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The Crucifix, cross with the corpus (Body of Christ) is an ancient symbol used within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox churches, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel and, with burning soul, pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments
"Creator ineffabilis" (Latin for "O Creator Ineffable") is a Christian prayer composed by the 13th-century Doctor of the Church Thomas Aquinas.It is also called the "Prayer of the St. Thomas Aquinas Before Study" (Latin: Orátio S. Thomæ Aquinátis ante stúdium) because St. Thomas "would often recite this prayer before he began his studies, writing, or preaching."
Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Roman Catholic prayer book, first published in association with the Roman Catholic Congregation for Indulgences in 1807. [ 1 ] Various prayers listed in this article are due to saints, or have been used by saints (e.g. Augustine of Hippo , Ignatius of Loyola , Louis de Montfort , etc.) but they are ...
Station 4 appears out of order from scripture; Jesus's mother is present at the crucifixion but is only mentioned after Jesus is nailed to the cross and before he dies (between stations 11 and 12). The scriptures contain no accounts whatsoever of any woman wiping Jesus's face nor of Jesus falling as stated in Stations 3, 6, 7 and 9.
[57] [20] Before praying, Oriental Christians wash their hands, face and feet out of respect for God; shoes are removed in order to acknowledge that one is offering prayer before a holy God. [58] [20] [19] [59] In this Christian denomination, and in many others as well, it is customary for women to wear a Christian head-covering when praying ...
A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter, "Surely you too are one of them; even your speech gives you away." At that he began to curse and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately a cock crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: "Before the cock crows you will deny me three times."
Prayer to the shoulder wound of Jesus; Morning offering; Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart; Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; You are Christ; Saint John Vianney's prayer to Jesus; Prayer of St. John Gabriel Perboyre to Jesus; Saint Louis de Montfort's Prayer to Jesus; Prayer before a Crucifix
In the library of Avignon there is preserved a prayer book of Cardinal Pierre de Luxembourg (died 1387), which contains the prayer in practically the same form as that in which it appears today. It has also been found inscribed on one of the gates of the Alcázar of Seville , which dates back to the time of Pedro the Cruel (1350–1369).