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St. Joseph Catholic Church, Middletown, CA

Catholic church serving the communities of South Lake County (Middletown, Cobb and Hidden Valley Lak

St. Joseph Catholic Church, Middletown, CA

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Have a very Blessed day as we celebrate the Feast of St Bernadette. May she watch over you all and continue to intercede for us according to God’s will. May she continue to teach us in her holy simplicity, to welcome, honour and cherish the Blessed Virgin Mary in our lives.PrayerDear Lord Jesus, I have specific requests that may only partially fill the infinite needs and desires that are in my heart. I ask that You answer me not only for those requests but also for a greater reliance on You to satisfy the needs and desires that You have given me. Please grant the prayers of all those who prayed this novena with me. Bless them with Your love and make them holy!May I seek You with a sincere heart knowing that it will profit me nothing if I gain the whole world yet lose my soul. So, help me to see Your good and gracious purpose in all my trials. Help me to see Your blessings in every day and help me to love You more. Thank You for everything, Lord Jesus! Amen.Feast Day PrayerPrayer of Saint Bernadette“Let the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart.O Jesus! Release all my affections and draw them upwards. Let my crucified heart sink forever into Thine and bury itself in the mysterious wound made by the entry of the lance.”Prayer to St. BernadetteO Saint Bernadette, who, as a meek and pure child, did eighteen times at Lourdes contemplate the beauty of the Immaculate Mother of God and received her messages, and who afterwards wished to hide yourself from the world in the convent of Nevers, and to offer thyself there as a victim for the conversion of sinners, obtain for us the grace of purity, simplicity and mortification that we also may attain to the vision of God and of Mary in Heaven. O Mary conceived without sinPray for us who have recourse to you.Saint BernadettePray for us.Our Lady of LourdesPray for us.Amen … See MoreSee Less

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DIVINE MERCY FOR THE WORLD By St. Maria Faustina Kowalska O GREATLY MERCIFUL GOD, Infinite Goodness, today all mankind calls out from the abyss of its misery to Your mercy – to Your compassion, O God; and it is with its mighty voice of misery that it cries out. Gracious God, do not reject the prayer of this earth’s exiles! O Lord, Goodness beyond our understanding, Who are acquainted with our misery through and through, and know that by our own power we cannot ascend to You. We implore You, anticipate us with Your grace and keep on increasing Your mercy in us, that we may faithfully do Your holy will all through our life and at death’s hour. Let the omnipotence of Your mercy shield us from the darts of our salvation’s enemies, that we may with confidence, as Your children, await Your final coming – that day known to You alone. And we expect to obtain everything promised us by Jesus in spite of all our wretchedness. For Jesus is our hope: Through His merciful Heart, as through an open gate, we pass through to heaven. (Diary 1570)HOW TO OBTAIN A PLENARY INDULGENCE ON DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY• Receive Sacramental Confession (within eight days before or after the feast)• Receive Holy Communion (within eight days before or after the feast)• Pray for the intentions of the Pope: to the faithful who, on the Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday, in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Divine Mercy, or who, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!)For the sick or others who are unable to make it to church that day, a plenary indulgence may still be obtained. One must intend to make a confession, receive Holy Communion, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father as soon as possible, while praying one Our Father and the Nicene Creed before an image of Jesus. In addition, one also must pray “a devout invocation” to Christ such as…“MERCIFUL JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU!” … See MoreSee Less

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Have a very Blessed Day as we celebrate the Feast of the Divine Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. May our merciful Father continue to watch over you all and grant his mercy upon all those willing and ready to receive it.As we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, intensely reflect upon the abundance of this gift that God wishes to pour forth upon us. There is no limit to how much our GOD OF PERFECT MERCY loves us. We should always be aware of the fact that the floodgates of Heaven are opened to us to an unimaginable degree. The ABC’s of Mercy Ask for His mercy – God wants us to approach him in prayer, repenting of our sins and asking him to pour his mercy upon us and upon the whole world. Be merciful to others – God wants us to receive His mercy and extend mercy (love and forgiveness) to others just as he does to us. Complete trust in Jesus – God wants us to know that the graces of his mercy are dependent upon our trust in Him. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive."I DESIRE THAT THE FEAST OF MERCY BE A REFUGE AND SHELTER FOR ALL SOULS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR POOR SINNERS. ON THAT DAY THE VERY DEPTHS OF MY TENDER MERCY ARE OPEN. I POUR OUT A WHOLE OCEAN OF GRACES UPON THOSE SOULS WHO APPROACH THE FOUNT OF MY MERCY."Final Novena PrayerDear Lord Jesus, I have specific requests that may only partially fill the infinite needs and desires that are in my heart. I ask that You answer me not only for those requests but also for a greater reliance on You to satisfy the needs and desires that You have given me. Please grant the prayers of all those who prayed this novena with me. Bless them with Your love and make them holy!May I seek You with a sincere heart knowing that it will profit me nothing if I gain the whole world yet lose my soul. So, help me to see Your good and gracious purpose in all my trials. Help me to see Your blessings in every day and help me to love You more. Thank You for everything, Lord Jesus! Amen.Feast Day Prayer MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I turn to You in my need. You are worthy of my complete trust. You are faithful in all things. When my life is filled with confusion, give me clarity and faith. When I am tempted to despair, fill my soul with hope.MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I trust in You in all things.MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I trust in Your perfect plan for my life.MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I trust in You when I cannot comprehend Your divine Will.MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I trust in You when all feels lost.JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU MORE THAN I TRUST MYSELF.MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, You are all-knowing. Nothing is beyond Your sight. You are all-loving. Nothing in my life is beyond Your concern. You are all-powerful. Nothing is beyond Your grace.MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I trust in You,MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I trust in You,MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, I trust in You.MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, may I trust in You always and in all things. May I daily surrender to YOUR DIVINE MERCY. MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY, PRAY FOR US AS WE TURN TO YOU IN OUR NEED. AMEN.Prayer of Entrustment of the World to Divine Mercy God, merciful Father, in Your Son, Jesus Christ, You have revealed Your love and poured it out upon us in the Holy Spirit, the Comforter. We entrust to You today the destiny of the world and of every man and woman. Bend down to us sinners, heal our weakness, conquer all evil, and grant that all the peoples of the earth may experience Your mercy. In You, the Triune God, may they ever find the source of hope. Eternal Father, by the Passion and Resurrection of Your Son, have mercy on us and upon the world!"O my Lord, inflame my heart with love for You, that my spirit may not grow weary amidst the storms, the sufferings and the trials." ~St. Faustina JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU.Amen. … See MoreSee Less

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Day 9: Divine Mercy NovenaIntention: Today bring to Me SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: ‘Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.’ For them, the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy.Novena Prayers: Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy.Amen.RECITE THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLETwww.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/praythechaplet.php … See MoreSee Less

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