#catholic devotion

While there is a very muddy timeline on when the Seven Penitential Psalms became arranged together into a Lenten devotion, with some sources citing Cassiodorus, a sixth century contemporary of Saint Benedict, as the leader of the devotion, while others focus on Saint Augustine of Hippo's influence, we do know that Pope Innocent iii at some point between 1198 and 1216, officially endorsed the scripture based meditation for use in Lent.

While originally intendent to be used daily, the psalms are often only recited on Fridays, usually at 3o'clock pm. The seven psalms are recited one right after the other, broken up only by a short 'Glory Be', and the practice is often used as a form of Lectio Divina. While the prayer is sometimes combined with a reflection on the seven deadly sins or prayer of contrition, this will not include them, and will only be a simple introduction to the prayer.

Below is a break down of how to easily pray the seven psalms, with the NRSVU translation used for the psalms:

*Kneel while making the sign of the Cross*

Antiphon (recited at the beginning of the prayer and at the very end as a closing prayer)

Remember, not O Lord our or our parents' offences: neither take vengeance of our sins.

Psalm 6

(after each psalm, a Glory Be is recited)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Even as it was in the beginning, and now, and ever: and world without end. Amen. Alleluia.

Psalm 32Psalm 38Psalm 51

(Known also as the Miserere, the defining scripture of the Lenten season and the spiritual height of the prayer)

Psalm 102Psalm 130 Psalm 143

Antiphon

Remember, not O Lord our or our parents' offences: neither take vengeance of our sins.

Closing 'Our Father'

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. (For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.) Amen.

Antiphon

Mary, Mother of Sorrows, is with every mother whose child is dealing with addiction

Mary, Mother of Sorrows, consoles those who lost the child they desired for so long to stillbirth and miscarriage

Mary, Mother of Sorrows, holds the hands of mothers whose child has anger issues and they don’t know how to handle it

Mary, Mother of Sorrows, embraces mothers whose children are wrongfully executed by the state

Mary, Mother of Sorrows, holds every mother in her Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart who have to shield their children from shrapnel and bombs

"We put great confidence in the Holy Rosary for the healing of evils which afflict our times." - Pope Pius XII

"Continue to pray the Rosary every day." - Our Lady of Fatima to Sister Lucia

"No one can live continually in sin & continue to say the Rosary: either they will give up sin or they will give up the Rosary." - Bishop Hugh Doyle

The word rosary means 'Crown of Roses', that is to say that every time people say the Rosary devoutly they place a crown of 153 white roses & sixteen red roses upon the head of Jesus & Mary. Being heavenly flowers these roses will never fade or lose their exquisite beauty." - St. Louis de Montfort, OP

"If you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary." - Pope St. Pius X

"You must know that when you 'hail' Mary, she immediately greets you! Don't think that she is one of those rude women of whom there are so many—on the contrary, she is utterly courteous & pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away & converse with you!" - St. Bernadine of Siena

"You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary." - Our Lady to Bl. Alan de la Roche, OP

"If our age in its pride laughs at & rejects Our Lady's Rosary, a countless legion of the most saintly men of every age & of every condition have not only held it most dear & have most piously recited it but have also used it at all times as a most powerful weapon to overcome the devil, to preserve the purity of their lives, to acquire virtue more zealously, in a word, to promote peace among men." - Pope Pius XI

"After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary." - Our Lady to Bl. Alan de la Roche, OP

"The Rosary is my favorite prayer." - St. Pope John Paul II

Holy Mass with Canonization and Angelus | Pope Leo XIV

7 September 2025

From St. Peter’s Square, Holy Mass presided over by Pope Leo XIV with the Canonization Ceremony of the Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati.

In conclusion, recitation of the Angelus Prayer.

Pier Giorgio Frassati, TOP (6 April 1901 – 4 July 1925) was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.

He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, to better aid the poor and less fortunate living in his hometown of Turin.

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Carlo Acutis (3 May 1991 – 12 October 2006) was an English-born Italian teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion.

Roman Pilgrims

Artist: John Frederick Lewis (English, 1804-1876)

Date: 1854

Medium: Watercolor, gouache, gum and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

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