<p>From 23 September, day after day, enter into the spirituality of Padre Pio by meditating on his writings!</p><p>Saint Padre Pio inspired many people during his lifetime and has inspired even more since his death.</p><p>He has inspired them to entrust their lives to the Lord...</p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Join, be inspired and offer your life to Christ who is King!</strong></p><p class="hoz_quote">&#34;Padre Pio&#039;s first concern was that people should return to God, that they might experience his mercy and, interiorly renewed that they rediscover the beauty and joy of being Christians, of living in communion with Jesus, of belonging to the Church and practising the Gospel&#34;</p><p><em>Benedict XVI</em></p><p class="hoz_important" style="text-align:center;"><strong>This, with St Padre Pio&#039;s, Mary and Jesus&#039; help, is our purpose!</strong></p><p><br /></p><p>Padre Pio (1887-1968), a Capuchin priest and saint of mercy and humility, is probably one of the most extraordinary saints in the history of the Church.</p><p>He is the only priest to have received and worn the stigmata of Our Lord for more than 50 years, he spent his priestly life between the confessional and the altar, and through the intercession of Jesus and Mary, many graces of conversion, physical, moral and spiritual healings of all kinds, and spiritual cures for a multitude of people.</p><p>Now that he is in Heaven he continues to intercede and to be a spiritual guide for the men and women of our time.</p><h2>Depose your prayers</h2><p>Depose you prayers here and at the end of the three months and three days, all the prayer intentions received will be placed near Padre Pio&#039;s tomb in San Giovanni Rotondo.</p><h2>The Programme</h2><p>Every day from the 23 September, feast day of Saint Pade Pio, to Christmas, receive:</p><ul><li>A quote from the Saint. 📖</li><li>An accompanying meditation and encouragement to prayer. 🪔</li><li>Conclude every day with a beautiful prayer written by St John Paul 2. 🙏</li></ul><p><br /></p><p><strong>Become more imbued with his spirituality as an aid to our sanctification.</strong></p><h2>Padre Pio</h2><p>Born in 1887, Padre Pio joined the Capuchins in 1903 and was ordained a priest in 1910. A few months later, he received the so-called invisible and non-permanent stigmata, in 1918, he received the visible and permanent stigmata, which he kept until his death in 1968.</p><p>He confessed 12 to 15 hours a day, and celebrated Mass while living the Passion.</p><p>He suffered violent attacks from the devil, and was at times slandered and persecuted by his hierarchy, but he always remained faithful to the Church and a witness to the truth.</p><p>An immense devotee of the Virgin Mary, Padre Pio prayed the rosary, which he called &#34;his weapon&#34;, from morning to night, and recommended to his spiritual sons that they too pray it without ever growing weary.</p><p>His spiritual testament is for many: <strong>&#34;Love Our Lady and make her loved. Always recite the Rosary&#34;.</strong></p><p>He created the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza hospital to relieve the suffering, as well as the Padre Pio Prayer Groups, now spread throughout the world. He guided many spiritual sons and daughters.</p><p>Padre Pio was beatified by John Paul II in 1999 and canonised in 2002. His incorrupt body can be venerated at San Giovanni Rotondo.</p><h2>Some more</h2><p>Submited by Gino Testa, leader of the Padre Pio Prayer Groups in Paris and member of the General Council of the Padre Pio Prayer Groups of San Giovanni Rotondo from 2016 to 2022.</p><p><a href="http://gruppidipreghiera.operapadrepio.it/en/home-en/" target="_blank">Link to discover</a> more about Saint Padre Pio.</p>

