Each Day
In the name of + The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Spirit. Amen*. [indulgence]
Our Father (for the good intentions of the Pope).
Hail Mary (for the good intentions of the Pope).
[If recited in a church, also pray the Apostle’s Creed]*
“LEAD KINDLY LIGHT” (composed by St John Henry Newman):
Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene;
one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now,
Lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
So long Thy power hath blessed me, sure it still
Will lead me on.
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent,
till The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since and lost awhile!
Meantime, along the narrow rugged path,
Thyself hast trod,
Lead, Saviour, lead me home in childlike faith,
Home to my God.
To rest forever after earthly strife
In the calm light of everlasting life.
Day 1 – Divine Providence
Meditation
God has created all things for good; all things for their greatest good; everything for its own good.
What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one happy would make another unhappy.
God has determined, unless I interfere with His plan, that I should reach that which will be my greatest happiness.
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.
Prayer:
O, my God. I will put myself without reserve into Thy hands. Wealth or woe, joy or sorrow, friends or bereavement, honour or humiliation, good report or ill report, comfort or discomfort, Thy presence or the hiding of Thy countenance, all is good if it comes from Thee. Thou art wisdom and Thou art love – what can I desire more.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 2 – Rest of the Soul
Meditation
To possess Thee, O Lover of Souls, is happiness, and the only happiness of the immortal soul! To enjoy the sight of Thee is the only happiness of eternity. At present I may amuse and sustain myself with the vanities of sense and time, but they will not last forever.
Prayer:
Give me grace, O God my Father, to be utterly ashamed of my own reluctance! Rouse me from sloth and coldness, and make me desire Thee with my whole heart. Teach me to love meditation, sacred reading and prayer. Teach me to love that which must engage my mind for all eternity.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 3 – Creator and Father
Meditation
Everything short of Thee, O Lord, is changeable, but Thou endurest. Thou art ever one and the same. Ever the true God of man, and unchangeably so. Thou art the rarest, most precious, the sole good; and withal Thou art the most lasting. The creature changes, the Creator never. Then only the creature stops changing, when it rests on Thee.
Prayer:
Be Thou my own bright Light, to which I look for guidance and peace. Let me love Thee, O my Lord Jesus, with a pure affection and a fervent affection! Let me find and feel Thee to be my only joy, my only refuge, my only strength, my only comfort, my only hope, my only fear, my only love.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 4 – Sin
Meditation
This then, O my soul! is what the sinfulness of sin consists in. It is lifting up my hand against my infinite Benefactor, against my Almighty Creator, Preserver and Judge – against Him in whom all majesty and glory and beauty and reverence and sanctity centre; against the one and only God.
Why is this strange anomaly in the face of nature? Does God do things for naught? No, my soul, it is sin; it is thy sin; which has brought the Everlasting down upon earth to suffer. Hence I learn how great an evil sin is. The death of the Infinite is its sole measure.
Prayer:
My God, I dare not offend any earthly superior; I am afraid – for I know I shall get into trouble – yet I dare to offend Thee. I know, O Lord, that according to the greatness of the person offended against, the greater is the offence. Yet I do not fear to offend Thee, whom to offend is to offend the Infinite God.
Oh my Lord Jesus, whose love for me has been so great as to bring Thee down from heaven to save me, teach me, dear Lord, my sin – teach me its heinousness – teach me truly to repent of it – and pardon it in Thy great mercy.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 5 – Christ’s Passion
Meditation
Who could have fancied that Thy creation of the universe implied and involved in it Thy humiliation? O my great God, Thou has humblest Thyself, Thou hast stopped to take on our flesh and blood, and hast been lifted up upon the tree! I praise and glorify Thee tenfold the more, because Thou hast shown Thy power by means of Thy suffering, than hadst Thou carried on Thy work without it.
Prayer:
I wish to bear insult meekly, and to return good for evil. I wish to humble myself in all things, and to be silent when I am ill-used, and to be patient when sorrow or pain is prolonged, and all for the love of Thee, and Thy Cross, knowing that in this way I shall gain the promise of both this life and the next.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 6 – Christ’s Resurrection
Meditation
Thy Body hast part in Thy power, rather than Thou has part in its weakness. For this reason, my God, it was that Thou could not but rise again, if Thou was to die – because Thy body, once taken by Thee, never was or could be separated from Thee, even in the grave. It was Thy Body even then, it could see no corruption; it could not remain under the power of death.
