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WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 10783 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-12-21 15:02:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-12-21 15:02:00 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#intro">New Year's Prayer: Intro</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#bible-verses-for-new-year">Bible Verses for New Year's</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#new-years-eve-prayers">New Year's Eve Prayers</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#saint-sylvester-prayer">St. Sylvester Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#new-years-day-prayers">New Year's Day Prayers</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pope-john-paul-ii-new-years-prayer-2000">Pope John Paul II</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pope-benedict-xvi-new-years-prayer-2008">Pope Benedict XVI</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#pope-francis-new-years-prayer-2021">Pope Francis</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=10783&amp;action=edit#religious-new-years-prayers">Religious New Year's Blessings and Wishes</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#solemnity-of-mary">New Year's Day: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#catholic-resolutions-more-prayer">New Year's Resolution: More Prayer</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#daily-prayer">Daily Prayer</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#bible-in-a-year">Bible in a Year</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#new-years-prayer-faq">New Year's Prayer FAQ</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="intro" class="">You might still have Christmas presents lying around the house when you first get asked the classic late Dec. social inquiry.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"What are your plans for New Year's?"</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Our mind immediately goes toward our calendar, parties we might attend, or ways we may ring in the new year comfortably and quietly at home.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The sacred may not overtly have a role in most New Year's Eve festivities, but inviting God to enter more deeply into your life is beneficial on any given day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">God is indeed present with us as we celebrate the new year, as He is in all days. And given that it is a time of renewal, refreshment, and recommitment, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day can be an especially important time in our prayer lives.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow, the #1 Catholic prayer &amp; meditation app, has you covered for all your prayer needs, including New Year's Eve and New Year's day Scripture, prayers, and blessings to get 2025 off to a good, prayerful start.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="bible-verses-for-new-year"><strong>Bible Verses About the New Year</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">New Year's celebrations may date back to <a href="https://www.history.com/news/5-ancient-new-years-celebrations">as early as 2,000 B.C.</a> in ancient Babylon. While the modern calendar as we know it—and celebrating the New Year on Jan. 1—is a more recent creation, Jesus may have had some understanding of the concept, at least in the context of Jewish customs surrounding the celebration of the new year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Leviticus 23:24-45 makes reference to this:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">24 Tell the Israelites: On the first day of the seventh month[a] you will have a sabbath rest, with trumpet blasts as a reminder, a declared holy day; 25 you shall do no heavy work, and you shall offer an oblation to the Lord.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Leviticus 23:24-45</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Other places in Scripture capture the spiritual essence of New Year's and its focus as a time of refreshment and new beginnings. These passages are worth reflecting on as you look ahead to the new year:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away." 5 The one who sat on the throne[a] said, "Behold, I make all things new." Then he said, "Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true." 6 He said to me, "They are accomplished.[b] I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Revelation 21:4-6</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">36 [a]And he also told them a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/parables-of-jesus/">parable</a>. "No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. 37 Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Luke 5:36-38</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Isaiah 43:19</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">11 For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the Lord—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Any of these readings are great for New Year's Eve or New Year's Day reflection, but the Hallow app has daily readings and reflections for each day. Download the app and start praying today</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Jeremiah 29:11 </cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>MORE:</strong> <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-gospels/">How to Pray the Gospels</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"left","className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left"><strong>New Year's Eve Prayers</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One of the interesting dynamics surrounding the contemporary observance of Christmas is that once the calendar turns to Dec. 26, the secular celebration largely ends.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But the Church's celebration is just beginning!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The octave of Christmas lasts eight days, including Dec. 31, so New Year's Eve falls squarely into the Christmas season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Therefore, <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/christmas-prayer-catholic-blessings/">Christmas prayers</a> and blessings are completely appropriate, particularly if you're spending the evening with a different crowd than with whom you celebrated Christmas.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Extend a "Merry Christmas" on New Year's Eve and continue celebrating the season. It's a perfectly fine New Year's Eve greeting!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="saint-sylvester-prayer" class="">Additionally, New Year's Eve is the feast day of St. Sylvester, a fourth-century pope. Asking for his intercession is another form of New Year's Eve prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This prayer comes courtesy of <a href="https://www.stsylvesterli.org/Prayer-to-St--Sylvester">St. Sylvester's Church</a> in Medford, N.Y.:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Come, O Lord, to the help of your people, sustained by the intercession of Pope Saint Sylvester, so that, running the course of this present life under your guidance, we may happily attain life without end. 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.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Prayer to St. Sylvester</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="new-years-day-prayers"><strong>New Year's Day Prayers</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When looking for words to pray or share around New Year's Day, we can receive guidance from the Holy See.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The bishop of Rome traditionally releases a blessing for the New Year. They are usually highly relevant for the moment in which they're written and shared, but they also contain wisdom and perspective that is more timeless.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="pope-john-paul-ii-new-years-prayer-2000" class="">For example, Pope John Paul II's blessing at the turn of the century resonates today, more than two decades later:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>I wish you a year filled with serenity and happiness: may you always be certain of God's love for us. As he did two thousand years ago, Christ comes today with his saving Gospel to guide the uncertain and faltering steps of peoples and nations, leading them towards a future of true hope. I ask him to bless this moment of festivity and good wishes, that it may be the promising beginning of a new millennium filled with joy and peace. Let us enter the Year 2000 with our eyes fixed on the mystery of the Incarnation. Christ, yesterday, today and for ever. To him belong time and the ages. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen! I thank you. Happy New Year to all. Praised be Jesus Christ!</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/messages/urbi/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20000101_urbi.html">Pope John Paul II, Jan. 1, 2000</a></cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="pope-benedict-xvi-new-years-prayer-2008" class="">Pope Benedict XVI also gives us a New Year's Blessing from 2008 that is meaningful as we head into 2022:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Dear brothers and sisters, it is only by pondering in the heart, in other words, by piecing together and finding unity in all we experience, that, following Mary, we can penetrate the mystery of a God who was made man out of love and who calls us to follow him on the path of love; a love to be expressed daily by generous service to the brethren. May the new year which we are confidently beginning today be a time in which to advance in that knowledge of the heart, which is the wisdom of saints. Let us pray, as we heard in the First Reading, that the Lord may "make his face to shine" upon us, "and be gracious" to us (cf. Nm 6: 24-7) and bless us. We may be certain of it: if we never tire of seeking his Face, if we never give in to the temptation of discouragement and doubt, if also among the many difficulties we encounter we always remain anchored to him, we will experience the power of his love and his mercy. May the fragile Child who today the Virgin shows to the world make us peacemakers, witnesses of him, the Prince of Peace. Amen!</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2008/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20080101_world-day-peace.html">Pope Benedict XVI, Jan. 1, 2008</a></cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p id="pope-francis-new-years-prayer-2021" class="">Finally, consider Pope Francis' prayerful words heading into 2021:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>May the Virgin Mary, who gave birth to the "Prince of Peace" (Is 9:6), and who cuddles him this way, with such tenderness in her arms, obtain for us from heaven the precious gift of peace, which cannot be fully pursued by human strength alone. Human strength alone is not enough because peace is above all a gift, a gift of God; it should be implored with unceasing prayer, sustained with patient and respectful dialogue, constructed with an open cooperation with truth and justice and always attentive to the legitimate aspirations of individuals and peoples. My hope is that peace may reign in the hearts of men and women and in families, in places of work and of recreation, in communities and in nations. In families, at work, in nations: peace, peace. Now is the time to think that life today is organized around war, and enmities, by many things that destroy. We want peace. And this is a gift.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2021/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20210101.html">Pope Francis, Jan. 1, 2021</a></cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If it's been a while since you've prayed and looking to get a jump in your prayer life to draw closer to God in 2025, check out all of our <a href="/how-to-pray">How To's</a> as well as <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray/">6 tips for getting started in prayer</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="religious-new-years-prayers"><strong>Religious New Year's Prayers and Wishes</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you're looking for a way to offer a Catholic or religious happy new year blessing, Hallow has you covered.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These short New Year's blessings can work for text messages, emails, Facebook posts, or however you'd like to extend your best wishes to family and friends for the new year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"Wishing you a New Year filled with peace and love"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"In this season of transition, from one year to the next, may God watch over you and bless you abundantly"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"Comforted by the promise of salvation, may you enjoy a New Year overflowing with the joy that only God can provide"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"May our eternal God, who transcends our understanding of time, be with you in this new year and always"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"May the Light of God guide you and may His loving arms protect you in this new year"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace! (Numbers 6:24-26)"</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="solemnity-of-mary"><strong>New Year's Day Prayer: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to all the other reasons to spend time in prayer around New Year's Day, Jan. 1 is also the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It is often a Holy Day of Obligation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010122.cfm">gospel reading for the day</a> takes us back to Luke, with the birth of Jesus, Mary's encounter with the shepherds, the message they bore, and how Mary "kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">How might we do the same, reflecting on God's message for us and holding it in our hearts?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Since the day honors Mary, consider praying the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Mary</a> or the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">Rosary</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When New Year's Day draws to a close consider falling asleep with Mary, by using the Hallow app's "Hail Mary" prayer, which softly repeats the prayer to Mary.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>MORE PRAYERS:</strong> <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-christian-meditation/">Christian Meditation</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="catholic-resolutions-more-prayer"><strong>New Year's Resolution: More Prayer</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:image {"id":9984,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom","className":"is-style-default"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-style-default"><a href="https://hallow.app.link/blogdownload"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Morning-Prayer-v2-1024x576.jpg" alt="Pray Ever Day with Hallow, the #1 Catholic prayer and meditation app." class="wp-image-9984"/></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">New Year's resolutions often accompany New Year's celebrations, as people across the globe recognize the opportunity to get closure on the previous year and begin anew.