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PRAYERS
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PLEASE PRAY THE ROSARY AND WEAR THE BROWN SCAPULAR DAILY
PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH OVER 1900 YEARS OLD
St. Joseph whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Diving Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here below your Heavenly power I may offer my
Thanksgiving and Homage to the most Loving of Fathers. O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near
your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the Kiss when Idraw my dying
breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen.
Novena Prayers to St. Jude Thaddeus
+Recite the Most Holy Rosary.
+O Glorious Apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus, true relative of Jesus and Mary, I salute thee through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! Through this Heart, I praise and thank God for the graces He has bestowed upon thee. Humbly prostrate before thee, I implore thee through this Heart, to look down upon me with compassion. Oh, despise not my poor prayers; let not my trust be confounded! To thee God has granted the privilege of aiding mankind in the most desperate cases. Oh, come to my aid, that I may praise the mercies of God! All my life I will be grateful to thee and will be thy faithful client until I can thank thee in Heaven. Amen.
+Blessed Apostle with confidence we invoke thee! (Repeat)
+St. Jude, Help of the Hopeless, aid me in my distress! (Repeat)
+Pray for us, that before death we may expiate all our sins by sincere repentance and the worthy reception of the holy sacraments! Pray for us, that we may appease the Divine Justice and obtain a favorable judgment! Pray for us, that we may be admitted into the company of the blessed to rejoice in the presence of our God forever!
+Most holy apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor who delivered thy beloved Master into the hands of His enemies has caused thee to be forgotten by many, but the Church honors and invokes thee universally as the patron of hopeless cases and of things despaired of. Pray for me who am so miserable; make use, I implore thee, of that particular privilege accorded to thee to bring visible and speedy help where help is most despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolations and succor of heaven in all my necessities, tribulation and sufferings, particularly (here make your request) abd that I may bless God with thee and all the elect forever.
+I promise thee, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor thee as my special and powerful patron and to do all in my power to encourage devotion to thee. Amen.
+Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc., three times
+St. Jude Thaddeus, pray for us.
+And for all who invoke thy aid.
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LIFE & TIMES
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BOMBING OF CHINESE EMBASSY -- "DRAMA WITHIN DRAMA"
Vatican Spokesman Says U.S. Media Has Silenced Pope
BUCHAREST, MAY 9 (ZENIT).- From Bucharest, John Paul II has followed
the dramatic events which have increased the tension in Yugoslavia. Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said that the NATO bombs which struck
the Chinese embassy in Belgrade "are a drama within a drama."
"It confirms warnings that the path of military mechanisms leads
nowhere. Moreover, what is the meaning of the logic which pursues total
victory? Destruction of the country?"
In an editorial published on May 8 in the 'New York Times,'Navarro-Valls said the Vatican "is not neutral, it does not support one side, nor is it anti-American." What it seeks is to exert pressure to substitute arms
with dialogue. The Holy See is convinced that "sooner or later the Serbs, the people of Kosovo and NATO will meet around the negotiating table." So, Navarro-Valls asks, "why not meet sooner, rather than later, before destruction and
death increase hatred and destroy reciprocal confidence?"
The Vatican's peace initiative "to which the U.S. media have given
very little coverage," has as its objective to put an end to sufferings,
massacres, and destruction, as well as to encourage the beginning of a
new negotiation which will guarantee a just solution" to the conflict,
Navarro-Valls said.
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