Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your
holy love, holy joy, and holy peace!
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your
heroic patience, heroic generosity, and heroic faithfulness!
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your
angelic kindness, angelic gentleness, and angelic self-control!
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your
divine wisdom, divine courage, and divine mercy!
Amen.
Christmas 2025: Our Lady of Solitude Monastery
O Madonnina d’Amore,
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal,
Please pray for us,
That by the power of the Holy Spirit,
The luminous grace of
Our Lord of Love
May shine through you,
And warm us with His light,
Filling our hearts to overflowing,
With His wondrous gift of
Divine mercy in the dark night!
Amen.
For intercessory prayer and petitionary prayer
Dearest Jesus,
By the power of the Holy Spirit,
Please pour out your divine mercy upon…
… for the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
“Thank you.
You’re very kind.
God bless you!”
O Marie,
Conçue sans péché,
Priez pour nous
Qui avons recours à vous.
Amen.
(O Mary,
Conceived without sin,
Pray for us
Who have recourse to thee.
Amen.)
To be prayed on the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, after completing the novena
O Marie, conceived without sin,
Mother of God and Mother of all people, Disciple of Jesus Christ,
Blessed are you among women,
And all generations call you blessed.
Model of consecration to God
Whom Saint Catherine Labouré, Having just lost her mother,
Chose as her Mother,
I, in turn, chose you as my Mother
In order to consecrate myself To God our Father.
Standing by the foot of the Cross, Your Immaculate Heart was pierced With sorrow, as if by a sword,
And your heart is united To the Heart of your Son.
Since grace flows From the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Onto all of us, Passing through your hands,
Accept my entire being, Make use of me, body and soul,
To follow Christ
And receive the light and strength Of the Holy Spirit.
As a sign of this consecration,
I will wear the holy Medal With confidence
So that the God of Love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
Might reign in my heart As a baptized person And in all hearts.
Glory be to Him, Forever and ever.
Amen.
Prayed from November 18 through November 27, The Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God and our Mother,
With the utmost confidence In your powerful intercession,
Shown many times through your Medal,
We humbly ask you to obtain for us, The graces which we ask of you Through this novena.
(Ask for a personal grace…)
O Virgin of the Miraculous Medal,
You appeared to St. Catherine Labouré As mediator of the whole world
And each soul in particular.
We put our pleas into your hands And entrust them to your heart.
Deign to present them to your Divine Son
And to answer them if they conform to God’s Will
And are good for our souls.
And, after having raised Your imploring hands to God,
Bring them down on us And wrap us up in the rays of your graces, Light up our spirits and purify our hearts,
So that, guided by you,
We will one day reach blissful eternity. Amen.
SACRED ART: "Divine Mercy" by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/divine-mercy-original.jpg
(Left-click once on the painting to get a closer view)
The Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom 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.
Amen.
The Hail Mary
Hail Mary, Full of grace, The Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Now, and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead.
On the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
SACRED ART: “Gethsemane” by Carl Bloch
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Gethsemane_Carl_Bloch.jpg
(For optimal viewing, click once on the painting)
SACRED ART: "Divine Mercy" by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/divine-mercy-original.jpg
(Left-click once on the painting to get a closer view)
Recite the following prayer once:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins, and those of the whole world.
Recite the following prayer ten times:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
SACRED ART: “Flagellation” by Lodovico Carracci
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Douai_chartreuse_carracci_flagellation.jpg
(For optimal viewing, click once on the painting)
SACRED ART: "Divine Mercy" by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/divine-mercy-original.jpg
(Left-click once on the painting to get a closer view)
Recite the following prayer once:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins, and those of the whole world.
Recite the following prayer ten times:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
SACRED ART: “Ecce Homo” by Antonio Ciseri
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_%281%29.jpg
SACRED ART: "Divine Mercy" by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/divine-mercy-original.jpg
(Left-click once on the painting to get a closer view)
Recite the following prayer once:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins, and those of the whole world.
Recite the following prayer ten times:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
SACRED ART: “Christ Carrying the Cross” by El Greco
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SACRED ART: "Divine Mercy" by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/divine-mercy-original.jpg
(Left-click once on the painting to get a closer view)
Recite the following prayer once:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins, and those of the whole world.
Recite the following prayer ten times:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
SACRED ART: “Christ Crucified” by Diego Velazquez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Crucified_(Vel%C3%A1zquez)#/media/File:Cristo_crucificado.jpg
(For optimal viewing, click twice on the painting)
SACRED ART: "Divine Mercy" by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/divine-mercy-original.jpg
(Left-click once on the painting to get a closer view)
Recite the following prayer once:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins, and those of the whole world.
Recite the following prayer ten times:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
SACRED ART: "Divine Mercy" by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/divine-mercy-original.jpg
(Left-click once on the painting to get a closer view)
Recite the following prayer three times:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy on us, And on the whole world.
Recite the following prayer once:
Eternal God, In whom mercy is endless, And the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, Look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, That in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, But with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, Which is Love and Mercy itself.
I love to love,
And I love to be loved,
By the Lord of Love,
Who generously pours out
His wondrous love upon us all.
But sometimes with His
Divine sense of humor,
He hides himself from me,
Like a playful lover,
And I cannot see Him,
So, as His beloved,
I must practice heroic patience,
And with a strong faith,
I must trust in Him,
Because I know that
Above the clouds
The sky is always blue,
And suddenly the Divine Mercy
Will magnificently shine forth
In the Dark Night of Unknowing,
And the Dark Night of the Cross.
