Month of May 2011

Offer prayer

Divine Heart of Jesus,
I offer you by means
of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary, Mother
of the Church, in union
to the Eucharistic Sacrifice,
prayers and actions,
the joys and sufferings
of this day:
under repair
of sins,
for the salvation of all
men, in grace
of the Holy Spirit,
to the glory of the divine Father.

Pope's intention

The means
of communication respect the truth
and dignity
of each person

Missionary intention

The Church in China
persevere in faithfulness
to the Gospel
and grow in unity

Intention of the Bishops

The Holy Spirit
arouse in ours
community new vocations to priestly and consecrated life

Intention of the Pious Union

Prayer from prison

Crucified Lord, look at us.
We are people like you. Condemned. On the gallows and behind the bars of shame. Even awaiting execution, by poison, by rope around the neck, by firing squad or electric chair. This is enough for you: like You, nailed to the cross. Unlike you, we are more often guilty, even if there is no shortage of innocent people among us. Friend, if you knew the immense mystery of detention, where I am. If I saw and heard what I see within these dark walls. And I think bitterly of my loved ones. Who unjustly suffer because of me.
A convict in prison
“I know the devil that was inside me, I was linked to Evil. But since I met the Lord I have no longer committed an act of violence: in these 14 years of death row Jesus, with his forgiveness, has entered my heart! If you have to kill me, do it only for the brutality of my crime, because I have changed now... I love you, I hope that my death gives you peace, again I ask forgiveness from the families I have affected, now I go to meet Jesus, I am waiting for you all in Heaven, He has already prepared a place for me.”