The Universal Prayer of Thanksgiving After Mass

(Attributed to Pope Clement XI)

Lord, I believe in you: increase my faith.

I trust in you: strengthen my trust.

I love you: let me love you more and more.

I am sorry for my sins: deepen my sorrow.

I worship you as my first beginning,

I long for you as my last end,

I praise you as my constant helper,

and call on you as my loving protector.

Guide me by your wisdom,

correct me with your justice,

comfort me with your mercy,

protect me with your power.

I offer you, Lord, my thoughts: to be fixed on you;

my words: to have you for their theme;

my actions: to reflect my love for you;

my sufferings: to be endured for your greater glory.

I want to do what you ask of me:

in the way you ask,

for as long as you ask,

because you ask it.

Lord, enlighten my understanding,

strengthen my will,

purify my heart,

and make me holy.

Help me to repent of my past sins

and to resist temptation in the future.

Help me to rise above my human weaknesses

and to grow stronger as a Christian.

Let me love you, my Lord and my God,

and see myself as I really am:

a pilgrim in this world,

a Christian called to respect and love 

all whose lives I touch, 

those in authority over me 

or those under my authority, 

my friends and my enemies.

Help me to conquer anger with gentleness,

greed by generosity,

apathy by fervor.

Help me to forget myself 

and reach out toward others.

Make me prudent in planning,

courageous in taking risks.

Make  me patient in suffering,

Unassuming in prosperity,

Keep me,Lord, attentive at prayer,

Temperate in food and drink,

diligent in my work,

Let my conscience be clear,

my conduct without fault,

my speech blameless,

my life well-ordered.

Put me on guard against my human weaknesses.

Let me cherish your love for me,

keep your law,

and come at last to your salvation.

Teach me to realize that this world is passing,

that my true future is the happiness of heaven,

that life on earth is short,

and the life to come eternal.

Help me to prepare for death,

with a proper fear of judgment,

but a greater trust in your goodness.

Lead me safely through death

to the endless joy of heaven.

Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thanksgiving Prayer after Holy Communion:

The Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, sanctify me

Body of Christ, save me

Blood of Christ, inebriate me

Water from Christ’s side, wash me

Passion of Christ, strengthen me

O good Jesus, hear me

Within Thy wounds hide me

Suffer me not to be separated from Thee

From the malicious enemy defend me

In the hour of my death call me

And bid me come unto Thee

That I may praise Thee with Thy saints

and with Thy angels for all eternity.

Amen

 

 

 

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Homily #081127 ( 12min) Play – The Medal of the Immaculate Conception is known today as the Miraculous Medal, due to numerous miracles. Thanking God for the blessings bestowed on our country. Thanking our Lord for the gift of the One True Faith.
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Homily #081127s ( 08min) Play – From the 2nd Mass of the day. How easy it is to forget to to thank God for all the good things in our life, how easy to remember the bad things. MIRACULOUS MEDAL…
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Ave Maria!

[Update: Some of the links that were broken in this post have been fixed]

Hello friends! We wanted to take this Thanksgiving Day here in the US to thank everyone for your prayers, support and regular viewership of AirMaria. You are the AirMaria community, and we wanted to thank you for making AirMaria a success in spreading devotion to Our Lady.

Also today marks the 2nd anniversary of the first post on AirMaria back on Thanksgiving Day 2006 (a few months before the official start in March 2007, note the “FITVN” in the thumbnail below which was the first name we were intending to use before coming up with AirMaria.)

The video was Fr. Peter in the first of his series, the Golden Thread. It is an introduction to the theology of John Duns Scotus and interestingly talks about the 700th anniversary of his death that just took place at the beginning of this month. Also, the video file for this episode was lost for about a year and I just found a copy while doing the switch to the new server last week. Sooo …in the spirit of thanksgiving we present Fr. Peter’s Golden Thread, the lost episode. We plan on continuing his series with new episodes in the near future.

Speaking of servers, the switch to the new server (or should I say servers) has worked quite well. The speed at which the web pages and videos download has improved dramatically, making viewing on AirMaria much more enjoyable.

Well, the Summer is well over and and we have accomplished our main goal of the summer, uploading all our past videos to the 10 most prominent video share sites on the internet. We had about 500 videos and with ten different sites makes 5000 uploads all in about 3 months. This was accomplished with a team of lay people working with the friars. At the same time we developed a web based system for making the uploading more automatic and for coordinating the effort. So all future videos will be able to be uploaded more easily, enabling a larger volume in the times ahead.

We get at least 1000 views per video from the combined viewership of all these sites, so over 500,000 views have been generated from doing this mass uploading. It is a very fruitful volunteer community effort and now we have extended our viewing community to many different sites. So, welcome to our extended community, and thanks to our entire uploading team!

