Kenn Jervic SVD

8 years in religious life.❤️‍🔥
Are you called to the consecrated life? Be holy by living out your commitment with joy.
- Pope Francis

COME, HOLY SPIRIT (Veni, Sancte Spiritus)

Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away:
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sevenfold gift descend:
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them your salvation, Lord;
Give them joys that never end.
Amen. Alleluia.

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Prayer while Visiting the Most Blessed Sacrament:

My Lord Jesus Christ, for the love which You bear to men, You remain night and day in this Sacrament full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling, and welcoming all who come to visit You. I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar: I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank You for all the graces which You have bestowed upon me and in particular for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me your holy Mother Mary for my advocate, and for having called me to visit You in this chapel. I now salute Your most loving Heart:
and this for three ends:
1. In thanksgiving for this great gift;
2. To make amends to You for all the outrages which You receive in this Sacrament from all Your enemies;
3. I intend by this visit to adore You in all the places on earth in which You are the least revered and the most abandoned.

My Jesus, I love You with all my heart. I grieve for having so many times offended Your infinite goodness. I promise with Your grace never more to offend You in the future.

Now, miserable and unworthy though I be, I consecrate myself to You without reserve; I give You my entire will, my affections, my desires, and all that I possess. From now on dispose of me and of all that I have as You please. All that I ask of You and desire is Your holy love, final perseverance, and the perfect accomplishment of Your will. I recommend to You the souls in purgatory; but especially those who had the greatest devotion to the most Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor sinners.

My dear Saviour, I unite all my affections with the affections of Your most loving Heart; and I offer them, thus united, to Your eternal Father, and beseech Him in Your name to vouchsafe, for Your love, to accept them. Amen.

- by St. Alphonsus Liguori

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Forgive me my sins,
O Lord, forgive me
my sins;
the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my soul,
the sins of my body; my idle sins, my serious voluntary sins;
the sins
I know, the sins
I do not know;
the sins
I have concealed
for so long, and which are now hidden from my memory.

I am truly sorry for every sin, mortal and venial,
for all the sins of my childhood up to the present hour.

I know my sins have wounded Thy Tender Heart,
O My Savior, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through
the most bitter Passion of My Redeemer. Amen.

O My Jesus, forget and forgive what I have been.
Amen.

CHRISM MASS 2024
"Christ is alive and He loves you with an infinite love. He gave His life for you, so in His love for you He does not wait for you to be perfect. Look at His arms outstretched on the cross, and let yourself be saved over and over again."


Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia

"Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perseverance waiting for you,
and a hope of finally embracing you."
St. Thomas Aquinas

San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel
Batawang, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur
2018 vs 2024

"The Eucharist gives us the strength to produce the fruits of good works, and to live true Christian lives."

First Communion🙌❤️

"We must bring our wounds - those of our heart and soul - to Jesus. Let us put our miseries, fragilities, falsities, and fears at the feet of Christ. At Jesus' 'touch', the best parts of us are reborn: let us rediscover the joy of giving ourselves to others."
Thursday After

"God bore with man patiently when he fell because he foreshaw the victory that would be his through the Word. Weakness allowed strength its full play, and so revealed God's kindness and great power." From the treatise Against Heresies, St.Irenaeus, Bishop

Pray the Chaplet of St. Michael for spiritual protection: ⚔️

O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, etc.

[Say one Our Father and three Hail Marys after each of the following nine salutations in honor of the nine Choirs of Angels]

1. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity.
Amen.

2. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim may the Lord grant us the grace to leave the ways of sin and run in the paths of Christian perfection.
Amen.

3. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Thrones may the Lord infuse into our hearts a true and sincere spirit of humility.
Amen.

4. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Dominations may the Lord give us grace to govern our senses and overcome any unruly passions.
Amen.

5. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Virtues may the Lord preserve us from evil and falling into temptation.
Amen.

6. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Powers may the Lord protect our souls against the snares and temptations of the devil.
Amen.

7. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Principalities may God fill our souls with a true spirit of obedience.
Amen.

8. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Archangels may the Lord give us perseverance in faith and in all good works in order that we may attain the glory of Heaven.
Amen.

9. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Angels may the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal life and conducted in the life to come to Heaven.
Amen.

Say one Our Father in honor of each of the following leading Angels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael and our Guardian Angel.

Concluding prayers:

O glorious prince St. Michael, chief and commander of the heavenly hosts, guardian of souls, vanquisher of rebel spirits, servant in the house of the Divine King and our admirable conductor, you who shine with excellence and superhuman virtue deliver us from all evil, who turn to you with confidence and enable us by your gracious protection to serve God more and more faithfully every day.

Pray for us, O glorious St. Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus Christ, that we may be made worthy of His promises.

Almighty and Everlasting God, Who, by a prodigy of goodness and a merciful desire for the salvation of all men, has appointed the most glorious Archangel St. Michael Prince of Your Church, make us worthy, we ask You, to be delivered from all our enemies, that none of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be conducted by him into Your Presence. This we ask through the merits of Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Amen.