Prayer:
I adore Thy Most Holy Body, O my dear Jesus, the instrument of our redemption.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 7 – Christ’s Ascension
Meditation
O memorable day! The Apostles feel it to be so, now that it is come, though they felt so differently before it came. When it was coming, they dreaded it. They could not think but it would be a great bereavement; but now, as we read, they returned to Jerusalem “with great joy”. O what a time of triumph! It was the triumph of redeemed man. It is the completion of his redemption. It was the last act, making the whole sure, for now man is actually in heaven. He has entered into possession of his inheritance. The sinful race has now one of its own children there, its own flesh and blood, in the person of the Eternal Son.
Prayer:
I choose Thee then for my One Portion, because Thou livest and diest not. I cast away all idols. I give myself to Thee. I pray Thee to teach me, guide me, enable me, and receive me to Thee.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 8 – the Holy Eucharist
Meditation
Such a sacrifice was not to be forgotten. It was not to be – it could not be – a mere event in the world’s history, which was to be done and over, and was to pass away except in its obscure, unrecognised effects. If that great deed was what we believe it to be, what we know it is, it must remain present, though past; it must be a standing fact for all times.
Prayer:
My Lord, I offer Thee myself in turn as a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Thou hast died for me, and I in turn make myself over to Thee. I am not my own. Thou hast bought me; I will by my own act and deed complete the purchase.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
Day 9 – The Holy Spirit
Meditation
I ADORE Thee, my Lord and my God, the Eternal Paraclete, co-equal with the Father and the Son. I adore Thee as the Life of all that live. Through Thee the whole material Universe hangs together and consists, remains in its place, and moves internally in the order and reciprocity of its several parts.
I ADORE Thee, O my Lord, the Third Person of the All-Blessed Trinity, that Thou has set up in this world of sin a great light upon a hill. Thou hast founded the Church, Thou has established and maintained it.
Prayer:
Stay with me, and then I shall begin to shine as Thou shinest: so as to shine to be a light for others. The light, O Jesus, will be all from Thee. None of it will be mine. Make me preach Thee without preaching – not by words, but by my example and by the catching force, the sympathetic influence, of what I do – by my visible resemblance to Thy saints, and the evident fulness of the love which my heart bears to Thee.
Daily Concluding Prayer
Let us pray,
Almighty Creator and Heavenly Father, in John Henry Newman, Your priest and cardinal, You have taught us an unwavering respect for objective truth and dogma, love for the Scriptures, reverence for Tradition, and the inseparable relation of conscience to moral truths. We humbly ask You through this intercession to bestow upon us the gifts of Your Holy Spirit that we may grow in Your knowledge and love, and serve You in our neighbours. We also ask that you grant us the favour of discernment, in particular…(mention request)…if it be in accord with Your most holy will. We pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Have mercy on us
Immaculate Heart of Mary – pray for us
St John Henry Newman – pray for us.
QUOTIDIE
In nomine + Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen*. [indulgentia]
Pater Noster (pro bonis intentionibus Papae).
Ave Maria (pro bonis intentionibus Papae).
[Si recitatur in ecclesia, recita etiam Credo Apostolorum]*
“DUCE, LUCE PIA” (composed by St John Henry Newman):
Duce, luce pia, in tenebris ambulante, Duc me, Domine!
Nox est obscura, et longe a domo sum, Duc me, Domine!
Pedes meos tene, non rogo ut distantiorem locum videam; unus gradus mihi sufficit.
Nunquam ita fui, neque oravi ut Tu me duceres; Amabam eligere et viam meam videre; sed nunc, Duc me, Domine! Amabam diem clarem et, malgrado timores, Superbia regnavit voluntate mea. Ne reminiscaris annos praeteritos!
Diu mea potentia me benedixit, certum est Ut me ducat. Super agros et paludes, super rupes et torrens, Donec nox praeterierit, Et cum mane illa vultus angelici rident Quos diu amavi et ad breve temporis intermissi!
Interim, per angustum et arduum iter, Tu ipse calcasti, Duce, Salvator, duc me ad domum cum pia fide, Domum ad Deum meum. Ad requiem post luctuosum certamen terrae In serena luce vitae aeternae.
Dies I – Providentia Divina
Meditatio
Deus omnia creavit in bonum; omnia ad summo bono; omnia pro suo bono.
Bonum unius non est bonum alterius; quod gaudium est unius, aliud tristitia faceret.
Deus statuit, nisi ego ejus consilium impediam, ut ad illud perveniam quod erit meum summum gaudium.
Deus creavit me ut faciam ei servitutem aliquam definitam; aliquod opus mihi commendavit quod alteri non commendavit.
