{"id":13174,"date":"2016-05-21T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?p=13174"},"modified":"2016-05-21T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T15:01:13","slug":"divine-providence-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/divine-providence-for-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Providence for Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?attachment_id=11990\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/God-the-Father-blessing.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"335,379\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"God-the-Father-blessing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/God-the-Father-blessing.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/God-the-Father-blessing.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11990\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/God-the-Father-blessing.jpg\" alt=\"God-the-Father-blessing\" width=\"335\" height=\"379\" \/><\/em>Two of our Oblate families currently face housing difficulties. Last evening, we began, for this intention, a novena consisting of the <em>Litanies of Divine Providence<\/em>. Benedictine monasteries have always supported and encouraged Christian family life. I invite the readers of <em>Vultus Christi<\/em> to unite with us in praying for these two families.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Litanies of Divine Providence<\/em> are a condensation of biblical and liturgical texts: a perfect example of how <em>lectio<\/em> turns to <em>meditatio<\/em>, and <em>meditatio<\/em> to <em>oratio<\/em> and <em>contemplatio<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Litanies of Divine Providence<\/strong><br \/>\nLord, have mercy upon us.<br \/>\nChrist, have mercy upon us.<br \/>\nLord have mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Christ, hear us.<br \/>\nChrist, graciously hear us.<\/p>\n<p>God, the heavenly Father, whose providence governeth all things,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>God the Son, Wisdom from on high, mightily and sweetly ordering all our days,*<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>God the Holy Ghost, father of the Poor and source of all our store,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Holy Trinity, one God, unchanging in thy providence,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, creating and ruling all,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, who alone dost great wonders,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, supremely good and immeasurable,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, in which we live, and move, and have our being,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, our only hope and salvation,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, wellspring of all good things,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, with whom no word shall be impossible,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, our expectation and our glory,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, consolation of the poor,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, strength of the frail,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, our refuge,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, our storehouse,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, our life and our shelter,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, supplying to the utmost and giving boundless solace,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, mother of orphans,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, giving sustenance to the indigent,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, rudder of seafarers,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, impenetrable shield,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, artery of life,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, bread of the famished,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Divine Providence, consolation in our exile,<br \/>\nhave mercy upon us.<\/p>\n<p>V. Cast the burden of thy cares upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee.<br \/>\nR. And from all thy troubles he will set thee free.<\/p>\n<p>V. As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him.<br \/>\nR. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.<\/p>\n<p>V. Remember thou our congregation.<br \/>\nR. Which thou hast possessed from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray.<br \/>\nO God, the protector of all that trust in thee, show thyself favourable to our prayers, and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy Providence, that thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>*alternately, following the original: <em>Shepherd of thy sheep<\/em>.<br \/>\n** alternately, following the original: <em>Holy Ghost<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of our Oblate families currently face housing difficulties. Last evening, we began, for this intention, a novena consisting of the Litanies of Divine Providence. Benedictine monasteries have always supported and encouraged Christian family life. I invite the readers of Vultus Christi to unite with us in praying for these two families. 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