Veni, Creator Spiritus

I know it's tomorrow, but I'm busy that day.


Veni, Creator Spiritus,
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia
quae tu creasti pectora.

Qui diceris Paraclitus,
altissima donum Dei,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas,
et spiritalis unctio.

Tu, septiformis munere,
digitus paternae dexterae,
Tu rite promissum Patris,s
ermone ditans guttura.

Accende lumen sensibus:
infunde amorem cordibus:
infirma nostri corporis
virtute firmans perpeti.

Hostem repellas longius,
pacemque dones protinus:
ductore sic te praevio
vitemus omne noxium.

Per te sciamus da Patrem,
noscamus atque Filium;
Teque utrisque Spiritum
credamus omni tempore.

Deo Patri sit gloria,
et Filio, qui a mortuis
surrexit, ac Paraclito,
in saeculorum saecula. Amen.



Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

O comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.

Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God's hand we own;
Thou, promise of the Father, Thou
Who dost the tongue with power imbue.

Kindle our sense from above,
and make our hearts o'erflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh supply.

Far from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of life aside.

Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit blest.

Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen.

There's more prayers here.

Eight things about mememememememe........;-)

Thanks to A Catholic Mom In Hawaii for the tag!!! :-)

Cy did this meme too, so I'm not going to copy her answers.

“Here are the rules: Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.”

1. The saints have always been role models for me. (especially St. Therese!)I I always look up to them when I'm having a really hard time on something. (especially schoolwork and chores and other stuff like that)

2. I can play piano pieces that are from levels 3 to 5.(with lots of practice before I perform in public!)

3. I'm the shortest girl in the Therese's Roses group, but I'm not the youngest. :-P

4. I used to take ice skating lessons, tennis lessons, karate lessons, and gymnastics lessons when I was littler, but all that time I could play piano, so finally now I take piano lessons.

5. I used to have really, really, long hair but my mom cut it because I don't like to comb it so much because it would hurt and because it would really get hot where we live. Now my hair is a few inches past my shoulders, but I like it that way.

6. My hobbies are reading books, crocheting, knitting, making leis, embroidering, sewing, drawing, and playing the piano.

7. I really, really, like reading books or stories about saints, blesseds, venerables, the Blessed Virgin, Jesus, or peoples' experiences of the Holy Eucharist, vocation stories, stories about religious people, or anything religious at all. I like them so much, that all I read now is about them! Sometimes I even read the ones in the adult section in the library! They are so very inspiring! Now I don't really have much interest in fiction books like Star Wars, the stuff I used to read. I really don't know why, I just don't.

8. I want to study Latin in the next grade I'm going to take.

Well, if there was a number nine, I would say I have a really hard time tagging people!!! I like doing memes, it's just the tagging that's hard because I don't know that many blogs to tag.

OK, I tag....

Joey at Catholic Homeschooled Teens,

My mom, Easter, at Mostly Prayers and Writings of a Catholic Mom and Her Daughters (if you have time)

Sr. Anne at Nunblog (if you want to and if you haven't done this meme already)

Ummm....and.....

Whoever is

reading this

you MUST do this meme! (unless you've done this meme already)

Another book meme!!!

Tagged by Catholic Homeschooled Teens!!!

Three works of non-fiction everyone should read:

- Story of a Soul, by St. Therese (It's so beautiful!) :-)
- Mother Angelica, by Raymond Arroyo (I'm already halfway in the book and I think they should make a movie about her life!)
- The Diary of St. Faustina, Divine Mercy in My Soul (It's very inspiring)

Three works of fiction everyone should read:

- Lord of the Rings(all three of them) , by J.R.R. Tolkien (awesome books!)
- Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
- Redwall, by Brian Jacques

Three authors everyone should read:

- The saints who wrote books :-)
- C.S. Lewis
- Brain Jacques

Three books no one should read:

- I don't
- know
- any.....

I tag...

Anyone who is reading this, you must do this meme! (unless you've done it already)

Did you know?

...That the Blessed Virgin Mary has about 333 titles? Some of them are:

Cause of our joy,

Eve's Tears Redeeming,

Never Fading Wood,

Mediatrix and Conciliatrix,

Mediatrix of the Mediator,

My Soul's Saving,

Neck of the Mystical Body,

and More Gracious Than Grace,


All the same, she would still be Our loving Mother.

A book meme!!! :-)

Yippee!!! I was tagged by A Catholic Mom in Hawaii!

How many books do you own?
Gee, that's a hard question. All I can say is that I have A LOT.