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2020/12/23/2021-new-years-resolutions-poll">According to YouGov</a>, the Top 5 most popular New Year's Resolutions are:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>More exercise/fitness</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lose weight</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Save more money</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Improve diet</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Pursue a career ambition</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The common thread in each? Self-improvement. And they're all admirable in their own way.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But how much would we all benefit from more prayer?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Those who pray with Hallow find more peace—and often sleep better. With Hallow, committing to prayer can be one of the easiest New Year's resolutions to make.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Since you can pray easily from your phone, you can even weave in prayer into your other resolutions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">James Clear, author of "<a href="https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits">Atomic Habits</a>," has written about a strategy called "<a href="https://jamesclear.com/habit-stacking">Habit Stacking</a>," where one introduces a new habit into an existing habit to make the behavior stick.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">How would this work with prayer? Incorporate time with God into habits you already have or are looking to build:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>When you start a workout, begin a prayer as you exercise</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>As you commute to work, spend time in prayer</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Each time you receive a check, say a quick prayer of thanksgiving</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Each time you open a social media app on your phone, first open Hallow</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In time, you'll find yourself praying more, with less effort, and spending time with God will become ingrained into your day-to-day activities.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="daily-prayer">Daily Prayer</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Building the habit of prayer can take many different forms and be tailored to your specific preferences and behaviors.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you're a morning person, you can weave in prayer into your morning routine, perhaps with a daily reflection each morning.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-night-prayer/">Night time prayer</a> is another population option for praying each day. In addition to helping with sleep, praying at night can be a great time to reflect on the day, its challenges, and where God was present. <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-examen/">The Examen</a> is a another form of prayer, popular at night, that helps Catholics recognize the ways in which God was at work in their lives during the past day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In addition to daily devotions, night prayer and the daily Examen, the Hallow app has other options for helping build prayer routines each day, such as the Daily Saint program that highlights one saint—and their words and prayers—each day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="bible-in-a-year">Bible in a Year</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":10796,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom","className":"is-style-default"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-style-default"><a href="https://hallow.app.link/blogdownload"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/event_card-min-1024x576.png" alt="Bible In A Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz on Hallow" class="wp-image-10796"/></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Bible can sometimes seem intimidating.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">So many books. So many chapters. So many names that are hard to pronounce! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For something to fundamental to our faith, it can feel unapproachable. Yet spending time with our sacred text can have a monumental impact on our faith. When we pause to read and reflect on Scripture—even passages we've heard dozens of times previously—God can continually reveal things to us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The new year is a great time to commit to spending more time reading the Bible. With Bible in a Year, you can read the Bible with a helpful guide and enjoy a guided prayer to elicit God's voice from the text.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In partnership with <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/bible-in-a-year-with-father-mike-schmitz/">Ascension Press</a> and Fr. Mike Schmitz, the popular Bible in a Year podcast is on Hallow. Each day, Fr. Mike will read 2-3 passages from scripture and follow with a reflection and prayer. In 20 minutes a day you can read the entire Bible (over the course of the year). It's also available in Spanish.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">You don't need to be a Biblical scholar to participate. Check out what regular Catholic men and women just like you had to say about their experiencing joining Bible in a Year on Hallow:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"My wife and I both wanted to try something special to start off the year and to grow in our Catholic faith. Independently we both decided to do Father Michael Schmitz Catholic Bible in a year. We downloaded Hallow app and it has made this awesome experience even better."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"The Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike is life changing. I thank you for these wonderful recourses that are right at my fingertips."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"I use Hallow to listen to Fr. Mike’s Bible in a Year podcast. I love that I get to hear the readings and commentary on the actual day released."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center","orientation":"horizontal"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/blogdownload">Join Bible in a Year</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="new-years-prayer-faq">Frequently Asked Questions about New Year’s Prayers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:yoast/faq-block {"questions":[{"id":"faq-question-1640727991785","question":["Is New Year's Day a Holy Day of Obligation? 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","jsonAnswer":"The celebration of Mary on Jan. 1 dates back more than 1,000 years, though its exact start day is unknown. "},{"id":"faq-question-1640728028615","question":["What's a Good Prayer for New Year's? "],"answer":[{"type":"em","props":{"children":["“May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days.” "]}}],"jsonQuestion":"What's a Good Prayer for New Year's? ","jsonAnswer":"\u003cem\u003e“May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days.” \u003c/em\u003e"},{"id":"faq-question-1640728045463","question":["What’s a Good Catholic New Year’s Resolution? "],"answer":["Committing to spend more time in prayer is a great New Year’s resolution for all Christians. "],"jsonQuestion":"What’s a Good Catholic New Year’s Resolution? ","jsonAnswer":"Committing to spend more time in prayer is a great New Year’s resolution for all Christians. "}]} --> <div class="schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block"><div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640727991785"><strong class="schema-faq-question">Is New Year's Day a Holy Day of Obligation? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">In the United States, New Year’s Day (solemnity of Mary, Mother of God) is a Holy Day of Obligation unless it falls on a Saturday or Monday (<a href="https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/canon-law/complementary-norms/canon-1246">USCCB</a>). </p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640728013089"><strong class="schema-faq-question">When did New Year’s Day Become a Holy Day of Obligation? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">The celebration of Mary on Jan. 1 dates back more than 1,000 years, though its exact start day is unknown. </p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640728028615"><strong class="schema-faq-question">What's a Good Prayer for New Year's? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer"><em>“May God continue to bless you this year and throughout all your days.” </em></p> </div> <div class="schema-faq-section" id="faq-question-1640728045463"><strong class="schema-faq-question">What’s a Good Catholic New Year’s Resolution? </strong> <p class="schema-faq-answer">Committing to spend more time in prayer is a great New Year’s resolution for all Christians. </p> </div> </div> <!-- /wp:yoast/faq-block --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">More Prayers</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <p><!-- /wp:buttons --></p> <p><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --></p> <ul class=""> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/thanksgiving-prayer/">Thanksgiving Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to Pray the Rosary</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/7-sorrows/">The Seven Sorrows Rosary</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-our-father/">The Lord's Prayer (Our Father)</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-therese-novena">The St. Thérèse Novena</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-mary-undoer-of-knots-novena">Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena</a></li> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/">Divine Mercy Novena</a></li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:buttons {"contentJustification":"center"} --></p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center"><!-- wp:button --></div> <p><!-- /wp:button --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- /wp:buttons --></p> <p><!-- wp:buttons {"contentJustification":"center"} --></p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center"><!-- wp:button {"backgroundColor":"black","className":"is-style-fill"} --></div> <p><!-- /wp:button --></p> <p><!-- /wp:buttons --></p> [post_title] => New Year's Prayers: Catholic Prayers and Blessings for New Year's Eve and Day 2025 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => new-years-prayers [to_ping] => [pinged] => https://hallow.com/2019/09/25/how-to-pray-night-prayer/ https://hallow.com/2021/02/10/7-sorrows/ https://hallow.com/2021/06/30/how-to-pray-the-gospels/ https://hallow.com/2020/02/12/how-to-pray-our-father/ https://hallow.com/2020/03/08/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/ https://hallow.com/2019/09/13/how-to-pray-the-examen/ [post_modified] => 2024-12-24 19:14:37 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-12-24 19:14:37 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=10783 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 72837 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2024-12-16 14:41:53 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-12-16 14:41:53 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en/notizie/comunicati/2024/partnership-hallow.html"><em>View the release on the Jubilee's website</em></a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2024</strong> -The Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World, responsible for organizing the 2025 Ordinary Jubilee, has partnered with Hallow, a global Catholic prayer and meditation app.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow – currently the most downloaded prayer app in the world – offers its users guided prayers, meditations, Lectio Divina, and daily reflections on the Gospel and Sacred Scriptures, as well as audiobooks, catechesis, and various genres of Christian music. Additional features include community “prayer challenges” and the opportunity to pray for one another through "prayer campaigns" and virtual "parish groups".</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">For the Jubilee, Hallow has made its channels available to the Dicastery for Evangelization to promote the message of Hope that the Holy Year aims to convey to pilgrims worldwide. The Hallow team will create tailored content in the main languages of the Jubilee pilgrims to prepare and spiritually support the faithful, whether they visit Rome in person or participate in the Jubilee remotely from their own homes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The content, produced in audio and video formats, will be accessible by smartphone through the app and online through their website. Hallow will also contribute to the spiritual accompaniment of the Jubilee in person, supporting the organization of Jubilee events and involving various testimonies and Catholic personalities who have been collaborating on app content for years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"We are grateful to Hallow's founders for their willingness to serve the Church during this Holy Year, promoting the message and outreach of the Jubilee and creating content to accompany pilgrims daily in prayer," affirmed His Excellency Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“We’re incredibly thrilled to partner with the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization on this amazing work and couldn’t be more excited to invite everyone attending the Jubilee into a deeper life of prayer,” said Alex Jones, Hallow CEO and Co-Founder</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow<br></strong>Hallow helps people deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, meditations, and music. The app has more than 10,000 sessions, including a Daily Rosary, Daily Gospel, Daily Saint, Novenas, Examens, Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year, The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie’s audio Bible, Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons, peaceful Christian music, Gregorian chant, and so much more. Launched in December 2018, Hallow is now the #1 Catholic app in the world and has been downloaded 22 million times and used to pray more than 700 million times across 150-plus countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow App Partners with the Jubilee [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-app-partners-with-the-jubilee [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-12-16 19:24:50 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-12-16 19:24:50 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=72837 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 69298 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-10-22 21:23:27 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-22 21:23:27 [post_content] => <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-election-prayers-jump-to-a-section">Election Prayers: Jump to a Section</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="http://bible-verses">Bible Verses</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#short">Short Election Prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#before-election">Before Election</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#after-election">After Election</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Elections are stressful.