Pray Much

Our Lady of Pompeii, from  the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Our Lady of Pompeii, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Here is the story of Our Lady of Pompeii.

Medal of St. Benedict

Medal of St. Benedict

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is one side of the medal of St. Benedict.

We need sacramentals! Here are two good articles: Sacramentals, from New Advent and The Value Of Sacramentals from Catholic Culture.

(And that makes 7 posts in 7 days)!

From Candlemas

at CandlemasFrom the Presentation of the Lord, also called Candlemas. Here the priest is saying the Gloria (or the Collect, not sure when I took this). The Collect is a beautiful one:

Almighty ever-living God,
we humbly implore your majesty
that, just as your Only Begotten Son
was presented on this day in the Temple
in the substance of our flesh,
so, by your grace,
we may be presented to you with minds made pure.