Source: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/chaplet-of-st-michael-the-archangel-386

"Overwhelmed by a ton of words, we let the slip by us. We hear it, but we fail to listen to it. We listen to it, but we don’t keep it. We keep it, but we fail to let it provoke us to change. We need to stop being “deaf” to God's Word!
Pope Francis


Photo Credit: Beata Memoriam

May we learn to live every day, every moment, every action with our inner gaze turned to Jesus, in all our joys and sorrows, satisfactions and problems. Let us live everything in the presence and with the grace of Jesus, the Lord, in gratitude and hope. Pope Francis
01January 24

"May the Lord bless you and keep you; May the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; May the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."- Numbers. 6:24-26

Let us celebrate the motherhood of the Virgin Mary; let us worship her Son, Christ the Lord.
Happy, Healthy and Holy 2024!

Silent and Solemn Vigil Mass 123123

"Let us go forward with the Lord for the good of the Church and the world."
Benedict XVI

"We need to listen to the message of the God who comes to us; we need to discern the signs of his presence and to accept his Word by walking in his footsteps. Listen, discern, journey: these three verbs can describe our faith journey."
-Pope Francis
Misa Vigilia 24 December 23
Naragsak a Pascua kadakayo amin🎄✨❣️

"The message of Bethlehem is indeed “good news of great joy”. What kind of joy? Not the passing happiness of this world, but the joy that consoles hearts, renews hope and bestows peace. It is the joy of the Holy Spirit: the joy born of being God’s beloved sons and daughters." -Pope Francis

"The Church is not a place for the perfect and the privileged. It is a community of disciples that bears witness to Jesus whom by grace they have come to know. We intercede for all, praying, loving and sacrificing ourselves for the world." -Pope Francis

"The greater and persistent your confidence in God, the more abundantly you will recieve all that you ask."

St. Albert the Great, Pray for us.

Jesus entered into our human history in order to tell us that the Most High cares for us, and to remind us that being on God’s side involves caring for someone, especially for those who are in greatest need.
Pope Francis Reflections

Each of us, through service, consistency, humility, witness of life – always by God’s grace – can be a lamp that shines and helps others find to the way on which to meet Jesus. (Jn 1:6-8, 19-28)Pope Francis' Reflection

Third Sunday of Advent
Pope Francis' Reflection

John the Baptist is an austere, detached man who renounces excess and seeks the essential. Detachment is not an end in itself, but is a means of attaining something greater, namely, friendship with God.

Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete in Domino Semper!
Rejoice in the Lord always!

The Gospel’s compassionate outlook leads us to serve those who are poor, excluded, outcast, discarded, frail, and defenceless – those most beloved of God, who made Himself poor for us (2 Cor 8:9). They are the Church’s true treasure. They are God’s “favourites”!

Pope Francis,13 Nov 2023

"C’EST LA CONFIANCE"
ON CONFIDENCE IN THE MERCIFUL LOVE OF GOD

“Mother full of grace,
I know that in Nazareth
You live in poverty, wanting nothing more.
No rapture, miracle or ecstasy
Embellish your life, O Queen of the Elect!…
The number of little ones on earth is truly great.
They can raise their eyes to you without trembling.
It’s by the ordinary way, incomparable Mother,
That you like to walk to guide them to heaven”.
- St. Therese of the Child Jesus

“Our entire perfection consists in being conformed, united and consecrated to Jesus Christ. Hence the most perfect of all devotions is undoubtedly that which conforms, unites and consecrates us most perfectly to Jesus Christ. Now, since Mary is of all creatures the one most conformed to Jesus Christ, it follows that among all devotions that which most consecrates and conforms a soul to our Lord is devotion to Mary, his Holy Mother, and that the more a soul is consecrated to her the more will it be consecrated to Jesus Christ” (§15)
St. John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae

"Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice." –St. John Paul II

"Love that is divine, merciful and overwhelming is the perennial newness of the Gospel. It invites us to show God, in the same manner as the Saints: not with words but with our lives." Pope Francis
St. Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of the Mission

Dear Saint Therese,
the Church needs to radiate the brightness,
the fragrance and the joy of the Gospel.
Send us your roses!
Help us to be, like yourself,
ever confident in God’s immense love for us,
so that we may imitate each day
your “little way” of holiness.
Amen.

Given in Rome, in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, on 15 October, the Memorial of Saint Teresa of Avila, in the year 2023, the eleventh of my Pontificate. +Francis



APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
C’EST LA CONFIANCE
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CONFIDENCE IN THE MERCIFUL LOVE OF GOD
FOR THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF
SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS AND THE HOLY FACE

15 October 2023

Today, we lift our hearts to You, Queen of Peace: intercede for us before Your Son, reconcile hearts filled with violence and vengeance, let your lasting peace reign over all the earth. Amen. 🇵🇸 ❤️‍🔥🇮🇱