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It doesn’t matter if you’re running for office, simply paying attention to an election, or trying to avoid getting swept up in the sea of election chaos. It’s all too common to find election season to be a challenging one.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Reminders of the election are everywhere: from yards to TV to social media feeds. The tension feels both suffocating and inescapable.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Luckily, in moments when we feel overwhelmed, we can turn to God for peace. And in moments when our country feels divided, we can unite in prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In 2024, Hallow is launching a prayer challenge, One Nation Under God, to help us all come together in prayer for America.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Join the challenge today and use the prayers below to help you navigate the election season with a little more peace.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/electionprayers">Pray for Our Country on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="bible-verses">Election Prayers: Bible Verses</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One of the most simple forms of prayer is spending time with Scripture and listening to how God is speaking to us through His word.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These Bible verses feel especially relevant during election season:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"<em>He received dominion, splendor, and kingship; all nations, peoples and tongues will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, his kingship, one that shall not be destroyed</em>." - Daniel 7:14</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This verse from Daniel reminds us that regardless of who sits in the White House or any political, corporate or governmental office, God is ultimately the King. His reign is forever, unlike any positions human beings hold on earth.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"<em>God’s way is unerring; the Lord’s promise is tried and true; he is a shield for all who trust in him. Truly, who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is the rock?</em>" - 2 Samuel: 31-32</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This verse reminds us that, while we sometimes feel like the weight of the world depends on the outcome of the ballot box, we ought to place our trust ultimately in God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>"<em>First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth."</em> -1 Timothy: 1-4</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In Biblical times, as it is now, it’s important that we pray for all of our leaders and our country, regardless of who wins and loses an election. This verse reminds us that we can all come together in prayer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>"If you live in accordance with my statutes and are careful to observe my commandments, I will give you your rains in due season, so that the land will yield its crops, and the trees their fruit;  your threshing will last till vintage time, and your vintage till the time for sowing, and you will eat your fill of food, and live securely in your land. I will establish peace in the land, and you will lie down to rest with no one to cause you anxiety."</em> - Leviticus 26:3-6</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This verse from Leviticus speaks to how abundantly God provides for His people. It's a lesson that we can forget when we drift into a mindset where the weight of the entire world hinges on the result of a particular relection.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="short">Short Prayer for Peaceful Elections</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These original short prayers from Hallow can help you pray for our country as well as draw closer to God during election season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Heavenly Father, we ask you today to be with us and our country now as you have been since our first days as a nation. Help us to listen less to harsh rhetoric and more to the Holy Spirit. Help us to feel how Your Spirit will guide us, no matter the election’s outcome. We pray for peace, love and hope, in Your name. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Christ, our King, we pray today that we can look beyond the current political landscape, in a moment when it seems like it’s the only thing everyone is talking about, and remember that we are builders of Your kingdom here on earth. Prince of Peace, help peace flourish amid division, and strengthen us to live generously and charitably in Your name. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>God, may Your Spirit unify us. May we recognize that we are all created in Your image, regardless of which political candidate we vote for. As we approach this election, open our eyes to recognize that people we may disagree with are still our brothers and sisters, Your children. In Jesus’s name we pray. Amen.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="before-election">USCCB Prayer Before an Election</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The USCCB <a href="https://www.usccb.org/prayers/prayer-election">offers us</a> a prayer we can pray as elections approach.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Lord God, as the election approaches,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>we seek to better understand the issues and concerns that confront our city/state/country,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and how the Gospel compels us to respond as faithful citizens in our community.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask for eyes that are free from blindness</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>so that we might see each other as brothers and sisters,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>one and equal in dignity,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>especially those who are victims of abuse and violence, deceit and poverty.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask for ears that will hear the cries of children unborn and those abandoned,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Men and women oppressed because of race or creed, religion or gender.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask for minds and hearts that are open to hearing the voice of leaders who will bring us closer to your Kingdom.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We pray for discernment</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>so that we may choose leaders who hear your Word,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>live your love,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and keep in the ways of your truth</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>as they follow in the steps of Jesus and his Apostles</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>and guide us to your Kingdom of justice and peace.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>We ask this in the name of your Son Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="after-election">Prayer for After an Election</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow has created a simple prayer for the hours, days and weeks following the election:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>God of all creation, we ask for Your blessing today as we seek to move forward following the election.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>After months of words, claims and promises, we pray that we may unite over actions: loving our neighbors, pursuing justice, becoming peacemakers.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>In His Resurrection, we know that Jesus conquered death, securing for us the promise of salvation. On this day, let us focus on the hope we enjoy as Christians. Let this hope sustain us during any challenges moments that may come our way. Let us never succumb to division, hate, or hopelessness.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>In Your name we pray. Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/electionprayers">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-prayers-from-presidents">Prayers from Presidents</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Prayer has deep roots in America.&nbsp; Praying for our country is something millions of Americans have done across hundreds of years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It’s also something that predates our country, with roots dating back to the Second Continental Congress in 1775 (one of the reasons we still celebrate a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/national-day-of-prayer/">National Day of Prayer</a>!)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">See how prayer been prominent in America’s history through the words of our various presidents:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fdr-s-d-day-prayer-june-6-1944">FDR’s D-Day Prayer - June 6, 1944</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And for us at home - fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas - whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them - help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Give us strength, too - strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Thy will be done, Almighty God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">(<a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/prayer-d-day">View the prayer in its entirety</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-theodore-roosevelt-thanksgiving-prayer-nbsp-1902-nbsp">Theodore Roosevelt, Thanksgiving Prayer,&nbsp; 1902&nbsp;</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Nevertheless, decade by decade we have struggled onward and upward; we now abundantly enjoy material well-being, and under the favor of the Most High we are striving earnestly to achieve moral and spiritual uplifting. The year that has just closed has been one of peace and of overflowing plenty. Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt thanks to the giver of Good; and we will seek to praise Him, not by words only, but by deeds, by the way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow-men. (<a href="https://www.pilgrimhall.org/pdf/TG_Presidential_Thanksgiving_Proclamations_1900_1909.pdf">Source</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-woodrow-wilson-1918">Woodrow Wilson, 1918</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,</em> President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, the thirtieth day of May, a day already freighted with sacred and stimulating memories, a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, and do exhort my fellow-citizens of all faiths and creeds to assemble on that day in their several places of worship and there, as well as in their homes, to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins and shortcomings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the truth, to accept and defend all things that are just and right, and to purpose only those righteous acts and judgments which are in conformity with His will; beseeching Him that He will give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take counsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle and perplexity, and steadfastness to our people to make sacrifice to the utmost in support of what is just and true, bringing us at last the peace in which men's hearts can be at rest because it is founded upon mercy, justice and good will. (<a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-1445-decoration-day-1918">Source</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources">More Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">If you’re looking to find peace and relieve stress at any time, Hallow has plenty of prayer resources to help you spend some time with God.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">How to Pray the Rosary</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-st-jude-novena/">St. Jude Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/saint-anthony-novena/">St. Anthony Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-lectio-divina/">Lectio Divina</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => Election Prayers: Praying for America and Finding Peace During Elections with Prayer, Bible Verses [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => election-prayers [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-10-22 21:23:59 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-10-22 21:23:59 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=69298 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 68830 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-10-21 16:27:04 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-21 16:27:04 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO , Oct. 21, 2024</strong>- Hallow, the No. 1 prayer app, has partnered with NET Ministries, a leading Catholic youth missionary organization, to help deepen the prayer lives of the young people who serve the organization.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The partnership will make Hallow available to both NET Ministries missionaries as well as the young people they serve.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">NET Ministries has a mission to “challenge young Catholics to follow Jesus Christ and embrace a life of community in the Church.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow provides a wealth of resources for young people to deepen their connection with God, with audio-guided prayers, novenas, rosaries, and more.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Daily personal prayer is essential for Christians to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and live as His disciples,” said David Rinaldi, president of NET Ministries. “We are honored to partner with Hallow to get great prayer resources into the hands of young people and help them on their journey of discipleship."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The partnership will also allow Hallow and NET Ministries to collaborate on content available exclusively on Hallow.