A Religious Order of the Independent Catholic Christian Church
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The Order of Augustinians of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
+ A Charism of Love +
Love for God through prayer and study Love for Self through a life of Grace
Love for Others through community and ministry
"One Mind and Heart Intent Upon God"
Augustinian-Women and men following the Rule of Our Holy Father, St. Augustine, in living the Gospel in imitation of our Immaculate Mother of God
Catholic-Belief in and dedication to the Nicene Creed and the Sacramental Life of Grace
Canonical-Under the protectionof the Presiding Bishop of the Independent Catholic Christian Church
Ecumenical-Open to Christians, both lay and ordained, from other jurisdictions
All are welcome to share their gifts and lives with us regardless of sexual orientation, marital status, or political affiliation.
An Invitation
For
more information about vocations or oblation with the Augustinians of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, please email Friar John Bartholomew Scott
at jscott13@stny.rr.com.
+Praying with the Augustinians of the Immaculate Heart of Mary during Lent+
During the season of Lent, our tradition of
prayer changes slightly as influenced by our Byzantine roots, and we add the
Prayer of St. Ephraim to the very end of Vespers.
The Great Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim:
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despondency, lust for power and idle talk. (Prostration)
But grant unto me, Thy servant, a spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love. (Prostration)
Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see mine own faults and not to
judge my brothers and sisters. For blessed art Thou unto ages of ages.
Amen. (Prostration)
O God, cleanse Thou me a sinner (12 times,
with as many bows, and then again the whole prayer from the beginning
throughout, and after that one great prostration)
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A
deepening of our prayer life is a tradition during Lent. Throughout the season of Lent, as a corporate
sign of our oneness in mind and heart, each Friar has taken a day during
the week and will spend time that day in adoration and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament reserved in our friaries.
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Visit the link below for some spiritual resources for this season of the Great Fast:
Keeping Lent Holy from an Augustinian perspective: Prayer, Almsgiving, and Fasting
During each of the 40 days of Lent, the Augustinians of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will share some practical ways
that we as Augustinians approach the traditional Lenten practices of
almsgiving, fasting, and prayer on the Wall of our Facebook page.
We invite you to comment, ask questions, or add your own reflections
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"Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved
you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I
searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things
which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created
things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would
have not been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my
deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You
breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you.
I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me,
and I burned for your peace."Confessions X
