Prayer Before a Crucifix: The Full Text, Its History and Eight Paintings
In a dark painting in the Prado, an old man with a palette in his hand kneels at the foot…
Regina Caeli Prayer: The Queen of Heaven in Latin, English and Seven Paintings
For fifty days every year, the Church stops saying the Angelus. From Easter Sunday to Pentecost, at morning, noon and…
St. Patrick’s Breastplate: The Full Prayer, the Hymn and Eight Paintings
On Easter morning, so the story goes, a king’s men lay in ambush on the road to Tara, waiting for…
Magnificat Prayer: The Song of Mary in English, Latin and Seven Paintings
In a round painting in the Uffizi, the Virgin Mary is writing. Two kneeling angels hold the book and the…
Guardian Angel Prayer: The Words, the Latin, and Seven Great Paintings
One night in Jerusalem, about the year 44, a servant girl named Rhoda heard knocking at the gate and recognised…
Hail Holy Queen Prayer: Full Text, Latin, Meaning and History
On the evening of October 11, 1492, the crews of Christopher Columbus’s three ships gathered on deck and sang the…
Divine Mercy Novena: 9 Days from Good Friday to Divine Mercy Sunday
The complete Divine Mercy Novena, prayed from Good Friday to the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday: the words of Jesus and the two prayers for each day, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and a free printable booklet with nine great paintings.
The Stations of the Cross: 14 Paintings, the Prayers and a Free PDF
Pray the 14 Stations of the Cross with the prayers of Saint Alphonsus Liguori and the fourteen paintings of Tiepolo’s Way of the Cross in Venice, with a free printable booklet for Lent and Good Friday.
Lenten Calendar: 40 Days of Lent in 40 Great Paintings
A free printable Lenten calendar: one great painting, one verse and one small thing to do for each day of Lent, following the Gospel of the day from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.
Epiphany House Blessing 2027: How to Chalk Your Door
Early in January, in many Catholic homes, someone climbs on a chair with a piece of chalk and writes a…