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"NET’s 40+ years of ministering to young people have been marked by inviting them to encounter Jesus through daily personal prayer,” said Pete Burds, NET’s chief mission officer. “With our new Hallow partnership, we are able to hand each young person an incredible tool that brings this life-changing relationship right to their earbuds."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow<br></strong>Hallow helps people deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, meditations, and music. The app has more than 10,000 sessions, including a Daily Rosary, Daily Gospel, Daily Saint, Novenas, Examens, Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year, The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie’s audio Bible, Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons, peaceful Christian music, Gregorian chant, and so much more. Launched in December 2018, Hallow is now the #1 Catholic app in the world and has been downloaded 20 million times and used to pray more than 600 million times across 150-plus countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About NET Ministries<br></strong>NET Ministries is an apostolate serving Catholic communities through youth and young adult evangelization and discipleship since 1981. Every year we form and equip hundreds of Catholics as missionary disciples. Then, we send them out to work hand-in-hand with Catholic ministry leaders across the country and minister directly to the next generation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Announces Partnership with NET Ministries [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-announces-partnership-with-net-ministries [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-11-16 20:23:19 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-11-16 20:23:19 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=68830 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 68360 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2024-10-09 12:52:34 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-09 12:52:34 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>October 9, 2024</em>&nbsp;— In preparation for World Mission Sunday, October 20th, The Pontifical Mission Societies USA and Hallow are excited to announce a special novena to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Patroness of the Missions. This global initiative invites the faithful to join in nine days of prayer, reflecting on the mission and spirit of St. Thérèse, starting on October 11th.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle</strong>, pro-prefect of the Section of Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization, will guide the novena in English, offering daily reflections to inspire hearts and deepen prayer. Members of the international Pontifical Mission Societies network will lead additional reflections:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sister Regina Da Costa Pedro, National Director of TPMS Brazil, will lead the novena in Portuguese.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Father José María Calderón, National Director of TPMS Spain, will lead the novena in Spanish.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This novena honors St. Thérèse's life and her profound dedication to spreading the Gospel through small acts of love and faith. Known for her "little way," St. Thérèse continues to inspire Catholics worldwide to contribute to the Church’s missionary efforts, even in the smallest, everyday actions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The World Mission Sunday Collection, which began in 1926, sustains the work of missionaries in Asia, Africa, Oceania, Latin America, and the Middle East. These funds support communities where the Church is young, poor, or persecuted.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Global Participation via Hallow</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Novena will be available for free on the Hallow app, inviting participants from all over the world to pray alongside these mission leaders in their native languages. By downloading the app, users can access guided prayers, daily reflections, and special features to journey spiritually with the patroness of the missions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Novena will begin on October 11th and conclude on October 19th, leading up to World Mission Sunday on October 20th. St. Thérèse, who is the patroness of the missions despite never having left France, remains a model of love and dedication to the Church’s global mission.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Participants can also follow the novena on The Pontifical Mission Societies' social media channels (<strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tpms_us/?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a></strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TPMSUSA/?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a></strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://x.com/TPMS_USA?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">X</a></strong>, and&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pontifical-mission-societies-in-the-united-states/?utm_campaign=Press%20Releases&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--omGNiwkyENqpA9fIFh-xq8yUOksZESF22aCpd6d0Ydev7seHwr1JN-qIE_JBWwppZekCk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a></strong>).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow<br></strong>Hallow helps people deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, meditations, and music. The app has more than 10,000 sessions, including a Daily Rosary, Daily Gospel, Daily Saint, Novenas, Examens, Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year, The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie’s audio Bible, Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons, peaceful Christian music, Gregorian chant, and so much more. Launched in December 2018, Hallow is now the #1 Catholic app in the world and has been downloaded 20 million times and used to pray more than 600 million times across 150-plus countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About The Pontifical Mission Societies USA<br></strong>The Pontifical Mission Societies USA is part of a worldwide network under the Pope’s direction, supporting the Church’s missionary activities in over 1,150 mission territories. Its mission is to spread the Gospel and meet the spiritual and material needs of the Church in mission territories.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow and The Pontifical Mission Societies USA Unite to Offer a Global Novena to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Patroness of the Missions [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-and-pontifical-mission-societies-usa-unite-to-offer-a-global-novena-to-st-therese-of-lisieux-patroness-of-the-missions [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-10-09 12:52:38 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-10-09 12:52:38 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=68360 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 68300 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-10-08 01:14:57 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-08 01:14:57 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Jump to any section:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#bibilical-origins">Biblical Origins </a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#7-deadly-sins-and-virtues">7 Deadly Sins/7 Virtues</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#spiritual-warfare-and-the-church">Spiritual Warfare and the Church</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#exorcisms">Exorcisms</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#saints">Saints to Ask for Help From</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Spiritual warfare recognizes that the devil is real, evil exists, and each day, these forces attempt to drive us towards living lives of sin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It exists both in the dramatic moments but also in the mundane, daily experience of every day life, according to Fr. Dwight Longenecker.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"Our basic default setting for the Christian life is spiritual warfare,"<a href="https://www.ncregister.com/features/good-vs-evil-spiritual-warfare"> he told the National Catholic Register</a>. "We have to understand that we're confronted with spiritual warfare every day in multiple ways....It's in the perseverance of faith that the real spiritual warfare takes place."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="bibilical-origins">Spiritual Warfare: Biblical Origins&nbsp;</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The New Testament gives us plenty of examples of Jesus casting out demons and, later, commissioning the disciples to do the same (Luke 9:1).&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">There are smaller spiritual battles that we face each day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In the first letter of Peter, we’re reminded that all humans undergo these challenges, which seek to divide us from God:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in faith, knowing that your fellow believers throughout the world undergo the same sufferings. (1 Peter 5:8-9)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While the BIble references spiritual warfare, it also gives us examples of how to battle it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is a famous example of this:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:10-20)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mZJ0DQAAQBAJ">"Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons,"</a> Evagrius of Pontus, a 4th-century monk, collected 498 passages from the Bible and provided instruction on how they could be used to “talk back” to demons amid spiritual warfare.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Spending time with Scripture helps us stay close to God and avoid the temptation of sin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/fK1t27GWvNb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="7-deadly-sins-and-virtues">7 Deadly Sins and Virtues</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Sin <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_three/section_one/chapter_one/article_8/ii_the_definition_of_sin.html">turns our hearts away</a> from God’s love for us. If we turn away from God and His law, we turn closer to the devil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The “Seven Deadly Sins” as we know them were articulated by Pope Gregory the Great in the sixth century:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Anger</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Greed</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lust</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Pride</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Gluttony</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sloth</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Envy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">He identified one sin as the root or gateway to others:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“For when pride, the queen of sins, has fully possessed a conquered heart, she surrenders it immediately to seven principal sins, as if to some of her generals, to lay it waste,” <a href="https://www.lectionarycentral.com/GregoryMoralia/Book31.html">he wrote</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Conversely, there are seven corresponding virtues that help us make good moral choices and draw closer to God:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Charity</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Chastity</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Diligence</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Humility</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Kindness</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Patience</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Temperance</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When we avoid these sins and opt for their corresponding virtue, we strengthen our resolve in spiritual battle against the snares of the devil.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="spiritual-warfare-and-the-church">Spiritual Warfare and the Church</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Spiritual warfare has a long history, but it’s not limited to history: It exists today, as the Church is acutely aware.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Catechism of the Catholic Church makes reference to the “spiritual battle” that we all fight, and how prayer is key in this battle.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Prayer is both a gift of grace and a determined response on our part. It always presupposes effort. the great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, and he himself, all teach us this: prayer is a battle. Against whom? Against ourselves and against the wiles of the tempter who does all he can to turn man away from prayer, away from union with God. We pray as we live, because we live as we pray. If we do not want to act habitually according to the Spirit of Christ, neither can we pray habitually in his name. the "spiritual battle" of the Christian's new life is inseparable from.” (CCC 2775)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In a 2014 meditation, <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2014/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20141030_a-beautiful-struggle.html">Pope Francis reminded us that</a> “the Devil exists and we have to fight against him.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2021/documents/papa-francesco_20211027_udienza-generale.html">In 2021</a>, Pope Francis reminded us of the power of the Holy Spirit to nourish us, guide us, and protect us in spiritual battle:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“Thus, the life of the community is regenerated in the Holy Spirit; and it is always thanks to him that we nourish our Christian lives and continue to engage in our spiritual battle.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But some instances of spiritual warfare are more severe than others. And the Church has guidelines for those, too.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/fK1t27GWvNb">Join Hallow's Course on Spiritual Warfare</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="exorcisms">Spiritual Warfare and Exorcisms</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Popular 1973 horror movie “The Exorcist” introduced many to the concept of demonic possession and exorcism.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Although Hollywood movies and television shows often exaggerate, dramatize, or misrepresent many aspects of faith, including exorcisms, they are indeed a reality of our world.