 3 Months & 3 days with St Padre Pio to guide you to Christmas

Padre Pio, teach us, we pray, humility of heart, so that we may be
counted among the little ones of the Gospel to whom the Father promised to
reveal the mysteries of His Kingdom.
Help us to pray without ceasing, certain that God knows what we need
even before we ask Him.
Obtain for us the eyes of faith that will help us recognize in the poor and
suffering, the very face of Jesus.
Sustain us in the hour of trouble and trial and, if we fall, let us
experience the joy of the sacrament of forgiveness.
Grant us your tender devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus and our
Mother.
Accompany us on our earthly pilgrimage toward the blessed Homeland,
where we too, hope to arrive to contemplate forever the Glory of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.    Amen

<h2>Why Join?</h2><p><strong>We should ask God for a cure</strong> of course.</p><p>But we should also accept God&#039;s will, whatever it may be, with faith and confidence... </p><p>He is a loving and attentive Father who knows far better than we do what is for our own good. During this novena, ask – through the intercession of St. Josemaria – that God&#039;s most holy Will be accomplished.</p><h2>The programme</h2><p>Everyday, for 9 days, receive:</p><p>📖 A selection from Saint Josemaría Escrivá&#039;s writings on the sick</p><p>🪔 An intention for the sick based on those texts</p><p>🙏 A prayer to conclude</p><ul><li>Day 1: God loves us</li><li>Day 2: Jesus is our friend</li><li>Day 3: God hears the prayer of the sick</li><li>Day 4: God helps us to be children</li><li>Day 5: God blesses those who accept his will</li><li>Day 6: Jesus teaches us to turn suffering into Love</li><li>Day 7: God helps us to give joy to others</li><li>Day 8: Jesus invites us to work with him</li><li>Day 9: Mary our mother is by our side</li></ul><p class="hoz_important" style="text-align:center;">Join this novena now!</p><h2>Saint Josemaría Escrivá</h2><p>Saint Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975), a Spanish priest, founded Opus Dei in 1928. Even during his lifetime he had a reputation for holiness, which continued to grow around the world after his death. Many people have testified to having obtained spiritual and material favours through his intercession, including medically inexplicable cures. He was declared a saint by saint John Paul II in 2002. The feast day of Saint Josemaría is 26 June.</p><h2>Opus Dei</h2><p>Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. Its mission is to help people to live a fully Christian life through their daily commitments and occupations, spreading the Christian message that all men and women are called to holiness. This means following Jesus, loving him and imitating him in everything throughout the day and in all the circumstances of daily life.</p><p>Since holiness is achieved with God&#039;s help and our continued commitment, Opus Dei offers support and guidance to all who wish to aim at holiness in their ordinary lives, especially through their everyday work. </p><p>Any work, if carried out in the spirit of Christ, competently and honestly, and with the aim of loving God and serving others, can be sanctified. What matters is the love that is put into work, not its human importance.</p><p><a href="https://opusdei.org/en-uk/" target="_blank">Click here </a>to discover Opus Dei.</p>

Novena for the sick with St Josemaria

O God,
Through the mediation of Mary our Mother, you granted your priest Saint Josemaria countless
graces, choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Dei, a way of sanctification in daily work and in the fulfillment of the Christian's ordinary duties.
Grant that I too may learn to turn all the circumstances and events of my life into occasions of loving you and serving the Church, the Pope and all souls with joy and simplicity, lighting up the pathways of this earth with faith and love.
Deign to grant me, through the intercession of Saint Josemaria, the favour of... (make your request).

AMEN.

<p>From October 5th, the Feast day of Saint Faustina to January 5th, pray with Saint Faustina!</p><p class="hoz_important" style="text-align:center;">Receive God&#039;s love!</p><h2>The Programme</h2><p>Everyday for 3 months, receive:</p><ul><li>A quote from Saint Faustina 📖</li><li>A meditation to accompany your prayer 🪔</li><li>A concluding prayer for you to depose your intentions 🙏</li></ul><h2>St Faustina and the Divine Mercy</h2><p>Sr Maria Faustina Kowalska was a nun in Poland during the 1930s.  Saint John Paul II canonised Sr. Faustina in 2000 making her the &#34;first saint of the new millennium.&#34; She came from a poor family received only three years of simple education.  For this reason she was given the humblest tasks in the convent.  Despite this Jesus chose her to give extraordinary revelations, which she compiled into a diary.  The best-selling d<em>iary of Saint Faustina</em>, reveals God&#039;s loving message of Divine Mercy for our times.</p><p><br />The message contained in the diary is not new teaching of the Church, but a reminder of the message to trust in Jesus&#039; endless mercy, and to live life mercifully toward others. Speaking of the importance of the message contained in her <em>Diary</em>, the Pope John Paul II called her &#34;the great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time.&#34;</p><h2>Father Sean Gough</h2><p>Is a priest of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, United Kingdom. </p><p>He has been ordained for three years and is assistant priest in the parish of St John the Evangelist, Banbury. </p><p>He has a passion for evangelisation and loves to spread devotion to the Divine Mercy. </p><p>To follow him on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/frseandgough?lang&#61;en" target="_blank">click here.</a></p>

Pray with Saint Faustina - For 3 Months with Fr Sean Gough

And you, Faustina,
A gift of God to our time, a gift from the land of Poland to the whole Church, obtain for us an awareness of the depth of Divine Mercy; 
Help us to have a living experience of it and to bear witness to it among our brothers and sisters.
May your message of light and hope spread throughout the world, spurring sinners to conversion, calming rivalries and hatred, and opening individuals and nations to the practice of brotherhood.
Today, fixing our gaze with you on the Face of the Risen Christ, let us make our own your prayer of trusting abandonement and say with firm hope:
”Jesus, I trust in You!”.

Amen

<h2>What is the purpose of this community of prayer?</h2><p>The purpose is to find peace of mind and heart by putting our trust in God through prayer, meditation, and abandoning ourselves to the Lord. We will encourage you throughout this Novena and lift each one of you in prayer. </p><h2>&#34;What if....?&#34;</h2><p>Many of us suffer from worry, anxiety, and fear. These negative feelings can easily overwhelm us, up to the point where we begin struggling with our faith. </p><p>Indeed, there are so many reasons to develop fear and worry today. Wars, violence, crime, natural disasters, unemployment, illness, future uncertainty... The list goes on. </p><p>We keep asking ourselves &#34;What if?&#34; while imagining the worst outcomes; living under the weight of this uncertainty eventually takes its toll on both our physical and mental health. </p><p>While there is no way to know what future will hold, <strong>we do have a powerful weapon against fear: trusting in God who loves us</strong>. Jesus came to save us, to set us free from all of our enemies. Putting our trust in God, we can gradually overcome all negative thoughts we&#039;re constantly fighting. No, it&#039;s not a miraculous cure, but <strong>God can work wonders in hearts that believe in His power.</strong> </p><h2>Every day, for the duration of the Novena, you&#039;ll receive:</h2><ul><li>A Bible verse to fight fear and anxiety.</li><li>A prayer.</li><li>A short meditation. </li></ul><p class="hoz_important">if you are suffering from depression and/or anxiety, and/or having suicidal thoughts, please seek professional help. Prayer does help and accomplishes miracles, but no one in their right mind would tell a cancer patient to &#34;just pray their cancer away.&#34; The same applies to mental illnesses. Emergency international resources can be found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines">here</a> and <a href="https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/">here</a>.  </p><h2>Click Join to receive the prayers</h2><p><a href="https://hozana.org/en/intentions">Click here to leave your prayer intention.</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Photo </strong>by Gorjan Ivanovski on Unsplash. </p>

Novena for Peace of Mind

Kneeling at your feet, sweet Mother of God and Queen of Peace, I, your loving child, confidently turn to you in my need, seeking your intercession for peace of mind and comfort to my troubled heart. (Mention your petition here.)
O listen to me, dear heavenly mother. Come to my aid and refuse me not as I cry to you. For you are my mother, and you fail no one who has recourse to you, O Consoler of the afflicted, O Queen of Peace. 
Amen.