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Each month of the calendar year is dedicated to a Catholic Devotion. In  July it is  the  Precious Blood of Jesus  🩸because this feast was traditionally celebrated on July 1st.    In the Holy Land on this feast the rock where Jesus knelt during His agony is covered with rose petals, commemorating His Precious blood, the faithful take the petals home to recall the Passion of Christ. Many of the  relics of Christ  (scroll to relics) contain remnants of His Precious Blood, such has seen  here . Pope Pius IX once said " Place on thy heart one Drop of the Blood of Jesus and fear nothing." July is also  Disability Pride Month The Litany of the Precious Blood (Pray daily in July) The Precious Blood by Father Faber Sisters of the Precious Blood  “Consider decorating your house in honor of the Precious Blood this July. Red is the liturgical color often used for Good Friday and Palm Sunday as its hue evokes the color of blood. It is equally...

The following was compiled during the height of the COVID pandemic and edited on June 21st 2025 in response to the United States attack on Iran. The modern Rites of The Church do not subscribe certain prayers as she did in previous times. The purpose for this is to remind us that the Holy Mass takes pride of place over other devotionals. Therefore, Masses for Peace and Justice and the prayers therein are most efficacious. During COVID devotion to Mary, Help of the Roman People and the miraculous crucifix that Pope Francis used in his extraordinary Urbi et Orbi came to focus. In addition devotion to St. Michael was heightened as it should be again in times of increased tensions and unrest. The reception of the Sacraments, the Rosary with invocations to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph as well as to St. Michael and the angels are helpful here as well as the Litany of the Saints and the Ave Maris Stella . In times like this The Church may publish an Oratio Imperata.   When...