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><a href="https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/sacramentals-blessings/exorcism">The USCCB teaches</a> us that there are two forms of exorcisms: minor and major. Minor exorcisms take place before Baptism and RCIA. The Rite of Baptism includes a “Prayer of Exorcism” that the celebrant prays:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Almighty and ever-living God, you sent your only Son into the world to cast out the power of Satan, spirit of evil, to rescue man from the kingdom of darkness, and bring him into the splendor of your kingdom of light. We pray for this child: set him (her) free from original sin, make him (her) a temple of your glory, and send your Holy Spirit to dwell with him (her). We ask this through Christ our Lord.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Major exorcisms, like those seen in the movie The Exorcist, are different. Only bishops or priests with special permissions can perform major exorcisms, which are directed toward “the expulsion of demons or to the liberation [of a person] from demonic possession.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">According to Fr. Vincent Lampert, who leads Hallow’s course on spiritual warfare, there are four main criteria that the Church uses to establish a valid case of demonic possession in an individual:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>the ability to speak and understand languages otherwise unknown to the individual,</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>exhibiting extraordinary strength (beyond the normal ability of the individual),</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>elevated perception with knowledge beyond natural power,  that is, information otherwise unknown to the individual, and finally,</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>strong resistance against all divine influences i.e. the Bible, sacred places, crucifix, holy water, relics, etc.  </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Today, the <a href="https://popeleo13institute.org/">Pope Leo XIII Institute</a> assists bishops, priests, and deacons in supporting those dealing with this serious condition. It also works with laity to create prayer teams who support exorcisms by praying for those afflicted.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Indeed, prayer is the most simple form of <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-protection/">protection</a> amid spiritual warfare that we have available to us. When we pray, we can ask for angels and saints to intercede for us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/fK1t27GWvNb">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="saints">Saints: Intercessors for Spiritual Warfare</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The communion of saints offers many holy men and women who are able and willing to pray for us as we battle spiritual warfare.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Michael the Archangel is one saint that many people turn to when seeking protection. In fact, many churches conclude Mass by praying the St. Michael prayer. You can also pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-st-michael-chaplet/">St. Michael Chaplet</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Since he protected the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph is also a popular saint for intercession against spiritual warfare.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Many people also ask for the intercession of St. Padre Pio. In <a href="https://catholicexchange.com/padre-pio-on-the-battle-of-prayer/">his letters</a>, he wrote often about being mindful of spiritual battles we face:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Drive away what the enemy is whispering loudly in your when he wants you to believe you are almost on the point of being lost. Despite these evil insinuations, the Lord is with you as never before in your tribulations. God tells us. Take heart, then, and don’t be afraid, for it is quite certain that the one who fears to be lost will not be lost and the one who fights with his eyes fixed on God will cry victory and the triumphal hymn. There is nothing to be afraid, for the heavenly Father has promised us the necessary help to prevent us from being overcome by temptations.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources">More Prayer Resources</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When we stay close to God in prayer, and fill our hearts and minds with desires to do His will, we make it harder for the devil to find a space to tempt us or lead us astray.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Consider <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">praying the rosary</a> or committing to pray a novena, such as the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-mary-undoer-of-knots-novena/">Mary, Undoer of Knots novena</a>. You can also deepen your trust and reliance on God by praying the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-litany-of-trust/">Litany of Trust</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Finally, Hallow’s course on spiritual warfare, led by Fr. Vincent Lampert, is available in the Hallow app.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Spiritual Warfare: Meaning, Scripture, Prayers and more [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => spiritual-warfare-meaning-scripture-prayers [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-10-08 01:15:05 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-10-08 01:15:05 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=68300 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 67833 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-10-02 18:18:53 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-10-02 18:18:53 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>CHICAGO</strong> - <strong>Oct. 1, 2024</strong> - Hallow, the No. 1 prayer app, today celebrated being the recipient of the prestigious Momentum Award.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Presented by <a href="https://1871.com/">1871</a>, a nonprofit global innovation hub, the Momentum Awards are the largest annual celebration of tech innovation across Chicago and beyond, recognizing companies and individuals across eight categories.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow captured the flagship Momentum Award, given to the growth-stage tech company with the strongest potential to emerge as a market leader.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":67925,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1871-Hallow-Momentum-Award-1024x660.jpg" alt="Hallow CEO Alex Jones (middle) and CFO Alessandro DiSanto (second from right) pose with 1871 CEO Betsy Ziegler (second from left) after winning the 2024 Momentum Award." class="wp-image-67925"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Hallow CEO Alex Jones (center) and CFO Alessandro DiSanto (second from right) with 1871 CEO Betsy Ziegler (second from left) after being recognized as the winner of the 1871 Momentum Award.</em></figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“So humble to receive this award from 1871. Thankful for all of the support we’ve received from folks in Chicago, especially the tech community, since we started Hallow.” said Alex Jones, Hallow CEO and co-founder. “Give all the credit to the team and the Lord who has been so good to us. AMDG.”&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Past winners of the Momentum Award include GrubHub, SitterCity, Spothero and Cameo.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">"1871 is proud to honor Hallow with the Momentum Award, recognizing a company redefining faith and meditation. Seeing Alex, Hallow's CEO, celebrate this achievement alongside his infant son on stage was a touching reminder of just how much they are helping people on their spiritual journeys. We look forward to celebrating their continued impact and success," said Betsy Ziegler, CEO of 1871.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The 17th annual Momentum Awards took place on Sept. 19 at Morgan MFG in Chicago's West Loop.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About Hallow</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow helps people deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, meditations, and music. The app has more than 10,000 sessions including a Daily Rosary, Daily Gospel, Daily Saint, Novenas, Examens, Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year, The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie’s audio Bible, Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons, peaceful Christian music, Gregorian chant, and so much more. Launched in December 2018, Hallow is now the #1 Catholic app in the world and has been downloaded more than 20 million times and used to pray more than 600 million times across 150-plus countries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>About 1871</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">1871, a nonprofit global innovation hub, exists to inspire, equip, and support early stage, growth stage, late stage, and corporate innovators in building extraordinary businesses. 1871 is home to ~500 early stage startups, ~250 growth and late stage companies, and ~60 corporates, and is supported by an entire community focused on accelerating their growth and creating jobs in the Chicagoland area. The member experience includes virtual and in-person access to workshops, events, mentorship, and more. The nonprofit organization has 350 mentors available to its members, alongside access to more than 200 partner corporations, universities, education programs, accelerators, venture funds and others. Since its inception in 2012, more than 1,050+ alumni companies are currently still active, have created over 14,700 jobs, and have raised more than $3.7 billion in follow-on capital.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Hallow Receives 1871 Momentum Award [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hallow-receives-1871-momentum-award [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-10-02 18:18:58 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-10-02 18:18:58 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=67833 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 35090 [post_author] => 43 [post_date] => 2024-09-16 15:26:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-09-16 15:26:00 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) is celebrated on June 19, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Many dioceses, however, have transferred the celebration of this feast to Sunday, June 22, 2025. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:pullquote --> <figure class="wp-block-pullquote"><blockquote><p><em>“Adoring the Body and Blood of Christ, let us ask him with our heart: “Lord, give me the daily bread to go forward, Lord, satisfy me with your presence!”</em></p><cite>Pope Francis</cite></blockquote></figure> <!-- /wp:pullquote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Table of Contents&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#history-background-corpus-christi">History and Background of Corpus Christi</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#corpus-christi-meaning">Meaning of Corpus Christi</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#corpus-christi-prayers">Corpus Christi Prayers</a><!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#lectio-divina">Lectio Divina&nbsp;</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#i-am-here-meditations">I Am Here Meditations</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#traditional-eucharistic-prayers">Traditional Eucharistic Prayers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="#related-reading">Related Reading</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="history-background-corpus-christi">History and Background of Corpus Christi&nbsp;</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">After Christ’s Resurrection on <a href="https://hallow.com/easter/">Easter</a>, the Descent of the Holy Spirit at <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/pentecost/">Pentecost</a>, and the celebration of God in Three Persons on Trinity Sunday, we celebrate this solemnity of Jesus among us in the Eucharist.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope Urban IV instituted Corpus Christi in 1264 by the papal bull <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/urbanus-iv/es/documents/bulla-transiturus-de-mundo-11-aug-1264.html"><em>Transiturus de hoc mundo</em></a> after it was first introduced in Liège, France, by Bishop Robert Torote. Though it was the incredible eucharistic visions of St. Juliana de Cornillon, also known as St Juliana of Liège, that inspired this solemnity:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When Juliana was 16 she had her first vision which recurred subsequently several times during her Eucharistic adoration. Her vision presented the moon in its full splendour, crossed diametrically by a dark stripe. The Lord made her understand the meaning of what had appeared to her. The moon symbolized the life of the Church on earth, the opaque line, on the other hand, represented the absence of a liturgical feast for whose institution Juliana was asked to plead effectively: namely, a feast in which believers would be able to adore the Eucharist so as to increase in faith, to advance in the practice of the virtues and to make reparation for offences to the Most Holy Sacrament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Pope Benedict XVI, <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20101117.pdf">November 17 2010 General Audience</a></cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Juliana kept this revelation as a joyful secret for 20 years, eventually sharing it with two other women religious and a priest after becoming a prioress. A later Archdeacon in Lièges, <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20101117.pdf">Jacques Pantaléon of Troyes</a>, “was won over to the good cause of the Feast of Corpus Christi during his ministry.” Jacques would later be known as Pope Urban IV.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">With the institution of the Solemnity of Corpus Christ in 1264, Pope Urban IV commissioned church doctor St. Thomas Aquinas to compose the texts for the Liturgical Office of Corpus Christi. The texts include the Sacris Solemnis, Panis Angelicus, Adoro Te Devote, Pange Lingua, and O Salutaris. Reflecting on the text, Pope Benedict XVI <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20101117.pdf">said</a>,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>“They are masterpieces, still in use in the Church today, in which theology and 3 poetry are fuse. These texts pluck at the heartstrings in an expression of praise and gratitude to the Most Holy Sacrament, while the mind, penetrating the mystery with wonder, recognizes in the Eucharist the Living and Real Presence of Jesus, of his Sacrifice of love that reconciles us with the Father, and gives us salvation.”&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On Hallow, pray with these same texts by St. Thomas Aquinas reimagined, arranged, and recorded exclusively by Matt Maher for Hallow. Blending the original Latin lyrics with English translations, this contemporary album, Adoration, Vol. 1, is truly so beautiful for prayer and worship.