From the remembrances of St. Agnes: Christians were considered to be mad people, enslaved by their teachers and priests, officiating strange rites, eating blood and flesh in the literal and human sense, and not in the mystical sense. No one, however, who does not have faith, can comprehend what for a Christian are the Blood…
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NOVENA DAY TWO: To believe with your whole heart
From the remembrances of St. Agnes: When I found out that there is a God and that He offered us the proof of His love towards us in His Son, I wanted to devote all my life to Him, to the crucified Jesus, in whom I believed wholeheartedly. Christianity was not a popular religion at…
NOVENA DAY ONE: To live by faith from an early age
From the remembrances of St. Agnes: I was a child, it is true. I have always remained a child in the perception of God, because regardless of age, people depart from God when it seems to them that they are dependent upon themselves. I never succumbed to that illusion, and I deeply believed and placed…
Litany to Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison, Christe eleison, Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. God, the Son, the Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy…
The life of Saint Agnes
he was born in Rome from respectable and very wealthy parents. They raised her up so devoutly, that in the tenth year of life she made a vow of chastity and devoted her life to her heavenly Spouse. Her extraordinary beauty brought her to the attention of the sons of the most distinguished families of…
INTRODUCTION
e give into the hands of the Dear Reader our first novena in honor of St. Agnes. In the liturgy of the Church, the tradition of the novena is affiliated with the nine-month preparation by God of the Mother of God for the miracle of the birth of the Savior. In the usual form, it…
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