The Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son, Holy Spirit
In the prologue to his gospel, John presents the Word—the Logos—as eternal, distinct from the Father, and yet identical with him because he shares the same divine nature.
The Word, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, in addition to being eternal and consubstantial with the Father, is the Creator of the world, together with the Father, by whom all things are made.
He is the Saviour, the true light which enlightens all of us —light against the darkness of the world of those who refuse to receive him. He came to his own people (Israel, the chosen people), but they too chose not to receive him,
but to those who do receive him through believing in him he gives eternal life, the power (grace) to be children of God.
And so we pray:
I adore You profoundly and with the deepest humility, Oh Most Holy Trinity one God in three Persons; Father, who is my hope, The Son who is my refuge and The Holy Spirit who is my protector.
I believe that you are here present and I sacrifice to You the most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ present throughout the world in all Holy Tabernacles.
I offer this in atonement for our sins, outrages, sacrileges, blasphemies and indifferences through which You are all offended.
Most Holy, Undivided and Adorable Trinity, I adore you and Glory You now and forever. Amen.
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We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favour, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.
-Saint Ignatius of Loyola
- Morning Prayer to the Blessed Trinity
- Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Sacred Heart of Jesus & Immaculate Heart of Mary
- The Prayer: "Three Offerings to the Most Holy Trinity"
- Sacrifice of Abraham
- Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
- The Most Holy Trinity
- The Ascension of Jesus Christ
Morning Prayer to the Blessed Trinity
Background:
As Catholics, the first thing our parents should teach us about our religion is the Sign of the Cross. The last thing a priest will do at our graveside is make the Sign of the Cross over our body. Our life is marked "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”. By reciting St. Francis Xavier’s morning prayer to the Blessed Trinity every morning, your day will be easier to handle and full of peace.
Intercessory Prayer:
I adore you, God the Father, who created me,
I adore you, God the Son, who redeemed me,
I adore you, God the Holy Spirit, who have sanctified me, and continue to carry on the work of my sanctification.
I consecrate this day entirely to your love and to your greater glory.
I know not what this day will bring me either pleasant or troublesome, whether I shall be happy or sorrowful, shall enjoy consolation or undergo pain and grief, it shall be as you please.
I give myself into your hands and submit to whatever you will.
Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Background:
This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who asked for prayers. The faithful are invited to recite it daily, so as to be spiritually united with the prayer of Padre Pio.
On December 21, 1674, three years a nun, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque received the first of her revelations. During the next 13 months, Christ appeared to her at intervals. His human heart was to be the symbol of his divine-human love. The message that she heralded is that God loves us with a passionate love.
Intercessory Prayer:
O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of [insert your intention] Our Father-Hail Mary-Glory Be.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you
O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask any thing of the Father in my name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of [insert your intention] Our Father-Hail Mary-Glory Be.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you
Closing Prayer:
O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.”
Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace of [insert your intention] Our Father-Hail Mary-Glory be.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you
Sacred Heart of Jesus & Immaculate Heart of Mary
Background:
Margaret Mary entered the Order of the Visitation nuns at the age of 24. On December 21, 1674, three years a nun, she received the first of her revelations. She felt that she was chosen by Christ to arouse the Church to a realization of the love of God symbolized by the heart of Jesus. The request of Christ was that his love for humankind be made evident through her. His human heart was to be the symbol of his divine-human love. Margaret Mary died at the age of 43, while being anointed. She said: “I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus.”
Intercessory Prayer:
O Loving Hearts of Jesus and Mary, you are all grace, all mercy, all love.
Let my heart be joined to Yours, so that my every need is present in Your Loving Hearts. Most especially, shed Your grace upon this particular need…
(State your petition here.)
Help me to recognize and accept Your loving will in my life. Holy and Sacred Wounds of the Loving Hearts of Jesus and Mary answer my prayer, I plead. Amen.