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/ph588HncgAb">Celebrate Corpus Christ with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="corpus-christi-meaning">Meaning of Corpus Christi</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">At the heart of this solemnity is the celebration of Christ’s constant presence here on earth, fully alive in the Eucharist. On Corpus Christ in 2022, Pope Francis <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2022/documents/20220619-angelus.html">reflected</a> on the discreet yet powerful nature of the Eucharist accounted in the Gospels:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>The miracle of the loaves and fish does not happen in a spectacular way, but almost discreetly, like the wedding at Cana — the bread increases as it passes from hand to hand. </em><strong><em>And as the crowd eats, they realize that Jesus is taking care of everything</em></strong><em>. This is the Lord present in the Eucharist. He calls us to be citizens of Heaven, but at the same time, he takes into account the journey we have to face here on earth. If I have hardly any bread in my sack, he knows and takes care of it himself.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Pope Francis</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This is the true meaning of the Eucharist – that He is here, with us. As St. Thérèse of Lisieux once wrote in a letter to a friend, <em>"Oh, my darling, think, then, that Jesus is there in the Tabernacle expressly for you, for you alone."</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong><em>Learn More: Hallow’s Guide to </em></strong><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/eucharist-holy-communion-adoration-prayer/"><strong><em>The Eucharist: Adoration and Holy Communion Prayers</em></strong></a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="corpus-christi-prayers">Corpus Christi Prayers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="lectio-divina">Lectio Divina: Gospel Reading - June 2, 2025</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,<br>when they sacrificed the Passover lamb,<br>Jesus’ disciples said to him,<br>"Where do you want us to go<br>and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"<br>He sent two of his disciples and said to them,<br>"Go into the city and a man will meet you,<br>carrying a jar of water.<br>Follow him.<br>Wherever he enters, say to the master of the house,<br>'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room<br>where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'<br>Then he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready.<br>Make the preparations for us there."<br>The disciples then went off, entered the city,<br>and found it just as he had told them;<br>and they prepared the Passover.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">While they were eating,<br>he took bread, said the blessing,<br>broke it, gave it to them, and said,<br>"Take it; this is my body."<br>Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them,<br>and they all drank from it.<br>He said to them,<br>"This is my blood of the covenant,<br>which will be shed for many.<br>Amen, I say to you,<br>I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine<br>until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."<br>Then, after singing a hymn,<br>they went out to the Mount of Olives.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Is there a particular phrase, word, or image that stands out to you in this reading? What does it mean for us that Jesus is the “Living Bread”?&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="i-am-here-meditations">Meditate: I Am Here Meditations&nbsp;</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow and the Archdiocese of Detroit partnered to launch the <a href="https://www.iamhere.org/">I Am Here</a> campaign to support the <a href="https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/">National Eucharistic Revival</a> in the U.S. Catholic Church in 2022. Find the beautiful and affirming “I Am” meditations for Eucharistic Adoration on Hallow, featuring prayers for seeking God amidst loneliness, heartache, anger, tiredness, and prayers leading you to peace, patience, and trust in Jesus. The I Am meditations are led by Julianne Stanz and Bishop Andrew Cozzens. The following is a beautiful meditation on the first I Am meditation, “I Am God:”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Be Still and Know. Stillness of heart and mind prepares us for conversations with God. When we are present and still, the Sacred Scriptures tell us that we will have knowledge or wisdom of God. Often we are so busy in our conversations preparing to respond that we forget to be still and be present to what is spoken and what is unspoken. Many people today do not feel truly listened to. When we are listened to, we are not understood. We feel that nobody really knows who we are or nobody cares enough to listen to us. But God knows you more than anyone else. He is listening. He is here.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Meditation 1: Begin Here, with Julianne Stanz</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/ph588HncgAb">"I Am" Meditations on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"className":""} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="traditional-eucharistic-prayers">Traditional Eucharistic Prayers</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4,"className":""} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-anima-christi-nbsp">Anima Christi&nbsp;</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">To call on Jesus and ask Him to draw near.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Soul of Christ, sanctify me.</em><em><br></em><em>Body of Christ, save me.</em><em><br></em><em>Blood of Christ, inebriate me.</em><em><br></em><em>Water from the side of Christ, wash me.</em><em><br></em><em>Passion of Christ, strengthen me.</em><em><br></em><em>O good Jesus, hear me.</em><em><br></em><em>Within your wounds conceal me.</em><em><br></em><em>Do not permit me to be parted from you.</em><em><br></em><em>From the evil foe protect me.</em><em><br></em><em>At the hour of my death call me</em><em><br></em><em>And bid me come to you</em><em><br></em><em>That with your saints I may praise you</em><em><br></em><em>For ever and ever. Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4,"className":""} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-spiritual-communion">Spiritual Communion</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">A prayer for when you are unable to receive Communion.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and I unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4,"className":""} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pange-lingua-nbsp">Pange Lingua&nbsp;</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">A Eucharistic hymn and prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>“Sing, my tongue, the Savior’s glory,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>of His flesh the mystery sing;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>of the Blood, all price exceeding,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>shed by our immortal King,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>destined, for the world’s redemption,</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>from a noble womb to spring …”&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/ph588HncgAb">Eucharistic Prayers on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="FAQ">Corpus Christi - Overview</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>What is the Feast of Corpus Christi? </strong>Traditionally known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi celebrates the gift of the Eucharist. Harkening back to the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Wedding at Cana, and the Last Supper, this special day commemorates that with Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven, He is always present with us, fully alive in the Eucharist. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>When was Corpus Christ instituted?</strong> Pope Urban IV instituted Corpus Christi in 1264 and commissioned church doctor St. Thomas Aquinas to compose the hymns for the first Corpus Christi Mass, including the “Pange Lingua.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>What does “Corpus Christi” mean?</strong> The Latin “Corpus Christi” translates to “Body of Christ” in English. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>When is the Feast of Corpus Christi?</strong> Historically, the Feast of Corpus Christi has always been celebrated the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Is Corpus Christi a holy day of obligation?</strong> Though it is a solemnity, Corpus Christi is not a holy day of obligation. With the transfer of the celebration to the Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Catholics are already expected and encouraged to attend Mass that day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="related-reading">Related Reading</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-sacred-heart-novena/">Sacred Heart Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/holy-thursday/">Holy Thursday</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/feast-of-the-ascension-of-the-lord/">The Ascension of the Lord</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-surrender-novena/">Surrender Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-for-strength/">Prayers for Strength&nbsp;</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/prayers-to-the-holy-spirit/">Prayers to the Holy Spirit</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/ph588HncgAb">Pray this Corpus Christi with Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> [post_title] => Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ - Corpus Christi 2025 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => corpus-christi [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-09-20 19:49:09 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-09-20 19:49:09 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=35090 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 70672 [post_author] => 3 [post_date] => 2024-09-14 07:20:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-09-14 07:20:00 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Matthew 9:10-17</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Background</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Hallow was started because I had fallen away, but returned to my faith through the discovery of contemplative prayer. Christ reached out to me through the Church’s spirituality and He changed my heart and my life completely. That’s why we started Hallow - to try to help people, especially those who have fallen away, to pray and to encounter Christ.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">When we were first building Hallow, we built it just for ourselves. Contemplative and meditative prayer brought me back to the faith, and we wanted to create a tool to help us continue growing deeper in a relationship with God. But some of our friends and family soon started using the app and we had to figure out what we wanted Hallow to be. So, as with all serious decisions, we prayed about it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">My co-founder and I both ended up praying about the same passage: the Parable of the Ten Talents (Mt 25:14-30). And we realized something from that passage that we hadn’t really thought about before: how much risk the men must have had to take on in order to double their talents. How they must have made big, bold bets - bets that very well could have not worked out. And from that time in prayer we realized that was what God was asking us to do with this app - to take some big swings, to take risks, in order to try to reach out to those who have fallen away.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We realized Hallow isn’t something that’s necessary. It isn’t like a church or a doctor. I use the app every day, multiple times a day, but if it’s not around tomorrow, I’ll be fine. I’ll still be able to pray the Rosary, meditate with the Daily Readings, and go to Mass. You do not need an app to pray.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But what we do have is a unique opportunity to take some big swings and reach out to those hardest to reach, and through the grace of God, introduce them to His Love.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And so we landed on structuring Hallow as a startup (specifically a <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/why-we-made-hallow-a-public-benefit-corp/">Public Benefit Corporation</a>) - an organization that we knew was almost certain to fail, but that had a small chance of reaching out to those who were in their darkest moments and introducing them to the Love of Christ.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This is the ‘why’ behind everything we do. It’s why we work with celebrities. It’s why we take big swings on a superbowl ad or other TV commercials.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The vast majority of the content on the app is led by priests, religious sisters, bishops, theologians, and other great spiritual leaders, but we’ve found that partnering with celebrities can act as a really powerful invitation to folks who otherwise would never download a Christian app, and invite them into the beauty of the Church’s spirituality.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Philosophy</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It is important, of course, for us to think through, seriously, who and how we partner with various creators. We are still early in this journey, but over the past few years working on this, and after many different conversations with faith advisors and time in prayer, we have developed the following philosophy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We generally think about partners in three different categories:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>1. Spiritual leaders</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These are partners we trust to share their own personal reflections, meditations, and prayers with our community on the app without editing or scripts from our content team (Hallow’s full-time team with backgrounds in Catholic theology). We place an incredible amount of trust in these partners to be in-line with Church teaching. This group of partners is small, but includes folks like Fr. Mike Schmitz, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, Jeff Cavins, Bishop Barron, Mother Olga, Fr. Frankie Cicero, and others. We stand behind what these folks say, trust them to lead us in reflection and prayer, and allow them to guide conversations or interviews how they think best. We are honored and humbled to get to work with these partners. They are and will always be the core of the app.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>2. Content Partners</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These are the partners who act as voice actors reading scripts, musicians performing in bands, or individuals sharing their own personal testimonies on the app.