It was surreal as I watched the picture of John Paul the Great being hung at the Vatican for his beautification on Divine Sunday, May 1st. Hanging in my mind with all the saints, I can’t believe it; he’s there now. His accomplishments, God working profoundly through this man, reached heights beyond anyone’s imaginations. I know he’s helping us more than ever.
Author: Melissa Moody
Carrie Underwood w/ Vince Gill How Great thou Art
Litany of the Saints by Matt Maher
The Litany of the Saints is a sacred prayer of the Roman Catholic Church and of the Western Rites of the Orthodox Church. It is a prayer of invocation to the Triune God, and prayers for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Angels and all the martyrs and saints upon whom Christianity was founded. It is most prominently sung during the Paschal Vigil at the beginning of Sacraments of Initiation for those to be received that night into the Church, in other celebrations of the Sacrament of Baptism and in the liturgy for Holy Orders.
Gaze upon your Creator, who truly loves you
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, CHRIST IS RISEN!
Crux Fidelis
Crux Fidelis translates ‘Faithful Cross’
Crucify Him by Danielle Rose
Download Danielle Rose’s ‘Crucify Him’ off the Mysteries Album from itunes
Lyrics to Crucify Him:
We wash our hands of the thoughts that slip through our minds.
Like Pontius Pilate, we blame others for the atrocities of our times.
Do we stay silent while the world screams out its lies?
Sell your body, buy your beauty, live at the cost of others’ lives.
Crucify Him – every child torn from the womb;
Crucify Him – every judgment I presume;
Crucify Him – every prisoner on death row;
Crucify Him – will you cast the first stone?
Betrayed by friends, denied by words that spill like wine from our lips.
He drinks the cup for us, His body is our chalice.
Now His back sheds blood under the torment of the whip
We join the chorus of Jerusalem, blind to Christ’s presence
Crucify Him (crucify Him) – every child torn from the womb;
Crucify Him (crucify Him) – every judgment I presume;
Crucify Him (crucify Him) – every prisoner on death row;
Crucify Him (crucify Him) – will you cast the first stone?
Lord, have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord, have mercy on me
Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
Have mercy Jesus
Crucify Him
Crucify Him – every judgment I presume;
Crucify Him (crucify Him)
Crucify Him (crucify Him) – will you cast the first stone?
Crucify Him – every child torn from the womb;
Crucify Him (crucify Him) – every judgment I presume;
Crucify Him – every prisoner on death row;
Crucify Him (crucify Him) – will you cast the first stone?
The Passion unfolds
Reflections on the Last Supper by Matt Maher
John Paul II and Divine Mercy, the devotion that guided his pontificate
Pope John Paul II canonized St. Maria Faustina in 2000 and instituted the Feast of the Divine Mercy to be observed on the first Sunday after Easter. It is no coincidence that John Paul the Great’s beautification celebration falls on the Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1st, 2011.
Given to the Church through St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, the Divine Mercy Novena, begins on Good Friday, April 22, 2011. It’s all going to be quite amazing this year as the rundown of events fall together with a overwhelming feeling of Divine Providence. As it says at Marytv.tv, “Just nine days of praying the chaplet of Divine Mercy, plus celebrating the Feast of Divine Mercy with Holy Mass, confession, and prayer for the Pope. And yet, through this Novena and Feast, we are promised that all temporal consequences of sin will be wiped away, and anything we ask of God (that is in harmony with His will) will be granted!”
Read more from this article “Divine Mercy Novena” posted at Marytv.tv
Go “live” at 3:00 pm EST every day from April 22 to April 30, and pray the Divine Mercy Novena with Cathy and Denis at Marytv.tv. We believe it will bring about a part of Our Lady’s plan. Learn more at www.marytv.tv!
John Paul the Great at The Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
The Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage. The precise origin of the practice of leaving crosses on the hill is uncertain, but it is believed that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaiciai or Domantai hill fort after the 1831 Uprising. Over the centuries, not only crosses, but giant crucifixes, carvings of Lithuanian patriots, statues of the Virgin Mary and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been brought here by Catholic pilgrims. The number of crosses is unknown, but estimates put it at about 55,000 in 1990 and 100,000 in 2006.