Book(s) I am reading now: Well, if it doesn't count school books, (I sure hope it doesn't!)

1. Mother Angelica, by Raymond Arroyo
2. Saint Faustina's Diary Divine Mercy in My Soul
3. Story of a Soul, by St. Therese (of course)
4. Pope John Paul the Great, by Peggy Noonan
5. Saint Dominic and the Rosary, by Catherine Beebe

Books I've read recently:
1. Blessed Damien and the Bells, by Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan
2. The Tale of Rabbit Island, by Patrick Ching (it's a childrens' book) So that's the story behind it! I never could see a rabbit there. :-)

Five Books That Mean a Lot to Me:
1. Magnificat (a monthly issue book of prayers for every day. It's sold at the Pauline bookstore.)
2. Story of a Soul, by you know who :-)
3. Fifty-Seven Saints, by Eileen Heffernan, FSP
4. The Holy Bible
5. Saint books (any kind!)


I tag ,

Mom,

Catholic Homeschooled Teens,

And whoever is reading this!!!

The About Mememememe........uhh...

St. Therese, age 13. My patron saint.
Picture from here.

Thanks to Catholic Homeschool Teens for the tag!

1. Male or Female: Female

2. Married or Single (or religious): Single, I'm only a kid! Although I'd like to be a nun when I'm older. :-)

3. Dream vacation: Uhh....Let's see...Rome, Fatima, Lourdes, Italy......

4. Birthplace: California somewhere.....

5. Area I live in currently: In a tiny house, on a mountain, near a city, on an island, in the middle of the ocean, on the planet earth, in the galaxy called Milky Way.......:-)

6. Someone you wish you could meet: Ummm....I don't really know.

7. Biggest "pet-peeve": Bad manners I guess, or same thing as number 6.

8. Favorite Religious devotion: Sacred Heart, Divine Mercy, and the Rosary.

9. Favorite Saint (besides the Blessed Mother): St. Therese of the Child Jesus! (Is it too obvious? I've added her to my name. :-))

10. Favorite sport that you play: Uhhh....does playing the piano count?

11. Favorite food: Italian food!

12. Tridentine or Novus Ordo: Um, what's that?

13. Would you (or are you) home school or public school: Im currrentlee homskooled bye mi muthurr. :-)

14. How many kids do you have: 0, but I take care of my younger brothers, little sister, and two lovebirds.

15. Ever been in an auto accident: Once before, someone backed into us.

16. Ever seen a pope in person: Nope, I wish I did though. :-(

17. Languages that you know fluently: Hmmm......Let's see.....English, English, and English. :-)

18. Last movie you saw in theatres: Meet the Robinsons

19. Favorite Blog: That's easy! It's A Catholic Mom in Hawaii. She gives everyone something interesting to read everyday! I can't wait for the next post tomorrow, and many more days to come! :-)

20. Your thoughts on Barney, the Easter bunny, and Santa Claus: Barney- Yuck, don't remind me of that irritating song :P, Easter bunny- Where in the world did he come from? I think my Mom beats him. ;-) Santa Claus- Yippee!!! Christmas! At least there is a great story behind him.......I read a really nice story about him in a book from the Pauline bookstore.......I can't remember the title........



Arggghhhh.......Who to tag? That's the hardest question.



I tag:



Mom,



and....



Whoever likes to be tagged, you're it!!!



BTW, I'm making another meme and I need as many blogs to tag as I can get. Please post a comment if you want to be tagged, or tell me of another blog that's good to tag. I'll post the meme when I have enough blogs to tag.

Litany of the Blessed Virgin

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.

God the Holy Ghost,
Have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God,
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary,
pray for us.

Holy Mother of God,
pray for us.

Holy Virgin of virgins,
pray for us.

Mother of Christ,
pray for us.

Mother of divine grace,
pray for us.

Mother most pure,
pray for us.

Mother most chaste,
pray for us.

Mother inviolate,
pray for us.

Mother undefiled,
pray for us.

Mother most amiable,
pray for us.

Mother most admirable,
pray for us.

Mother of good counsel,
pray for us.

Mother of our Creator,
pray for us.

Mother of our Savior,
pray for us.

Virgin most prudent,
pray for us.

Virgin most venerable,
pray for us.

Virgin most renowned,
pray for us.

Virgin most powerful,
pray for us.

Virgin most merciful,
pray for us.

Virgin most faithful,
pray for us.

Mirror of justice,
pray for us.

Seat of wisdom,
pray for us.

Cause of our joy,
pray for us.