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We think about this group of people similarly to how we would think about the cast for <em>The Passion of the Christ</em> or <em>The Chosen </em>(most of whom are not Catholic and many of whom are not Christian). We believe these powerful works stand on their own, point us towards the truth, and can be used for spiritual growth - despite the diversity of faith backgrounds involved in their creation. It takes great courage to talk about or portray the truth of the faith in our world today, especially in Hollywood, and we’re incredibly grateful to our many content and music partners who are willing to be a part of sharing Christ’s message.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We take great care to make sure all of the content on the app is in-line with Church teaching, but we do not stand behind each individual actor or musician's past public comments, actions, or personal beliefs. Any answer to any question about where Hallow stands on Church teaching can be found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We stand behind the Church’s teaching on all issues, including those that are unpopular in today’s culture and especially the preeminent issue of our time in our country – the right to life.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In thinking through this philosophy, we looked to the guidance usually given by the Bishops to Catholic universities when inviting speakers on campus (though unfortunately advice which nowadays is often disregarded by the universities): individuals can be invited to campus to speak, even if they publicly disagree with or act against Church teaching, as long as they are not given an honorary degree or some other award that implies an endorsement of their life’s work, and are not on campus to specifically promote the views that go against the Church’s teaching (excluding in the context of a debate). The current culture of ‘canceling’ or the idea that ‘platforming’ someone somehow requires an endorsement of everything they’ve publicly said is not something we understand to be Catholic teaching. If this were the case, that the Church requires each contributor to every piece of spiritual content consumed by Catholics to be fully in-line with Church teaching, publicly, in every way, we believe it would exclude Catholics from watching <em>The Passion</em>, <em>The Chosen,</em> many other great Christian media productions, and most religious music.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">All that being said, the way we think through who we partner with is based on whether or not the core of what the person does or is known for is against the Church and Her mission (e.g. we would not have the executive director of planned parenthood on the app, or someone whose career or public persona is centered around fighting against the Church). Other factors we consider in these decisions include what the content is, how prominent or central the partner is in the content, and how the content is marketed and promoted.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We also want Hallow to be a place where anyone can come, regardless of background or political affiliation, and find a home in Christ, so we try not to have partners on the app who are primarily known for political work (except for those fighting for a topic on which the Church also has an explicit political stance, e.g., pro-life activists).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Partnerships with this and the third group below, are the ones that we know will cause the most controversy. We accept this. We also know that we will not always make perfect decisions, and I am certain we will make mistakes, but it is part of the risk we take on with Hallow in trying to reach out to those who have most fallen away.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">A couple notes: partners in this category may offer their own personal testimonies or reflections on the app, but these are each reviewed in detail by our content team to ensure everything is in-line with Church teaching. This category will include both Catholics and Non-Catholic Christians.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Catholic Church has changed my life. I’m proudly Catholic. It’s the most important part of my life. I believe it is the One True Church. I believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Hallow’s goal will always be to create something authentically Catholic and 100% in-line with Church teaching. At the same time, since the beginning, we have wanted Hallow to be a place where anyone interested in Christian spirituality could come and develop a relationship with Jesus.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We believe prayer is one of the few things that might actually be able to bring us together. Instead of focusing on what divides us, we think we have an opportunity to come together with what unites us and grow together as brothers and sisters in Christ in our relationship with our Lord.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In thinking through this philosophy we studied closely the sin of <a href="https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/understanding-scandal">scandal</a>: any “attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil” CCC 2284 (though commonly misunderstood as anything that causes controversy). As such, in addition to making sure all of our content is fully in line with Church teaching, we also take it seriously to work to never “scandalize by omission” and to be clear and unequivocal about the Church’s teachings on the app, which is why, on the app, we offer:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Pro-Life prayer challenges, meditations, litany, and novena</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Catechism in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz from Ascension</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Meditations on Catholic Social Teaching to protect and pray for human dignity&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Courses on the Mass, spiritual warfare, imaginative prayer, feminine genius, Ignatian spirituality, “Catholic FAQs”</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Many Eucharistic prayers, meditations, novena, and Holy Hour meditations</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sunday Homilies from Cardinal Tagle, Bishop Barron, and Fr. Mike Schmitz</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Daily Reflections on the Daily Mass Readings with Jeff Cavins&nbsp;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>And many more explanations of Catholic teaching and doctrine</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We will continue to be public and explicit about our stance with the Church on all of Her teachings, even those that aren’t popular politically or socially.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>3. Advertising partners&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">These are partners who do not have content on the app, but whom we work with to share an invitation of prayer with their audiences through marketing or advertising.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This is one of the primary ways we reach out to those who have fallen away. Both for marketing and simply in order to build the app, we work with many <a href="https://www.catholic.com/qa/no-need-to-boycott-google?_gl=1*aspra2*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTk3MjY1MzcwLjE3MzA0OTA1Mjc.*_ga_C1P2JNZ1YB*MTczMDQ5MDUyNS4xLjAuMTczMDQ5MDUyNS4wLjAuMA">partners</a> and organizations whose actions are not fully in-line with Church teaching. We host the app’s database on Amazon Web Services. We run ads through Facebook, TikTok, and Google. Most users download the app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. We do our best to partner as much as we can with explicitly Catholic tools, but we also believe in working in and through the world to reach those who spend their time in these tools and platforms.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">We will advertise Hallow anywhere that allows us to share the message of Christ’s love, within reason (more on that below). We will run ads on Fox, on CNN, on ABC, on MSNBC, on Ben Shapiro’s podcast (a devout Jew), on Candace Cameron’s podcast, on the New York Times, on the Washington Post, etc.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Many folks and organizations who we advertise with will be considered controversial. By partnering with them to share Hallow with their listeners, we certainly do not endorse the opinions of any individual channel or show. The same approach applies to the shows that we, as founders and staff, appear on to talk about Hallow. I’ve appeared on Chris Cuomo, Tucker Carlson, Fox News, Newsnight. I will go anywhere to talk about what the Lord has done in my life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In thinking through how to apply the Church’s teaching on <a href="https://www.catholic.com/qa/material-cooperation-explained">material cooperation with evil</a>, we have developed the following philosophy around these partners: we will not give money to any organization whose explicit, core purpose is contrary to the Catholic Church’s mission in the world. This would include an organization like the church of satan, planned parenthood, or the kkk (is what I was referring to when I said “within reason” above).&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Outside of these extreme examples, if you are willing to share about Jesus with your listeners and platform, we want to help you do that. We believe that the only real way to change someone’s heart who very staunchly disagrees with Church teaching is to share with them the love of Christ, which is the only goal of the app (and, we believe, a strongly <a href="https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/explaining-ratzingers-proportionate-reasons">‘proportionate reason’</a>). We partner with these shows, even ones that we disagree with on critical issues, in the hope that their listeners and even the hosts of the shows themselves will discover a deeper relationship with the Lord and be transformed by His love.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I’ll also note a common objection we hear that we do not agree with, which is the stance that if someone converts to the faith, they must wait many years before sharing their faith publicly. If that were true, Hallow would not exist.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Most organizations are not willing to talk about Christ on their platforms. You may not see it, but most of the time when we approach organizations or individuals about partnering with us, their answer is no. It takes courage, strength, and, above all, an openness to Christ’s message to do that. We are deeply grateful to all of Hallow’s partners for helping make this mission possible.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I know there will be people who do not approve of some of these partnerships. There are many who will hate us for someone we partner with. That’s okay. I will stand with my fellow sinners, of which I am the foremost. There are other great apps, podcasts, books, and resources that can be phenomenal for those who don’t want to be a part of Hallow’s mission.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">During His time on Earth, Christ was criticized for associating with those who were the most hated in His time: tax collectors, outcasts, prostitutes, and sinners. And yet that is what He did. He did not ask them to answer a checklist of beliefs or renounce their sins publicly before He associated with them. Yes, He stood for Truth boldly and publicly and bravely, but that did not prevent Him from dining with sinners. He did so in order to transform them and us. And this is our goal as well - to transform all of us, including our partners and their audiences, with the fire of Christ’s love.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">There are many folks on the app who do not need a celebrity invitation to give prayer a try. There are many folks on the app who already take their faith seriously - priests, nuns, bishops, monks, those who go to daily Mass, many who already pray every day. If this is you, it’s an honor to get to pray with you. My faith has been the central part of my life for the last 6 years now and I use the app every day. We certainly want to serve those who take their faith seriously as best as we can. We all have room to grow deeper in prayer. We all have an opportunity to give more of our lives to Christ.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">But at the core of Hallow’s mission is not those who already take their faith seriously, but those who have fallen away - those who may have never heard the names Fr. Mike or Bishop Barron, those who might scroll right past a post from their local church, but just might stop scrolling for half a second to watch a post from someone they recognize from the movies. And this, this leaving of the 99 to go in search of the 1 lost sheep, this is what we at Hallow are all about.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>To Close</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I could share countless stories about the folks who have discovered God’s love through our advertising partnerships with celebrities, folks in media, and musicians, but there’s one I’ll share with you here that is particularly meaningful.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">A woman wrote to us a few months ago:&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“I just wanted to let you know. I don’t think I’d be standing here physically alive today if it wasn’t for the grace God gave me through your app”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">She was a young married mother of three little girls but had been, for the last several years, addicted to drugs and alcohol and involved in a long-standing affair.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><br>Her husband found out about the affair, left her, and took their kids.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">She told me she was broken into a million pieces. Everyone she loved had left her. She was alone, exposed for the whole world to see her shame. She often thought she was better off dead.<br><br>But then she saw some little Instagram post from Mark Wahlberg telling her to pray.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">“It was just too strange. This guy from the weird inappropriate Bear movies talking to me about the rosary. It was just too weird. So I downloaded the app and gave it a try.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And I realized something.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I was wrong.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I wasn’t alone.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Christ was there with me.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">And He picked me up off the floor, scooped up all of my broken pieces into His arms, and one by one put me back together again.