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A prayer before sex?
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deacon greg kandra
Um, yes. From CNS: A prayer for couples to recite “before making love” has been included in a new British book of prayers for married couples. The 64-page “Prayer Book for Spouses” contains prayers for every station of family and married life, including engagement, planning a family, raising children and caring for sick and dying…
Do you have a pet in your life that you love?
By
deacon greg kandra
Then this little blog is for you. Further proof — if any were needed — that there is a blog out there for everyone. I stumbled on it last night and was charmed to find this lovely prayer by Albert Schweitzer: Hear our humble prayer,O God,for our friends, the animals, especially for animals who are…
Hail, Holy Queen: heaven and earth resound the hymn!
By
deacon greg kandra
Since we are convinced, after long and serious reflection, that great good will accrue to the Church if this solidly established truth shines forth more clearly to all, like a luminous lamp raised aloft, by Our Apostolic authority We decree and establish the feast of Mary’s Queenship, which is to be celebrated every year in…
Contemplating…what?
By
deacon greg kandra
It’s summer and more of us are letting our minds wander. Over at The Anchoress, her mind is meandering through the hills of valleys of interior contemplation, and she stumbled upon this beautiful reflection, from a lady pursuing a religious vocation: I come to the door of the house, carrying my jar of ointment, still…
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