May 12, 2025
O marvelous Wonder,
O Lady who shines
like the sun,
who brings the Light
into our midst
and calls us to repentance
that we might be saved,
that the whole world
might turn to the Lord
and be preserved
from destruction…
you come at the end of the age
to lead us back to your Son
before He comes again
and finally –
May 11, 2025
O child of courage,
though but a boy
you gave your life
as the strongest of men,
proving thus your love for Christ,
a love that steels souls
even in the face of death,
even in the youthful breast –
if but a young child like yourself
could die so freely for the faith
and show the face of Jesus
to the whole world,
May 11, 2025
O brave soldiers,
the world could not take
Christ from your hearts;
though it tried to expunge Him
from the army in which you served,
your allegiance to the holy One of Israel,
our Lord and God,
remained firm,
and so death you preferred
to life without Jesus –
pray for us who are so weak in faith,
that our stale...
May 9, 2025
O leper with the lepers,
you united yourself
so thoroughly
with those you served
that you became one of them,
one of the frightful and rejected souls
abandoned by the world
but redeemed by the blood of Christ
through your intercession.
To them you brought the...
May 2, 2025
O holy apostles of the Lord
upon whom the Church is established,
your words go out to the ends of the earth,
bringing the Gospel to all nations.
You who were near to Jesus Himself,
who were with Him all the time
He walked among us…
there is no greater witness
to the way and the truth and the life
of our God, our...