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">She began praying with the app every day. She got sober. She broke off the affair. She prayed for her husband’s forgiveness. He had his own miraculous encounter with Christ in adoration and forgave her. Their family’s back together. They’re having another kid.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Glory to God alone. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This woman, and the countless other stories like hers we’ve received, is why we do what we do with Hallow.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Come, Holy Spirit. Please guide us. Come, Lord Jesus. Please lead us in Your Way.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">It’s an honor to get to work on this.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">I humbly ask for your prayers for us, our partners, and especially those we’re seeking to meet in one of the darkest or loneliest moments of their lives.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In Christ,&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Alex Jones<br>CEO and Co-Founder of Hallow</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> [post_title] => Our Partnership Philosophy [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => our-partnership-philosophy [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-12-16 21:50:22 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-12-16 21:50:22 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=70672 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 66612 [post_author] => 32 [post_date] => 2024-09-11 19:12:56 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-09-11 19:12:56 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Gertrude, also known as St. Gertrude the Great, was a 13th-century German nun of the Benedictine order who belonged to the famous Monastery of Helfsta.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Few details of Gertrude’s early life are known, but we know a tremendous amount about her adult life and her interior life through her writings.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In “<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EZJODwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA3&amp;source=gbs_toc_r&amp;cad=2#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false">The Herald of God’s Loving Kindness</a>,” we learn that Gertrude had either three or four brothers and sisters and pursued a religious vocation, to which she originally was indifferent after her parents chose that path for her.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">At 25, she began to experience visions of Jesus, which set her heart ablaze in a new way and led her to become one of the most well-known mystics in Church history.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">An introduction to “<a href="https://westminsterabbey.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/St.-Gertrude-Book.pdf">The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude</a>,” attributed to an anonymous member of the Convent of Poor Clares, describes Gertrude and her love of Christ in beautiful imagery.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>“A loving heart will always be a thankful heart; and so the continual incense of thanksgiving which ascended from the heart of Gertrude before the Eternal Throne, was but the fragrant aroma of the love which burned daily deeper and brighter within her.”</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/stgertrudenovena">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-st-gertrude-s-visions-nbsp">St. Gertrude’s Visions&nbsp;</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Gertrude’s visions of Jesus ultimately led to her popular prayer, as well as the St. Gertrude Chaplet (“St. Gertrude Rosary”), a faith practice that remains popular even today, nearly 800 years since her death.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">One of her visions, recounted in “The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude,” saw an encounter with Jesus that made clear the power of praying for others. It beautifully visualizes prayer and its connection to the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-sacred-heart-novena/">Sacred Heart of Jesus</a> (to which St. Gertrude was an early devotee):.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>But my God, wilt Thou not hear my prayer for my friends?" Then our Lord confirmed His words as with an oath, replying: "I will, by My Divine power." The Saint replied: "Hear, then, my petition for the person so often recommended to my prayers."</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>And immediately she beheld a stream, pure as crystal, flowing forth from the Heart of the Lord into the person for whom she prayed.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Gertrude’s visionary encounters with Christ led her to abandon forms of vanity and devote herself more fully to God and in a special way, the study of Scripture.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">She “devoted herself to writing and popularizing the truth of faith with clarity and simplicity, with grace and persuasion, serving the Church faithfully and lovingly so as to be helpful to and appreciated by theologians and devout people,” <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20101006.html">said Pope Benedict XVI</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">St. Gertrude developed a special fondness and devotion to praying for souls in purgatory, as detailed in “<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=G7KrZTUwOxUC">The Herald of Divine Love</a>”:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>As for her, she besought the Lord that all those in heaven and on earth and even in purgatory (for indeed, all would have benefited from the fruits of her works, had she not been negligent) might now have at least some share in those fruits with which she had just been enriched by his divine generosity. As she was praying, each single one of her good works (symbolized by the fruits of the tree) began to distill a beneficent liquid. Part of this liquid spread over the blessed, increasing their bliss; part of it spread out over purgatory, easing the pain of souls; another part of it spread over the earth, increasing the sweetness of grace for the just, and for sinners the bitterness of repentance.&nbsp;</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Pope Benedict XVI also tells us that “St Gertrude's life lives on as a lesson of Christian life, of an upright path, and shows us that the heart of a happy life, of a true life, is friendship with the Lord Jesus.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Much of that lesson comes in the form of her prayer and devotion to souls in purgatory.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/stgertrudenovena">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-st-gertrude-prayer">St. Gertrude Prayer</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">According to 1911 book “<a href="https://archive.org/stream/lovepeaceandjoya00prevuoft/lovepeaceandjoya00prevuoft_djvu.txt">Love, Peace, and Joy: A month of the Sacred Heart According to St. Gertrude</a>”, perhaps the simplest prayer associated with St. Gertrude is just three words: "Fiat voluntas tua", Latin for “May Thy will be done.”&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">In one of her visions, St. Gertrude received the following prayer, now commonly called the St. Gertrude prayer or the prayer of St. Gertrude, from Jesus:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Eternal Father, I offer thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus in union with all the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my own family. Amen.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">This prayer for souls in purgatory is prominent in the St. Gertrude Rosary. It also forms the basis for the St. Gertrude novena, where this prayer is repeated each day for nine days.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The St. Gertrude prayer for souls in purgatory is also the main component of the St. Gertrude Chaplet.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-to-pray-the-st-gertrude-chaplet">How to Pray the St. Gertrude Chaplet</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">A chaplet is a special personal, devotional prayer. It often uses <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-rosary/">rosary</a> beads or a single strand (or decade) of beads. Chaplets often involve repeating a particular prayer, as well as introductory and concluding prayers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The St. Gertrude Chaplet is sometimes called the “St. Gertrude Rosary” because it’s prayed using standard rosary beads.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Because chaplets are personal devotions, feel free to try your own version based on the St. Gertrude prayer. If you’re more comfortable following along a more established version, here’s how to pray a popular version of the St. Gertrude chaplet:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Make the sign of the cross. Beginning at the crucifix, recite the Apostles Creed</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:image {"id":39583,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Step-2-Holding-the-Crucifix-pray-the-Apostles-Creed-1024x769.png" alt="Rosary beads with a spotlight on the crufifix" class="wp-image-39583"/></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>At the first large bead, Pray the <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-our-father/">Our Father</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Over the next three small beads, Pray three <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-hail-mary/">Hail Marys</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>On the next large bead, pray a Glory Be</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:image {"id":39598,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":""} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://hallow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Step-5-On-the-next-bead-pray-a-Glory-Be-1024x769.png" alt="Rosary beads with a highlight on the second large bead" class="wp-image-39598"/></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>On the medallion or medal of the Rosary, pray the Our Father</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Next, on the first decade of the Rosary beads, pray the St. Gertrude prayer</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Eternal Father, I offer thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus in union with all the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my own family. Amen.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Repeat this nine times, and then pray two special prayers common in the St. Gertrude chaplet:</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em>Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, open the hearts and minds of sinners to the truth and light of God, the Father. </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote {"className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><em><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/immaculate-heart-of-mary/">Immaculate Heart of Mary</a>, pray for the conversion of sinners in the world.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Pray a Glory Be, then pray an Our Father on the large bead and repeat for the next four decades.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Repeat this for the next four decades</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Close with the sign of the cross.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">Though no official Church teaching suggests this, traditional belief holds that each time the St. Gertrude prayer is prayed, 1,000 souls are released from purgatory. Therefore, each time the St. Gertrude rosary is prayed, 50,000 souls enter heaven from purgatory.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/stgertrudenovena">Try Hallow for Free</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:heading {"className":""} --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-prayer-resources-from-hallow">More Prayer Resources from Hallow</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"className":""} --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/st-peregrine-novena/">How to Pray the St. Peregrine Novena</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet/">How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-st-michael-chaplet/">How to Pray the St. Michael Chaplet</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> [post_title] => St. Gertrude Prayer, Chaplet and Rosary: How to Pray [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => st-gertrude-prayer-chaplet-and-rosary-how-to-pray [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-09-11 19:13:03 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-09-11 19:13:03 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=66612 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 66271 [post_author] => 54 [post_date] => 2024-09-06 19:49:37 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-09-06 19:49:37 [post_content] => <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">The Golden Arrow Prayer is a simple yet effective prayer as a reparation for blasphemy. This prayer was revealed by Jesus to Sr. Mary of St. Peter in 1843.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {"textAlign":"center","className":""} --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote has-text-align-center"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class="">May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most mysterious and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in heaven, on earth and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the most Holy Sacrament of the altar.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --> <p class=""><strong>Related Prayers: </strong><a href="https://hallow.com/blog/holy-face-novena/">Holy Face of Jesus Novena</a>, <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/hail-holy-queen-prayer-salve-regina/">Hail Holy Queen Prayer</a>, and <a href="https://hallow.com/blog/how-to-pray-the-sacred-heart-novena/">Sacred Heart Novena</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"center"}} --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button {"backgroundColor":"hallow-purple"} --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-hallow-purple-background-color has-background wp-element-button" href="https://hallow.app.link/golden-arrow">Pray on Hallow</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> [post_title] => Golden Arrow Prayer [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => golden-arrow-prayer [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-11-15 19:59:52 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-11-15 19:59:52 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://hallow.com/?p=66271 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )