tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59989625950977296002024-03-13T20:53:21.513-07:00OUR LADY OF WENGENDust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-23163645898951600562016-04-15T08:38:00.002-07:002019-09-03T18:55:00.033-07:00PRAYER FOR SLEEP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The peace of God is a most profound tranquillity and repose, like the silence of untrodden mountain summits clothed with eternal snows; or like the lowest depths of the ocean, where the fierce storms that rage on the surface are unfelt, and where the turbulent industry of men can never penetrate. <a href="http://beingcatholicmeditations.blogspot.com/2016/02/adjustment_78.html?view=magazine">Nothing can equal that peace.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><i>O Loving Jesus, I offer Thee Thy most peaceful repose in the adorable Sacrament of the Altar, and in the hearts of all the just, and I beseech Thee most earnestly that I may rest this night in Thee so that in the morning I may awake with renewed fervour to love and serve Thee. Amen.</i></span></span></div>
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-42458208398922393872016-03-12T14:30:00.002-08:002017-01-25T07:09:19.167-08:00MY MOHTER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">O Mary, pure, in thee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Then show thyself a mother,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And daily succour me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, lead me, dearest Mother,</span></div>
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-8378288625046487172016-03-08T06:46:00.004-08:002016-03-08T14:04:53.472-08:00SINGULAR BRINGER FORTH<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">O Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Singular Bringer Forth of the Son of God, assist me in this my necessity. <i>(Here mention your need).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">O Star of the Sea, help me, and show me herein that you are my My Mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Empress of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succour me in this necessity; there is nothing that can withstand your power. O, show me herein that you are my Mother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. <i>(Three times.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sweet Mother,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I place this casue in your hands. <i>(Three times.)</i></span><br />
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-49636411435642259762016-03-07T06:13:00.001-08:002016-03-07T06:25:47.085-08:00TREES <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A poem lovely as a tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A tree whose hungry mouth is prest </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A tree that looks at God all day, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And lifts her leafy arms to pray; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A tree that may in Summer wear </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A nest of robins in her hair; </span></div>
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-73318441048949851482016-03-06T08:46:00.002-08:002016-03-06T13:59:46.475-08:00MY MOTHER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I put my trust forever,</span><br />
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-70945874022560552302016-03-05T05:12:00.002-08:002017-07-25T09:44:43.601-07:00A HOUSE BLESSING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">BLESS, O Lord Almighty, this place so that in it may reign health, purity, victory, strength, humility, kindness, sweetness, observance of rule and continued acts of thanksgiving to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. May this blessing remain in this place with all who dwell in it and forever. Amen.</span><br />
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-83356212593194665222016-03-03T09:22:00.001-08:002016-03-05T05:05:29.460-08:00BENEDICAMUS DOMINO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the promises of Spring,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the heron on the wing,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the song the blackbirds sing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Gracious Lord we thank Thee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the Summer's roses red,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the fragrance sweet they shed,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the cloudless skies o'erhead,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Gracious Lord we thank Thee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the Autumn's purple haze,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the beauty of her ways,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the fruitful harvest days</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Gracious Lord, we thank Thee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the Winter, white and drear,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the woodlands gaunt and sere,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the passing of the year,</span><br />
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-32898281640711290862016-03-01T19:46:00.002-08:002016-03-01T19:50:46.672-08:00SIGHS OF A PENITENT SOUL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-38698473939285208112016-03-01T08:18:00.001-08:002016-09-07T07:17:09.787-07:00GREETING YOUR FRIENDS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">There is no better way for Christian friends to greet and part company than to say , <span style="color: blue;">"The Lord be with you."</span> Your friend may rejoin <span style="color: blue;">"and with your spirit."</span> </span></b><br />