Spiritual vessel,
pray for us.

Vessel of honor,
pray for us.

Singular vessel of devotion,
pray for us.

Mystical rose,
pray for us.

Tower of David,
pray for us.

Tower of ivory,
pray for us.

House of gold,
pray for us.

Ark of the Covenant,
pray for us.

Gate of Heaven,
pray for us.

Morning star,
pray for us.

Health of the sick,
pray for us.

Refuge of sinners,
pray for us.

Comforter of the afflicted,
pray for us.

Help of Christians,
pray for us.

Queen of angels,
pray for us.

Queen of patriarchs,
pray for us.

Queen of prophets,
pray for us.

Queen of apostles,
pray for us.

Queen of martyrs,
pray for us.

Queen of confessors,
pray for us.

Queen of virgins,
pray for us.

Queen of all saints,
pray for us.

Queen conceived without Original Sin,
pray for us.

Queen assumed into Heaven,
pray for us.

Queen of the most holy Rosary,
pray for us.

Queen of peace,
pray for us.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, that we Thy Servants may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, be delivered from present sorrow and unjoy enternal happiness. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

From here.

Mother's Day Poem Prayer

Happy Mother's Day everyone!!! :-)

Dear Jesus, please bless each mother,
So that all may treat You as their Brother,
Bless all mothers and mothers to be,
Happy Mothers’ Day to our Mother Mary.

Thank You for mothers, for their great love,
Which are sent from You above,
Bless all mothers so that they serve and love You more,
And so that they may praise you evermore.

Thank You for Mary, who loves us so,
And who gave birth to You we know,
Help all mothers to be patient and kind,
So that Your great joy to them they may find.

Dear Jesus, please bless each mother,
So that all may treat You as their Brother,
Bless all mothers and mothers to be,
Happy Mothers’ Day to our Mother Mary.

Amen.

By Charity Therese

Mary Poem

Since the month of May is dedicated to Our Lady, I decided to post a Marian poem that I made today.

BTW, does anyone know when the crowning of Mary is? Or was?

Mary

Mary, the mother of God endured many things,
Joys, love, sorrows, and sufferings,
Her love for her Son and us is more than enough,
Oh Blessed Virgin, please pray for us!

When was chosen to be the mother of God,
Can you imagine what road she had to trod?

And when she gave birth to Jesus, God’s only Son,
Can you imagine her great elation?

When she was told of the suffering she was to endure,
Do you think she was worried or unsure?

And when she found her Son in the temple preaching,
Can you imagine her relief after searching?

When her Son turned wine from water,
Can you imagine the thankfulness that filled her?

And when she heard her Son’s teachings,
Can you imagine her joyous feelings?

When she saw Him performing miracles,
Don’t you think she was truly grateful?

And when He took the suffering that He did not deserve to take,
Can you imagine His mother’s terrible ache?

When He carried the cross with strength He could barely contain,
Can you imagine her unspeakable pain?

And when she saw the love on the cross He did perform,
Can you imagine how her heart was torn?

And when watched her Son die on the cross,
Can you imagine how she suffered that loss?

When she heard that her Son from the dead did rise,
Can you imagine her great surprise?

Can you?

Mary, the mother of God endured many things,
Joys, love, sorrows, and sufferings,
Her love for her Son and us is more than enough,
Oh Blessed Virgin, please pray for us!

by Charity Therese

Favorite song/music meme

Hehehe, it's a meme I made up. :-)


1. Five favorite songs: The Prayer, Say the Name, Come to the Table, You Were There, Listen to Our Hearts....I have much more but it's hard to think about them now.....
2. Three favorite music artists: Point of Grace, Daughters of St. Paul, and Hearts on Fire
3. Three favorite composers: Robert D. Vandall, Robert Mondoy, Mozart
4. Favorite song when you were a little kid: Do I still count as a little kid?:-) Hehehe, anyway it's You are Sunshine
5. Favorite song you wish you could sing: For the Beauty of the Earth, I can't sing it because I'm not a very good singer to sing a nice song like that, plus I can't reach the high notes very well
6. Favorite type of music: Christian music
7. Least favorite song: I don't really have one, but I did this question because I figured that some people would have their answer
8. Least favorite type of music: Same thing as number 7.
9. Favorite music instrument: The piano!
10. Music instrument you wish you could play: The violin, it sounds so nice :-)


I tag:
Cy,
Pueo, (although you've already done it, I'm just putting your name here but you can do it again if you like)
Mrs. Esther,
and Sr. Anne.

Aren't memes fun?
:-)