Monday, December 31, 2012

Te Deum for 2012

It's a Catholic custom that deserves to be maintained, that of praying the Te Deum (a solemn psalm of praise) on New Year's Eve in recognition of the grace bestowed on us throughout the year that is ending. We'll be praying ours tonight during our Hour of Adoration. (New Year's Eve is always a time of special thanksgiving for us, since it was in adoration during the wee hours of New Year's Day 1900 that our Founder received the extraordinary grace of "understanding Christ's call, 'Come to Me, all of you', the heart of the great Pope [Leo XIII], the appeals of the Church, the true mission of the priesthood...")

Here's a little poem/song for the year in review. It's quite incomplete, so add your own verse or two in the comments!

For the good books read
and the new friends met
and in hope of grace
I have not seen yet.

For successes won
and for travels done.
For new vistas glimpsed
every mile I've come.

For the crosses borne
over paths well-worn,
and for each new share
in the Crown of Thorn.

For the love I've known
and for mercies shown;
for the signs that I'm
never all alone.

For each Holy Mass
of the year now past.
May my heartfelt praise
and thanksgiving last.

5 comments:

Margie said...

Happy New Year, Sr. Anne. Thanks for reminding us all about the Eve of the 20th Century when in obedience to Pope Leo the Great, Blessed James Alberione prayed to the Jesus Christ Our Lord in front of the Blessed Sacrament. He received enlightenment which spurred him to establish the Pauline Family on the Eve of the 20th Century. Tomorrow New Year's Day 2013 at 8:00 a.m., the Holy Mass will be offered at Church of the Holy Family - Parish of the United Nations - in Manhattan - in thanksgiving for God's gift to us for the life & legacy of our Primo Maestro Blessed James (Giacomo) Alberione. May God bless the Pauline Family abundantly as we run up to the 100th Anniversary in serving God by spreading the Gospel for God's glory and for peace to all men of goodwill.
Cheers,
Margie

Margie said...

Happy New Year, Sr. Anne. Thanks for reminding us all about the Eve of the 20th Century when in obedience to Pope Leo the Great, Blessed James Alberione prayed to the Jesus Christ Our Lord in front of the Blessed Sacrament. He received enlightenment which spurred him to establish the Pauline Family on the Eve of the 20th Century. Tomorrow New Year's Day 2013 at 8:00 a.m., the Holy Mass will be offered at Church of the Holy Family - Parish of the United Nations - in Manhattan - in thanksgiving for God's gift to us for the life & legacy of our Primo Maestro Blessed James (Giacomo) Alberione. May God bless the Pauline Family abundantly as we run up to the 100th Anniversary in serving God by spreading the Gospel for God's glory and for peace to all men of goodwill.
Cheers,
Margie

Roberto Bacalski said...

For the year to come.
For Blessings and fun!
Future hardships borne
With faith in the Son.

Anonymous said...

Like the song bird of old,
A sparrow we're told,
May America He hold
In the palm of his hand.

Anonymous said...

Like the songbird of old
A sparrow, I'm told
May America He hold
In the palm of His hand