Saint Romuald

We pray together and offer our whole day to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, uniting our lives to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We then hear Saint Cyprian’s piercing reminder that our forgiveness of others shapes how we ask God to forgive us, and that peace is a true offering at the altar. 
• opening prayers and the Morning Offering for sins and intentions 
• Saint Cyprian on the Lord’s Prayer and forgiving debts 
• “the measure you give” and the warning of the unforgiving servant 
• reconciliation as a condition for worship and prayer 
• peace and unity as the greatest offering to God 
• Cain and Abel as a lesson on the spirit of the giver 
• unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace 
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Transcript

Opening Invocation And Praise

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Saint Romwald, Abbot, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. O

Morning Offering Through Mary

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my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular, for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen. From a

Saint Cyprian On Forgiveness

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treatise on the Lord's Prayer by Saint Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr. Christ clearly laid down an additional rule to bind us by a certain contractual condition. We ask that our debts be forgiven insofar as we forgive our own debtors. Thus we are made aware that we cannot obtain what we ask regarding our own trespasses unless we do the same for those who trespass against us. This is why he says elsewhere, the measure you give will be the measure you get. And the servant who, after his master forgives all his debt, refuses to forgive his fellow servant, is thrown into prison. Because he refused to be kind to his fellow servant, he lost the favor his master had given him. Along with his other precepts, Christ lays this down even more forcefully with a most vigorous condemnation. He says, When you stand up to pray, if you have anything against anyone, let it go, so that your heavenly Father may also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive you your trespasses. You will have no excuse on the day of judgment, for then you will be judged as you have judged, and you will suffer whatever you have done to others. God bids us to be peace loving, harmonious, and of one mind in his house. He wants us to live with the new life that he gave us at our second birth. As sons of God, we are to abide in peace. As we have one spirit, we should be one in mind and heart. Thus, God does not receive the sacrifice of one who lives in conflict, and he orders us to turn back from the altar and be first reconciled with our brother, that God too may be appeased by the prayers of one who is at peace.

Peace As The True Sacrifice

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The greatest offering we can make to God is our peace, harmony among fellow Christians, a people united with the unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. When Cain and Abel first offered their sacrifices, God considered not so much the gifts as the spirit of the giver. God was pleased with Abel's offering because he was pleased with his spirit. Thus, Abel, the just man, the peacemaker, in his blameless sacrifice, taught men that when they offer their gift at the altar, they should approach as he did, in the fear of God, simplicity of heart, ruled by justice and peaceful harmony. Since this was the character of Abel's offering, it was only right that he himself should afterward become a sacrifice. As martyrdom's first witness, and possessing the Lord's qualities of justice and peace, he foreshadowed the Lord's passion in the glory of his own death. Such then are the men who are crowned by the Lord and will be justified with him on the day of judgment. But Saint Paul and the sacred scriptures tell us that the quarrelsome man and the troublemaker who is never at peace with his brothers cannot escape the charge of internal dissension, even though he may die for Christ's name. For it is written, He who hates his brother is a murderer. Nor can he attain the kingdom of heaven. God cannot abide a murderer. He cannot be united with Christ, who has preferred to imitate Judas rather than Christ. I implore you to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you have been called. Be careful to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is but one hope given to you by your calling. May God grant you to live in harmony with one another, so that together you may glorify God with one voice. There is but one hope given to you by your calling. O

Closing Collect And Devotions

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God, strength of those who hope in you, graciously hear our pleas, and since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us always the help of your grace, that in following your commands we may please you by our resolve and our deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen. All that I have, and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Invitation To Grow With Cristeros

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If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications, now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theCristeros.org.