Catholic devotions are prayer forms which are not part of the official public liturgy of the Church but are part of the popular spiritual practices of Catholics. Many are officially sanctioned by the Church as profitable for spiritual growth but not necessary for salvation. Often devotions in the Church take the form of formalized prayers, sacred objects or sacred images that arise from private revelations, or personal religious experiences of individuals such as apparitions of Mary or of Christ. Catholic devotions also include the veneration of the saints.
The Church has a tradition of thorough investigation of such private revelations and the lives of candidates for sainthood to assure that no natural or scientific explanation can, at the time of investigation, account for any miracles involved. Often an approved devotion of the Church has a particular prayer form, an image and sometimes a message or prophecy. (Source: Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.)
Benediction
A Eucharistic devotion in the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite. In its traditional form, a priest, vested in surplice, stole, and cope, places on the altar or in the niche above it the consecrated Host in the ostensorium, or monstrance, and then incenses it. O Salutaris Hostia or similar hymn is usually sung at the beginning of exposition, followed by a period of meditation, praise, and adoration by priest and people.
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Holy Spirit
Even today, the Holy Spirit shapes us into being a people of worship, in which they experience God - God's works, God's words, God's presence, God's power. Most of all, we come amazed at how God has reached for us and loved us, repairing the breach with us by way of Jesus Christ. For those who take part in this, worship becomes a way of life, and life becomes a way of worship. This is a way of being close with our Father, a way of giving back what the Giver first gave us. (Source: SpritHome.com)
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Novena to Saint Jude
Sometimes we can't make it alone. Sometimes our problems seem bigger than the resources we have at our disposal. Before we can make real change happen in our lives, we need to be spiritually revitalized to face the challenges in front of us. And knowing about St. Jude and the power of his Novena is a powerful way to get started. (Source: St. Jude Novena Site)
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Perpetual Adoration
This hour Jesus wants you to spend with Him is spent any way you want. You may bring your own prayer books, use the books in the chapel, read the Bible, pray the rosary, or just sit and relax and enjoy the sweet peace that comes from simply being in the Presence of God. You may feel that you can't pray well. Don't let this discourage you. The mere fact that you take time out at a specific time each week to spend an hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament pleases Him very much and is in itself a prayer of great faith. Please remember that Perpetual Adoration is a parish is not just for a day, a week, a month, or a year. Rather, it is for always. It is not temporary, but ongoing, lasting, permanent. (Source: EWTN: Global Catholic Network)
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Sacred Heart
For all Catholic men and women, families and young people troubled by the many afflictions of modern life. Discover the greatest source of spiritual and temporal help, graces and blessings for those who truly love the Sacred Heart of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and practice His requested Devotion with the essential prayers and acts; including the "First Friday"and the "Nine Fridays" promises. (Source: The Devotion to the Sacred Heart)
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Chaplet of Divine Mercy
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing prayer. (Source: Catholiciity)
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Holy Hour for Vocations
The Holy Hour for Vocations is a model and is based on the ritual book Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass, which should be followed in all respects. A recently published resource of the USCCB Committee on the Liturgy, found here, may also be helpful. (Source: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
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Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
In this novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help we pay tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary in asking for her assistance. This picture of the Blessed Mother with her Divine Son above has helped her provide strength, comfort and even miracles to the faithful for centuries! (Source: Our Catholic Prayers)
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Novena to Santo Nino
To show our love and devotion to the Santo Nino de Cebu so that this generation and generations to come shall value the traditional Filipino traits of Piety, Friendship and Hospitality. Our devotion to the Santo Nino is a means of teaching us to pray and to inspire us to live our faith by our works. (Source: Santo Niño de Cebu en Texas (Dallas-Fortworth))
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Rosary
The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events or mysteries in the history of our salvation, and to thank and praise God for them. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary; and these are divided into the five Joyful mysteries, the five Luminous mysteries, the five Sorrowful mysteries and the five Glorious mysteries. (Source: Rosary Center)