscular tissue of the myocardium (heart wall).

💟The Blood and the Flesh belong to the human species.

💟The blood type is identical in the Blood and in the Flesh, type AB.

💟The proteins in the blood are in the same proportions as those found in normal fresh blood.

💟No histological dissection has revealed any trace of salt infiltrations or preservative substances used in antiquity for the purpose of embalming. Professor Linoli also discarded the hypothesis of a hoax carried out in past centuries. This report was published in The Sclavo Notebooks in Diagnostics (Collection #3, 1971) and a roused great interest in the scientific world. Also, in 1973, the chief Advisory Board of the World Health Organization appointed a scientific commission to corroborate Linoli’s findings. Their work lasted 15 months and included 500 tests. It was verified that the fragments taken from Lanciano could in no way be likened to embalmed tissue. As to the nature of the fragment of flesh, the commission declared it to be living tissue because it responded rapidly to all the clinical reactions distinctive of living beings. Their reply fully corroborated Professor Linoli’s conclusions. In the extract summarizing the scientific work of the Medical Commission of the WHO and the UN, published in Dec. 1976 in New York and Geneva, declared that science, aware of its limits, has come to a halt, face to face with the impossibility of giving an explanation.

💟The flesh is still preserved to this day. Professor of anatomy Odoardo Linoli conducted a scientific analysis of the flesh in 1971 and concluded that the flesh was cardiac tissue, the blood appeared to be fresh blood (as opposed to blood that was 1200 years old), and there was no trace of preservatives.

Science, when called to testify, has confirmed what we have believed in Faith and what the Catholic Church has taught for the last 2,000 years; echoing the words of Christ: 

"For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him."

--John 6:56-57

July 6: Maria Goretti Died A Martyr At Age 11

 𝟳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶, 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗳 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀

1. Saint Maria Goretti Was Born In 1890 In Corinaldo, Italy. She Was Raised In A Poor Agricultural Family. She Was Known For Her Cheerful And Devout Nature.

2. Maria’s Father Died When She Was Young And Her Mother Worked To Support Their Six Children. Maria Took Care Of The Younger Children While Her Mother Worked. She Prayed The Rosary Every Night For The Repose Of Her Father’s Soul.

3. Maria Goretti Died A Martyr At Age 11. On July 5, 1902, A Neighbor Named Alessandro Serenelli Attempted To Sexually Assault Her. She Resisted, Proclaiming That It Was A Sin And An Offense Against God. Alessandro Stabbed Her Multiple Times, Resulting In Her Death The Following Day.

4. Maria Forgave Her Assailant Before She Died, Expressing Her Desire To See Him In Heaven.

5. Her Attacker Later Experienced A Conversion After Maria Came To Him In A Dream While In Prison. He Deeply Regretted His Actions. After Serving A Prison Sentence, He Attended Maria’s Beatification And Became A Lay Brother In A Monastery.

6. She Is Widely Venerated As The Patron Saint Of Purity, Chastity, Young Girls, And Victims Of Rape Or Violence.

7. Pilgrims Can Visit Her Shrine At The Basilica Of Saint Maria Goretti In Nettuno, Italy, Where Her Body Is Preserved.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆

➊ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓/𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓

“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.”

𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑐𝒉𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐𝒉 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦.

➋ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓

“My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee! I beg pardon for all those that do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee.”

𝑇𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑐𝒉𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒  𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 1916 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑚. 

➌ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍’𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓

“O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary I beg the conversion of poor sinners.”

𝑇𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒.  

𝑇𝒉𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝐸𝑢𝑐𝒉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝒉𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝒉𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟.

➍ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓

“Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.”

𝑊𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑐𝒉𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑦 13, 1917, 𝑠𝒉𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, “ 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑐𝒉 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡.” 

𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎, 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝒉𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟. 

➎ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓

“O Jesus, it is for the love of Thee, in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and for the conversion of poor sinners.”

𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑐𝒉𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑛  𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 13, 1917.  𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒  𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 

               By St. Alphonsus de Liguori

My Lord Jesus Christ,

who for the love you bear us,

remain night and day in this Sacrament,

full of compassion and of love,

awaiting, calling and welcoming

all who come to visit you.

I believe that you are present 

in the Sacrament of the Altar. 

I adore you from the abyss of my nothingness 

and I thank you for all the graces 

you have given me until now, 

and in particular, 

for having given me your Most Holy Mother Mary 

as my advocate 

and for having called me 

to visit you in this church.

I now salute your Most Loving Heart, 

and this for three ends: 

first, in thanksgiving for this great gift; 

second, to make amends to you for all the outrages 

which you receive in this Sacrament 

from all your enemies; 

third, I intend by this visit to adore you 

in all the places on earth 

in which you are present in this Sacrament 

and in which you are the least revered 

and the most abandoned.

My Jesus, I love you with my heart. 

I grieve for having until now so many times 

offended your infinite goodness. 

I purpose by your grace never more to offend you 

for the time to come; 

and now, miserable and unworthy though I am, 

I consecrate myself to you without reserve. 

I give you and renounce my entire will, 

my affections, my desires, and all that I possess. 

From now on, use me 

and all that I have as you wish. 

All I ask of you and desire is your holy love, 

final perseverance 

and the perfect accomplishment of your will.

I recommend to you the souls in Purgatory; 

but especially those who had the greatest devotion 

to the Most Blessed Sacrament 

and to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. 

I also recommend to you all poor sinners.

And finally, my dear Saviour, 

I unite all my affections with the affections 

of your most loving Heart, 

and I offer them with you to your Eternal Father 

and beg him for your sake 

and for love of you, 

graciously to accept and grant them.

Amen.