The Prayer: "Three Offerings to the Most Holy Trinity"
We offer to the Most Holy Trinity\\i
the merits of Jesus Christ,
in thanksgiving for the most precious Blood
which He shed in the garden for us;
and by His merits we beseech the Divine Majesty
for pardon of our sins.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be To The Father…
We offer to the Most Holy Trinity
the merits of Jesus Christ,
in thanksgiving for His most precious death
endured on the Cross for us;
and by His merits,
we beseech the Divine Majesty
for the remission of the pains due to our sins.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be To The Father…
We offer to the Most Holy Trinity
the merits of Jesus Christ,
in thanksgiving for His unspeakable charity,
by which He descended from heaven
to earth to take human flesh,
and to suffer and die for us upon the Cross;
and by His merits we beseech the Divine Majesty
to bring our souls to the glory of heaven after our death.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be To The Father…
Sacrifice of Abraham
Background:
You were a servant, a mortal fashioned from the earth, your master was God, Lord and Fashioner of creation, yet, well-pleased to glorify your celestial greatness, the Lord of all called Himself the God of Abraham.
Roman Canon:
Be pleased to look upon these offerings
with a serene and kindly countenance,
and to accept them,
as once you were pleased to accept the gifts of your servant Abel the just,
the sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith,
and the offering of your high priest Melchizedek,
a holy sacrifice, a spotless victim.
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Background:
The Catholic faith draws on the word of God. We know God and his truth not in the light of our own reason — created, finite and limited — but in the light of his Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3). He has communicated it to us so that in Christ, the Word of God made flesh (John 1:14; Hebrews 1:1-3; Romans 8:3; Philippians 2:7), we may recognize the authority of God by placing all our trust in God alone. In view of the mystery of the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus Christ, we do not ask unbelievingly how it might be possible that we eat his flesh and drink his blood (John 6:22-59). As true disciples of Christ, we fully believe that he is really and truly present under the species of bread and wine.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller
The Eucharist, in addition to being a meal, is also a sacrifice. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world (Jn 1:29), and as the sacrificial lamb on the altar of the cross, he took upon himself the sins of us all (Is 53:6b). It was his supreme act of love because there is no greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends (Jn 15:13), and he did this for us while we are still sinners (Rom 5:8). Jesus “loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering” (Eph 5:2).
The Most Holy Trinity
First Sunday after Pentecost
Background:
The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the ‘hierarchy of the truths of faith'. The whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men and reconciles ‘and unites with himself those who turn away from sin'.
- Catechism of the Catholic Church: 234
Intercessory Prayer:
Abba, merciful and compassionate Father:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Abba, Lord of the angelic messengers and of all the unearthly powers:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Abba, who redeemed the work of your hands by your only Son:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Lord Jesus, image of the invisible God and firstborn of all creation:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Lord Jesus, light of the angels and Savior of the human race:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Lord Jesus, the firstborn from the dead and head of your body, the Church:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Holy Spirit, advocate and guide of the faithful:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Holy Spirit, comforter and consoler of those who mourn:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
Holy Spirit, giver of life and teacher of truth:
- HAVE MERCY ON US.
The Ascension of Jesus Christ
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter transferred to Seventh Sunday of Easter
Background:
The Ascension is the completion of the Easter mysteries of Jesus' life, passion, death and resurrection, and it is the final step before the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
There are two things to remember about this mystery. First, in a very real way, Jesus' ascension into heaven is the goal for each one of us. He goes before us, and we are to follow Him there.
The second thing to remember about this mystery is that Jesus will come back. When that day comes, we should be ready. He has asked us to be his faithful disciples, living in friendship with him. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit, whom each of us receives in baptism and confirmation. The last thing Jesus said to the Apostles was, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
If we live out that mission from Christ then his presence is with us despite his bodily absence. First and foremost, Jesus is with us in the Eucharist and in the liturgy of the Church. Jesus is also present spiritually when we pray in his name, as he said: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Mt 18:20).
Intercessory Prayer:
Gladden us with holy joys, almighty God,
and make us rejoice with devout thanksgiving,
for the Ascension of Christ your Son
is our exaltation,
and, where the Head has gone before in glory,
the Body is called to follow in hope.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.