Catholics in China

We pray that the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity.

Many and varied are the ways in which our saintly forefathers laid down how everyone, whatever his station or the kind of religious observance he has chosen, should live a life in allegiance to Jesus Christ - how, pure in heart and stout in conscience, he must be unswerving in the service of the Master. Carmelite Rule [2]

Let's pray

Merciful Father, look up on 

us, this family,

and help us to overcome our own ego, selfishness

and fix our eyes toward You only

and desire You only. Amen.

"Each one of you is to stay in his own cell or nearby, pondering the Lord's law day and night and keeping watch at his prayers unless attending to some other duty." ~ Carmelite Rule [10]

God, our Father

by the celebration of this Lent,

a Sacramental sign of our conversion,

grant us, your faithful people,

the nourishment of recognizing the mystery Christ,

that we may be a testimony of your love,

We ask this through Christ Our Lord.