Our Lady of Prayer Catholic Academy
MISSION STATEMENT: Our mission is to lead boys and girls to a knowledge of God's truths and to guide them in living a holy life on their earthly journey toward Heaven. Our endeavor to achieve this purpose brings us ever closer to God, the Father Almighty, in our own journey. Thus, this education is an adventure for students and teachers! We believe in the Catholic Church, in its beauty, faith, holiness. power, and in its teachings. We follow and teach the TRADITIONAL ways of the Catholic Church. We pray that by attending daily Mass, restoring belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and in other core doctrines of the Catholic Church, and finding the Loving Hand of God the Father present in all the academics, that we may help to bring back commitment to family and society, to increase priestly and religious vocations, and create a deep love for the sense of the sacred in this and future generations of God's children. May our children know the love and glory of their Heavenly Father!
Each morning begins in prayer. We have
found that if we begin our day together, one in heart, united in prayer,
we tend to remain closer throughout the day that follows.
Morning Prayers:
Prayer to Guardian Angel
Angel of God,
my Guardian Dear,
to whom God's love commits me
here,
ever this day be at my side,
to light and guard,
to rule and guide. Amen.
Good morning God!
Child's Daily Devotion
My God,
I give to You this day,
all that I think, and do, and
say-
in union with all that You have
done
for me through Jesus Christ, Your
Son! Amen.
The Holy Rosary
Start by making the sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Then recite the Creed.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only
Son, our Lord.
He was conceived
by the Holy Spirit,
and born of the Virgin
Mary.
He suffered
under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
died and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third
day He rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right
hand of God the Father Almighty.
He will come again to judge the
living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the
body,
and life everlasting. Amen.
Then say the "Our Father"
OUR FATHER, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy Will be done,
On earth as
it is in Heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass
against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
3 "Hail Mary's" for the virtues
of Faith, Hope and Charity
HAIL MARY, Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now, and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
the "Glory Be"
GLORY BE to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
The Rosary is divided into three parts, each
having five mysteries.
While reciting each mystery, one says
1"Our Father", 10 "Hail Mary's" and 1 "Glory Be" (which makes up one decade):
THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
(Mondays, Thursdays.
Also during the season of Advent they are recited
on Sundays):
1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation
3. The Nativity
4. The Presentation
5. The
Finding of Jesus in the Temple
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
(Tuesdays, Fridays.
Also during the season of Lent they are recited on Sundays):
1. The Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
(Wednesday, Saturdays.
Also Sundays they are recited from Easter until
the season of Advent):
1. The Resurrection
2. The
Ascension
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
5. The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
While meditating on the Mysteries,
recite 1 "Our Father", 10 "Hail Mary's" and
one "Glory Be"
for each Mystery.
After each Mystery the "Fatima Prayer" is said:
O my Jesus, forgive us our
sins,
save us from the fire of hell,
lead all souls to heaven,
especially those who are in most
need of Thy mercy.
The "Hail Holy Queen" is said after the completion of the five mysteries:
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and our
hope.
To Thee do we cry,
poor banished children of
Eve.
To thee do we send up our sighs
mourning and weeping in this valley
of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
Thine eyes of mercy toward us,
and after this our exile
show us the blessed fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin
Mary.
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
For the intentions
of the Holy Father, one may recite at
this point 1 "Our Father", 1 "Hail Mary", and
1 "Glory Be".
In the Name of the Father, and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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
Forever and ever. Amen
the Prayer for Peace:
Lord, make me an instrument of
thy peace;
where
there is hatred, let me sow love;
where
there is injury, pardon;
where
there is doubt, faith;
where
there is despair, hope;
where
there is darkness, light;
and where
there is sadness, joy.
O Divine
Master,
grant
that I may not so much seek
to be
consoled as to console;
to be
understood as to understand;
to be
loved, as to love;
for it
is in giving that we receive,
it is
in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it
is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
-St. Francis of Assisi
At noon we pray
the "Angelus"
The Angel of the Lord declared
to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy
Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord:
Be it done unto me according to
Thy word.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
that we may be made worthy of
the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
Pour forth,
we beseech Thee, O Lord,
Thy grace into our hearts
That we, to whom the incarnation
of Christ, Your Son,
was made known by the message
of an angel,
may by His Passion and Cross
be brought to the glory of His
Resurrection,
through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
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Assisi,
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