Oratio:
O Deus mi. Me tibi omnino tradam. Divitias vel luctus, gaudium vel dolor, amicos vel orbationem, honorem vel ignominiam, famam bonam vel malam, solatium vel incommodum, praesentiam tuam vel absconditam faciem tuam, omnia bona sunt si a te proveniunt. Tu es sapientia et tu es amor – quid possum amplius desiderare.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Conditor et Pater caelestis, in Iohanne Henrico Newman sacerdote et cardinale tuo, docuisti nos iis quae veritas obiectiva et dogma sunt, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam ad Traditionem et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Tua deprecamur humiliter per haec suffragia ut dona Spiritus Sancti tui nobis impertias, ut crescamus in tua cognitione et dilectione, et te serviamus in proximis nostris. Etiam petimus ut nobis favorem discernendi tribuas, in specie… (mentionare petitionem)… si est voluntas sanctissima tua. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies II – Quies Animae
Meditatio
Te habere, O Amator Animarum, est beatitudo, et unica beatitudo animae immortalis! Te intueri est sola beatitudo aeternitatis. Nunc possum me ludere et sustentare vanitatibus sensus et temporis, sed non in aeternum durabunt.
Oratio
Da mihi, Deus Pater mi, gratiam, ut penitus erubescam a mea ipsius ignavia! Excita me a socordia et frigore, et fac ut te totis visceribus desiderem. Doce me amare meditationem, sacrum lectionem et orationem. Doce me amare id quod mens mea in aeternum occupabit.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies III – Creator et Pater
Meditatio
Omnia praeter Te, Domine, sunt mutabilia, sed Tu permanes. Tu semper unus et idem es. Semper verus Deus hominum, et immutabiliter ita. Tu es rarissimum, pretiosissimum, solus bonum; et tamen Tu es longaevasimum. Creatura mutatur, Creator numquam. Tunc solum creatura mutare desinit, cum in Te requiescit.
Oratio
Sis Tu lux mea clara, ad quam respicio ad directionem et pacem. Fac me amare Te, Domine Jesu meus, pura et fervida caritate! Fac me invenire et sentire Te solum gaudium meum, Te solum refugium meum, Te solum robur meum, Te solum solatium meum, Te solum spem meam, Te solum timorem meum, Te solum amorem meum.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies IV – Peccatum
Meditatio
Haec itaque, o anima mea, est in quo consistit peccati nefas. Est manus mea erigens contra Benefactorem infinitum, contra Creatorem meum omnipotentem, Conservatorem et Iudicem – contra Eum, in quo omnis maiestas et gloria et pulchritudo et reverentia et sanctitas confluent; contra unum et unicum Deum.
Cur haec anomalia mirabilis in facie naturae? Numquid Deus res inanis facit? Minime, anima mea, peccatum est; peccatum tuum; quod Aeternum in terras detulit pati. Hinc cognosco quam magnum malum sit peccatum. Mors Infiniti est eius unicum mensuram.
Oratio
Deus meus, non audeo offensam facere ulli superiori terreno; timeo – nam scio in angustias incidero – attamen audeo Te offendere. Scio, Domine, secundum magnitudinem personae offensae, tanto maius est delictum. At ego non timeo Te offendere, quem offendere est offendere Deum Infinitum.
O Domine Jesu meus, cuius amor in me tam magnus est ut ad salutem meam de caelo descendere te coegerit, doce me, Domine carissime, peccatum meum – doce mihi eius enormitatem – doce me vere paenitere illius – et ignosce illud in tua magna misericordia.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies V – Passio Christi
Meditatio
Quis potuit existimare quod creatio tua universi humiliationem tuam implicaret et contineret? O Deus meus magnus, humiliasti Teipsum, inclinasti Te, ut carnem nostram et sanguinem susciperes, et in ligno elevatus sis! Te laudo et glorifico decies amplius, quia ostendisti potentiam Tuam per patientiam Tuam, quam si opus Tuum absque ea exequerissem.
Oratio
Cupio iniuriam patienter ferre, et bonum pro malo retribuere. Cupio me humiliare in omnibus, et tacere cum iniuste tractatus sum, et pati cum dolor aut maeror protrahitur, et haec omnia propter amorem Tuus, et Crucem Tuam, sciens me sic polliciturum et in hac vita et in vita aeterna.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies VI – Resurrectio Christi
Meditatio
Corpus tuum habet partem in tua potentia, magis quam tu habes partem in eius infirmitate. Propterea, Deus meus, non potuisti nisi resurgere, si mori voluisses – quia corpus tuum, semel a te assumptum, nunquam a te separatum fuit vel potuit separari, etiam in sepulcro. Tunc etiam erat corpus tuum, quod nullam corruptionem videre potuit; non potuit manere sub potestate mortis.
