O God, grant that whatever good things I have, I may share generously with those who have not, and whatever good things I do not have, I may request humbly from those who do.” –St. Thomas Aquinas

O my God, let me remember with gratitude and confess to thee thy mercies toward me.” –St. Augustine of Hippo

Prayer is an aspiration of the heart.  It is a simple glance directed to Heaven.  It is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy.” –St. Therese Lisieux

"Following Christ is a strong, brave deed and calls for the unbending will of full-grown man.  Sluggards and cowards and peevish souls are not those out of whom the followers of a thorn-crowned King are made..........But lusty battles there are to fight for our own souls, first of all, and then for the souls of others;  sharp temptations to be swiftly overcome, or maybe the noiseless, galling rub of uneventful, hidden labor in His service..........It is strong, fierce work this battle of the worlds of spirit and of sense and, when Christ calls, He makes no secret of the struggle.  Frank He is to tell of all the hard campaigning of His soldiers, but quickly frank to add that His soldiers fight not single-handed and alone.  He tells of His love that brightens weary hearts and of His grace that strengthens frail souls until unconquerable might is theirs to dare all things for Him and one sweet day to die for Him."

MY CHANGELESS FRIEND

INDULGENCED ACTS FOR THE POOR SOULS

An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful,

who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed.

The indulgence is plenary each day from the 1st to the 8th of November; on other days of the year it is partial.

A plenary indulgence, again applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is also

granted when the faithful piously visit a church or a public oratory on November 2.

In visiting the church or oratory, it is required, that one Our Father and the Creed

be recited.

Six General rules for obtaining a plenary indulgence:

1. State of grace at least when performing the indulgenced act

2. Complete detachment from sin, even venial sin

3. Confession (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

4. Communion (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

5. Prayers for the Supreme Pontiff (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

6. Indulgenced act: a special good work with special conditions of place and time

 

What can the world give you without Jesus?  To be without Jesus is a grievous hell;  to be with Jesus a sweet paradise.  Without a friend, we cannot live happily; and if Jesus be not a friend to us above all, we will indeed be sad and desolate. 

  The Following of Christ-Thomas a Kempis