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<b>Now you can learn it in the beautiful language of the Church by using the simple translation below. The Latin phrase is in blue with the translation directly beneath. Remember that some words in English are implied in Latin so there is not a word for word translation.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Lord you with. </span> </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Response:</i></span></b><br />
<b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">Et cum spíritu tuo.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">And with spirit your.</span></b><br />
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-73934662652550613842016-02-28T22:10:00.001-08:002016-03-01T19:56:11.057-08:00SHOULD THIS DAY BE MY LAST<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">O My God, should this day happen to be my last, I mean to receive this communion, as my viaticum. I desire my last nourishment may be the body and blood of my Redeemer Jesus Christ; that my last words may be Jesus, Mary and Joseph, that the last affection of my heart may be an act of pure love, accompanied with unfeigned contrition. Amen.</span><br />
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-88228890268308157162016-02-28T10:11:00.003-08:002016-09-05T07:04:53.877-07:00MARY AT THE FALLS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-91684563710921615412016-02-27T20:23:00.005-08:002016-02-28T09:49:30.726-08:00AFTER HOLY COMMUNION<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O my Queen, thou hast given me Jesus in thy heart, therefore, now, with the same true heart, entertain Him for me. Adore Him, thank Him, and implore Him for the graces thou knows me to need-in particular . . . . .</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, I believe that I have received Thy Flesh to eat and Thy Blood to drink, because Thou hast said it, and Thy word is true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, my God, my Creator, I adore Thee, because from Thy Hands I came and with Thee I am to be happy forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, I am but dust and ashes, and yet Thou hast come to me, and my poor heart may speak to Thee.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sweet Jesus, I love Thee; I love Thee with all my heart. Thou knows that I love Thee, and wish to love Thee daily more and more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My good Jesus, I thank Thee with all my heart. How good, how kind Thou art to me, sweet Jesus. Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, receive my poor offering. Jesus Thou hast given Thyself to me, and let me give myself to Thee:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I give Thee every breath that I shall breathe. and especially my last; I give Thee myself in life and in death, that I may be Thine for ever and ever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, wash away my sins with Thy precious Blood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, the struggle against temptation is not yet finished. My Jesus, when temptation comes near me, make me strong against it. In the moment of temptation may I always say, "Jesus, mercy! Mary, help!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, may I lead a good life; may I die a happy death. May I receive Thee before I die. May I say when I am dying, "Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, bless my father, my mother, my brothers and sisters, and all I ought to pray for, as Thy Heart knows how to bless them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O Jesus, have pity on the poor souls in Purgatory, and give them eternal rest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Jesus, I am going away for a time, but trust not without Thee. Thou are with me by Thy grace. I will never leave Thee by mortal sin. I do not fear to do so, though I am so weak, because I have such hope in Thee. Give me grace to persevere. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ski Lift, Wengen, Switzerland<br />February 26, 2016<br />Photo by Dust Boy</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sweet Jesus, I love Thee. I desire with all my heart to receive Thee. Most sweet Jesus, come into my poor soul, and give me Thy Flesh to eat and Thy Blood to drink. Give me Thy whole self, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, that I may live forever with Thee.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">O most sweet Virgin Mary, Mother of God and my Mother, lend me, I beseech thee, thy Immaculate Heart to receive my Jesus: that so I may receive Him by thee, by whom the world received Him.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />O Jesus, I offer Thee Thy sinless Mother's Heart, with its perfect dispositions at the moment of Thy Incarnation and all her communions. Come to me now by her, as I came to Thee by her. With her heart let me receive Thee.</span></div>
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Dust Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121440633070091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998962595097729600.post-9488210959977696882016-02-26T02:00:00.000-08:002016-02-26T23:42:39.188-08:00HAIL TRUE BODY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our Lady of Wengen - Wengen, Switzerland<br />February 26, 2016<br />A Dust Boy Photo</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hail true body, born of the blessed Virgin Mary, which truly sufferedst, and wert offered on the cross for mankind; whose side being pierced with a spear, yielded water and blood; O sweet, O good Jesus, Son of the eternal God, and Son of the blessed Virgin, have mercy on me a sinner; and vouchsafe, that I may worthily receive thee, at the hour of my death. Amen</span></div>
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