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Still Life with Pumpkins, by Luis Egidio Meléndez, 1765/1775
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
-Psalm 118:1 NASB
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Still Life with Pumpkins, by Luis Egidio Meléndez, 1765/1775
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
-Psalm 118:1 NASB
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Das Spiel der Hl. Cäcilia von Engeln begleitet, by Simon Glücklich, 1886
Prayer to Saint Cecilia
Pray for us
that we make music
in our hearts to God
and manifest our love
for Him in our daily deeds.
In the Holy Name of Jesus
we pray.
Amen.
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Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple, by Tiziano Vecelli, 1534-1538
“Mary had already been chosen by God, preserved by a singular grace as a chosen vessel through whom the Incarnate Word would be given for the salvation of the whole world. However, the offering by her parents is a response to the invitation to join our free choice to God’s invitation. This exercise of freedom lies at the heart of discipleship, and is the inner core of every vocation, to cooperate with grace.”
By Deacon Keith Fournier, Published in Living Faith
Prayer for the Intercession
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
May we be assisted,
we beseech Thee, O Lord,
by the worshipful intercession
of Thy glorious Mother,
the ever-Virgin Mary; that we,
who have been enriched
by her perpetual blessings,
may be delivered from all dangers,
and through her loving kindness
made to be of one heart and mind:
Who livest and reignest
world without end.
Amen.
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