Yet when faith is elusive,
I must hold my ground
And courageously hope in Him,
Because it always circles around
And leads us back to holy love.
Based on the guidelines of St. Francis de Sales
Dearest Heavenly Father,
Through the Holy Spirit
I humbly give you thanks for
The affections and resolutions
You have given me today
In my meditation,
As well as for your great
Goodness and divine mercy.
Eternal Father, I offer to you
The body and blood,
Soul and divinity,
Of your dearly beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
In atonement for our sins,
And those of the whole world.
I wholeheartedly implore you
To share with me the abundant
Graces and virtues
Of your most holy Son,
And to bless my affections and resolutions,
So that I may faithfully fulfill them.
In your Divine Providence,
And through the intercession of
Our Lady, the angels,
And the saints,
Please take care of
My body and my soul,
The Church and my pastor,
My relatives and my friends,
And everyone else in the world,
That the windows of our souls
Will be closed
Against the shadows of hell.
Amen.
(Follow this with an Our Father and a Hail Mary)
A Meditation on The Nativity, The Crucifixion, & The Ascension
Based on the guidelines of St. Francis de Sales
Dearest Jesus,
I place myself in your holy presence,
And I beseech you to inspire me
By the power of the Holy Spirit,
For the glory of God the Father.
O God, why do I not look always at you,
Just as you always look at me?
Why do you think so often of me, O my Lord,
And why do I think so seldom of you?
Where are we, O my soul?
God is our true place, and where are we?
O Lord, I am always with you;
I see the Lord always before me;
I have lifted up my eyes to you,
O my God, who dwell in Heaven;
My eyes are ever toward God.
Amen.
Based on the guidelines of St. Francis de Sales
Dearest God,
I prostrate myself before you in spirit,
And I place my soul
Before Jesus Christ crucified.
O most wondrous and gracious God,
By the power of the Holy Spirit,
I humbly ask you to rekindle in my heart
The fire of today’s meditation,
And so I renew my resolution to _____,
For the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
Patience…
is waiting --
calmly waiting --
for Divine Mercy,
when we are struggling
in the dark night of unknowing.
Patience…
is waiting with courage --
with heroic courage --
for Divine Mercy,
when we are struggling,
in the dark night of the cross.
Fear is useless!
What is needed is trust!
Jesus’ divine sense of humor
is not like our sense of humor.
I am lost in the dark night,
I see no light,
Nothing but black is before me,
I don’t feel Him,
I don’t see Him,
I don’t hear Him.
Yet Jesus,
with His divine sense of humor,
is directly behind me,
and if He were to reach out,
His hand would rest on my shoulder,
but He waits,
challenging me to stretch
my spiritual comfort zone,
to draw strength from
His mighty power,
to exercise holy courage,
to grow in heroic patience,
to increase my trust in His divine mercy,
to remain in His love.
And then,
in due season,
my life bears good fruit,
and I see a tiny point of light
in the distance,
shining at first like a distant star,
but it becomes more and more radiant,
and grows larger and larger,
until my whole life is embraced
by His sweet holy light,
and I experience true joy
in the deep dark night!
The star of Bethlehem
Shone upon the true Light,
The Light of the World,
And when the Holy Babe
Came into the world,
Into the darkness,
Into the night,
Divine Mercy rays of
Bright red and white
Flowed through the Holy Virgin
Like a river of living water —
And, behold, Love was born!
Inspired by St. Francis de Sales and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Lord,
I am not worthy;
And yet, You,
The Good God,
Come to me!
O Marie,
Conçue sans péché,
Priez pour nous
Qui avons recours à vous.
Vive Jésus!
Amen.
As I recently listened
to the keynote speaker
at a university commencement,
I was saddened to hear
the story of his life,
and his “successful” career.
He pointed out
that many others in his field
had died very young,
presumably due to suicide,
or drug overdose,
or something similar.
Yet he didn’t appear
fully convinced,
even to himself,
that he would escape
the same tragedy
of his dead peers.
He seemed to be struggling
to find meaning in his life,
and his “four keys to success,”
though not bad things,
won’t ever open the door
to true fulfillment.
His life was like a puzzle,
with all the little pieces
on the periphery
fitting nicely into place,
but with a gaping hole
in the very center.
That gaping hole
is where the heart should be —
The Sacred Heart —
that is the missing piece,
the Messianic Centerpiece,
that brings true happiness.
To be prayed during the night
Dearest Saints and Angels,
Please pray for me,
That by the power of the Holy Spirit,
Our Lord may bless me with
Holy courage and with heroic patience,
For the glory of God the Father.
Jesus, I trust in You!
Amen.
Inspired by The Divine Mercy & St. Faustina
A Prayer of Humility
Jesus, I surrender to you!
Jesus, I trust in you!
A Prayer for Divine Mercy
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
Have mercy on us, and on the whole world!
A Prayer for Conversion
O Blood and Water
Which gushed forth
From the Heart of Jesus,
As a fount of Mercy for us,
I trust in You!
Amen.
On the first day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His love.
On the second day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His joy.
On the third day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His peace.
On the fourth day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His patience.
On the fifth day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His kindness.
On the sixth day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His generosity.
On the seventh day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His faithfulness.
On the eighth day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His gentleness.
On the ninth day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His self-control.
On the tenth day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His divine wisdom.
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of His divine mercy.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
Baby Jesus gave to us
The special gift of all the fruit of the Spirit.
Our birthday gift to Baby Jesus
Is sharing all of these gifts
With others in the new year:
Sharing them with our family,
Sharing them with our faith community,
Sharing them with the world.
