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"I am happy to die because I lived my life without wasting even a minute of it on anything unpleasing to God."

Blessed Carlo Acutis

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"Jesus who, because of infinite love for humanity, wanted to be in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, as our Consoler and as Bread of the Soul."

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.

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"O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams." —St. Augustine

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"Our Lord does not come down from Heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to him - the heaven of our souls, created in His Image, the living temples of the Adorable Trinity."

- Saint Therese of Lisieux

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Prayer for the Canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis.

Oh God, Our Father,

thank you for giving us Carlo,

a life example for the young

and a message of love for everyone.

You made him become enamoured with

Your Son Jesus, Making of the Eucharist

his “Highway to Heaven”.

You gave him Mary, as a most loving Mother,

and, with the Rosary, you made him

a poet of her tenderness. Receive his prayer for us.

Above all, gaze upon the poor,

whom he loved and helped.

Grant for me too, by his intercession,

the grace that I need ...

And make our joy fulfilled,

placing Carlo among the Saints

of your Church, so that his smile

may shine again for us in the glory of your name.

​Amen.

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“Jesus Christ, Lord of all things! You see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am—you alone. I am your sheep; make me worthy to overcome the devil.”

– St. Agatha

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Prayer for the Conclave.

Father Most Holy,

Our God and King,

Protect Your Church in this time of transition.

Guide the Cardinals in their sacred duty.

Grant them Wisdom and Courage,

Hope and Charity,

and the Faith they need to discern Your Holy Will.

Creator of all that was, is, and is to come—

You alone know the heart of the one You have chosen

as the next successor to Saint Peter.

Reveal Your will to the College of Cardinals.

Open their hearts to Your inspirations.

Open our hearts to receive, with faith and obedience,

the one whom You will raise up to sit on the Chair of Saint Peter.

May he be a man of deepest compassion,

a man of profound faith and hope,

a man whose charity shines forth,

permeating the darkness of this world with the light of Christ.

You are God Most High,

the God of the living and the dead,

the Great I AM,

the Alpha and the Omega,

Eternal Being and Source of all that is.

May Your holy will be done,

now and forever. Amen.

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Prayer for the Repose of the Soul of Pope Francis 1936 - 2025.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon him.

May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Scriptural Reflection.

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep. Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 13-18

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Thoughts from the “Diary” of Saint Faustina.

I trust steadfastly in Your holy will and submit to it completely, for it is mercy itself (Diary 1574).

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From the Gospel according to Matthew

26:14-25

One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,

went to the chief priests and said,

"What are you willing to give me

if I hand him over to you?"

They paid him thirty pieces of silver,

and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,

the disciples approached Jesus and said,

"Where do you want us to prepare

for you to eat the Passover?"

He said,

"Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,

'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near;

in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.""'

The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,

and prepared the Passover.

When it was evening,

he reclined at table with the Twelve.

And while they were eating, he said,

"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

Deeply distressed at this,

they began to say to him one after another,

"Surely it is not I, Lord?"

He said in reply,

"He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me

is the one who will betray me.

The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,

but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.

It would be better for that man if he had never been born."

Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,

"Surely it is not I, Rabbi?"

He answered, "You have said so."

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“The reason for our existence is to quench the thirst of Jesus. When he asked for water, the soldier gave him vinegar to drink—but his thirst was for love, for souls, for you and me.”

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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April 2, 2025 - the 20th anniversary of the death of St. John Paul II. We remember! 🩷

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“Our Lady…told us she would come and take Francisco to heaven, and she asked me if I still wanted to convert more sinners. I said I did.”

St. Jacinta Marto

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Gospel of the day.

From the Gospel according to Luke

Lk 11:29-32

While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,

"This generation is an evil generation;

it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,

except the sign of Jonah.

Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,

so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

At the judgment

the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation

and she will condemn them,

because she came from the ends of the earth

to hear the wisdom of Solomon,

and there is something greater than Solomon here.

At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation

and condemn it,

because at the preaching of Jonah they repented,

and there is something greater than Jonah here."

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"Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind."

-Saint Catherine of Siena

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"Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him." — Pope Francis

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"You are dust, and you will turn into dust."