A Message From Diadochus of Photike
Note: Diadochus of Photike does not mean ‘Sing happy music to make the blues go away.’ He means that in melancholy/discouragement, turn to the Pslams, which contain lamentations that look forward in hope. By joining one’s personal distresses in with the distresses of the Pslams, the hope of the Psalms will become one’s own personal joys. — PPP
A Prayer to Our Lady of Mercy
Madonna della Misericordia, Simone Martini, 1308
Prayer to Our Lady of Mercy
St. Augustine
Blessed Virgin Mary,
who can worthily repay you with praise
and thanks for having rescued a fallen world
by your generous consent!
Receive our gratitude,
and by your prayers obtain the pardon of our sins.
Take our prayers into the sanctuary of heaven
and enable them to make our peace with God.
Holy Mary, help the miserable,
strengthen the […]
