Pope Clement VIII: “We have determined to establish publicly in this Mother City of Rome an uninterrupted course of prayer in such ways that in the different churches, on appointed days, there be observed the pious and salutary devotion of the Forty Hours, with such an arrangement of churches and times that, at every hour of the day and night, the whole year round the incense of prayer shall ascend without intermission before the face of the Lord”(Letter titled Graves et diuturnae, November 25, 1592).
Tag Archives: Blessed Sacrament
Blessed Sacrament Stolen from Texas Church
Catholics around the country are praying for the safe return of a tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament that was stolen from Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Horizon, Texas.
Suspected Devil Worshipers Steal Consecrated Hosts
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Parishioners at St. Rose of Lima parish in Carbondale, Pennsylvania are in shock after learning that someone broke into their church for the sole purpose of stealing a ciborium full of consecrated hosts.