Oratio
Adoro Tuum Sanctissimum Corpus, O mi Jesu carissime, instrumentum nostrae redemptionis.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies VII – Ascensio Christi
Meditatio
O dies memorabilis! Apostoli eam sic sentiunt, nunc quod advenit, quamvis aliter sensituri fuerint ante adventum eius. Cum appropinquaret, eam timuerunt. Non poterant non existimare eam magnam esse orbationem; sed nunc, ut legimus, “cum gaudio magno” in Hierusalem revertuntur. O quam gloriosum tempus! Triumphus hominis redempti est. Completo est eius redemptionis opus. Ultimum actum perfecit, ut totum certum fieret, nam nunc homo reapse in caelo est. In possessionem hereditatis suae ingressus est. Gens peccatrix unum ex suis filiis illic habet, ex sua carne et sanguine, in persona Filii Aeterni.
Oratio
Te ergo eligo meum Unicum Portionem, quia vivis et non moreris. Omnia idola proicio. Tibi me trado. Precor ut me doceas, dirigeas, roboras et in te recipias.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies VIII – Sanctissima Eucharistia
Meditatio
Tantum sacrificium non est oblitum. Non poterat esse – non potuit esse – solummodo res in historia mundi, quae fiebat et praeteribat et in effectibus suis obscuris et non agnitis manebat. Si magna illa factio est quod credimus, quod scimus esse, manere debet praesens, quamquam praeteritum; manere debet factum immobile omnium temporum causa.
Oratio
Domine mi, ego tibi meipsum oblatum offero in sacrificium gratiarum actionis. Pro me mortuus es, et ego mihi tibi tradam. Non sum meus proprius. Emisti me; ego proprio facto et actione redimam.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis.
Dies IX – Sanctus Spiritus
Meditatio
ADORO Te, Domine mi et Deus meus, Paracletus Aeternus, coaeternus cum Patre et Filio. Adoro Te ut Vitam omnium viventium. Per Te totum Universum materiae pendet et consistit, in suo loco manet, et internam ordinem ac reciprocam partium suarum nexum habet.
ADORO Te, O mi Domine, Tertium Personam Beatissimae Trinitatis, quod Tu in hoc mundo peccati magnam lucem super montem erexisti. Fundasti Ecclesiam, statuisti et conservasti eam.
Oratio
Mane mecum, et tunc incipiam splendere sicut Tu splendes: ut effulgeam, ut sim lux alteri. Lux, O Jesu, tota a Te erit. Nulla ex ea mea erit. Fac me praedicare Te sine praedicatione – non verbis, sed exemplo meo et vi, quam actibus meis, similitudine visibili sanctorum Tuorum et plenitudine manifesta amoris, quem cor meum in Te fert.
Oratio Conclusiva Quotidiana
Oremus,
Omnipotens Creator et Pater caelestis, per Ioannem Henricum Newman, sacerdotem et cardinalem, nobis docuisti inamovibilem reverentiam erga veritatem objective et dogma, amorem ad Scripturas, reverentiam erga Traditionem, et inseparabilem relationem conscientiae ad veritates morales. Humiliter te rogamus per hanc intercessionem ut nobis dona Sancti Spiritus conferas, ut in tua cognitione et amore crescamus, et in proximis nostris te serviamus. Etiam petimus ut nobis concedas donum discretionis, praesertim…(mention request)…si id est secundum sanctissimam voluntatem tuam. Oramus in nomine Christi. Amen.
Cor Iesu Sacratissimum – Miserere nobis.
Cor Immaculatum Mariae – Ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Henrice Newman – Ora pro nobis
* A partial indulgence under the normal conditions, can be received for this prayer
“Lead, Kindly Light” is a hymn written by John Henry Newman, also known as Cardinal Newman. It was originally a poem titled “The Pillar of the Cloud” and was later set to music.
The hymn is a prayer for guidance and assurance in times of darkness and uncertainty. It is often sung as a comforting and uplifting hymn in Christian prayer. The lyrics of the hymn express the longing for God’s guidance and the trust in His loving presence to lead us on the right path.
The rest of the prayers were taken from the writings of St John Henry Newman and composed Fr Juan Velez and Fr Ignatius Harrison of the Birmingham Oratory. They received an Imprimatur from + James Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska on 12th April 2019.
