CATHOLIC TOUCH
A partnership of the Sisters of Mercy and the Norbertine Fathers promoting and underscoring the school's strong Catholic identity.
Morning Prayer at Assembly:
Heavenly Father up above, hear us when we pray, bless our school and those we love, and guide us every day. AMEN.
Prayers Before Lunch: (These prayers are prayed in all classes right before dismissal for lunch each day; on days when there is dismissal at noon, these prayers are prayed right before dismissal and Grace Before Meals is omitted):
Angelus (the Angelus is prayed every day outside of the Easter season):
Leader: The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,All: And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Leader: Hail Mary...All: Holy Mary...
Leader: Behold the handmaid of the Lord.All: Be it done unto me according to Thy Word.
Leader: And the Word was made flesh,All: And dwelt among us.
Leader: Pray for us O Holy Mother of God,All: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Leader: Let us pray.All: Pour forth, we beseech Thee O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Regina Caeli (the Regina Caeli is prayed every day during the Easter Season):
Leader: Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia!All: For He whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia!
Leader: Has risen as He foretold, alleluia!All: Pray for us to God, alleluia!
Leader: Rejoice and be glad O Virgin Mary, alleluia!All: For the Lord has indeed risen, alleluia!
Leader: Let us pray:All: O God, you gave joy to the whole world through the resurrection of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Grant we ask you, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Grace Before Meals:
Bless us O Lord, and these Thy gifts, Which we are about to receive, from Thy bounty, through Christ Our Lord. AMEN.