We have several videos from the summer and fall that have been well received.

Sandals & Fiddlebacks – Franciscan Traditional Latin Mass

FiNews #37 – FI Vocations Video (Short Version)

FiNews #36 – Friars and Friends: Street Hockey

FiNews #35 – Franciscans Conquer Mt Washington

Roving Reporter #34: Our Lady of Guadalupe at Lacrosse, Wisconsin

Roving Reporter #40: Knights of Lepanto Spring Encampment 2008

FiNews – The Organ at OLO Guadalupe Natl Shrine

Video – FiNews #41: All Hallows Eve at Griswold

Mark Miravalle has now produced over one hundred MaryCast videos for AirMaria and is still going strong. This series is a must view. I am continually struck by how informative and inspiring his videos are on Our Lady and her role in Redemption. These will continue to be classics on Marian theology for years and, God willing, ages to come.

Fr. Pablo Straub has made his first regular appearance on AirMaria with his Vote Pro-Life series which he has produced in English and Spanish. So this was also our first foray into Spanish posting.

Fra Joseph has restarted his series on apologetics after moving to our new friary in Lacrosse, WI. His current topic is the Holy Eucharist. He now has over 60 videos in his series.

Padre Pio Daily has started. And is the new series that replaces the St. Maximilian Daily after completing the full year intended.

Sometime next week we should surpass 2,000 posts on AirMaria! Also, our Google Ranking for our site has increased to 5 which is an indication of how many people are linking to us. This helps put AirMaria higher on the search pages and so attracts more viewers. We hope to get a six by this time next year.

New Front Page Design

We are working on a new front page design for AirMaria which should be ready by January 1st 2009. This will involve a switch to new software which should make AirMaria more user-friendly and enjoyable.

Hardware Upgrades

We also plan on moving more toward hard drives for storing and archiving video and even for filming (direct disk capture of video from camera). Hard drives have come down so far in price that it is actually cheaper to use these than to store it on tape. This combined with all the added advantages of instant access to the video, makes this the only logical avenue. In this vein we need to get more hard drives. We want to place 2 1TB hard drives in each one of our desktop editing computers and have a stand-alone network serversto store the video centrally. The cost of the hard drives, server and network upgrades will be $1200. The Cameras will be $1100 each.

All this progress and future planning has been made possible by your prayers, volunteering and donations. We greatly appreciate them. We intend to continue to improve our quality and production rates. To this end and to meet everyday expenses we will continue to need your generous support. May God reward you.

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Homily #100617 ( 06min) Play – Our Lord tells us how to pray in today’s Gospel by giving us the great Christian prayer, The Our Father.
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1: Sir 48:1-14
R: Ps 97:1-7
G: Mt 6:7-15

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Come, let us give thanks to the Lord, for His love is without end!

Psalm 111

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,  in the company of the upright, in the congregation.  Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who have pleasure in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever.

He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful. He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.  He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy, they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.

He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever.  Holy and terrible is his name!  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures forever!

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Homily #101125 ( 09min) Play – On this national Thanksgiving day in America Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the need to give thanks to God and that this is the best means of exercising our citizenship and prepares us for that everlasting citizenship in the kingdom of Heaven.
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Mass: St. Catherine of Alexandria – Optnl Memorial – Form: OF
Readings: Thursday in the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: rev 18:1-2, 21-23;19:1-3,9
Resp: psa 100:2, 3, 4, 5
Gsp: luk 21:20-28

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Homily #111124 ( 06min) Play – What makes a nation great?
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Mass: Ordinary Form – St. Andre Dung Lac and his companions – Memorial
Readings: Thursday 34th Week of Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Daniel 6:12-28
Responsorial: Daniel 3:68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74
Gospel: Luke 21:20-28

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Homily #120708 ( 09min) Play – Fr. Dominic uses the Gospel account of Jesus’ return to His hometown to point to the need to appreciate the simple things in life. Just because something is familiar to us and we take it for granted does not mean it is not a great gift and therefore should be appreciated.
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Mass: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: eze 2:2-5
Resp: psa 123:1-2, 2, 3-4
2nd: 2co 12:7-10
Gsp: mar 6:1-6

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Homily #121122 ( 10min) Play– Thanksgiving reminds us of turkeys, family gatherings, football, etc., but this is a religious day – giving thanks to God for all the blessings He has given us. The church in the USA has made a this a special day, with its own proper Mass. Thanksgiving is very important – we need to give thanks to God for everything we have. We need to have a spirit of thanksgiving. Thanksgiving and love go hand in hand. The more we thank God the more we love Him.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Ordinary Form – Thursday in the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
Readings:
1st Reading: Sirach 50:22-24
Responsorial Psalm: 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11
Gospel: Luke 17:11-19

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