FREE SHIPPING CONTENTS:* 1 5 3/4" Standing Olivewood Crucifix 1 6” Statue of Our Lady - Lasered Wood - Select Our Lady of Grace or Guadalupe1 6” Statue of Our Lord - Lasered Wood - Select Divine Mercy or Sacred Heart1 6" Statue of St. Michael - Lasered Wood1 Rosary - 6 mm with case 1 Brown Scapular with Crucifix & St Benedict Medal1 Green Scapular with Leaflet1 Pardon Crucifix1 St Benedict Medal - 3/4"1 2” St Benedict Brown Enamel Crucifix for front door 2 Miraculous Medals – Blessed - 1 on History Card1 1 oz Holy Water Bottle - Empty - No Water*1 St. Joseph Magnet1 Divine Mercy Card2 Bookmarks5 Booklets 8 Pamphlets / Prayer Cards1 St. Benedict ToteInformation - Holy Water, Pardon Crucifix, St Benedict Medal *NOTES *Picture above may not be 100% accurate, but item list is correct. *The holy water bottle is empty there is no liquid in it. Please fill the holy water bottle from your church's holy water dispenser. Thank you for your understanding *Items in this tote are NOT blessed except for the Miraculous Medals they are blessed. Please take your tote minus written materials to a catholic priest or deacon and have it blessed. NARRATIVE Our prayer totes are spiritual armor to defend and protect ourselves against evil. They give you the tools necessary to grow in wisdom and love for Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother Mary. Since they are pivotal to begin and complete your journey to heaven, they vary in content to fit different needs, goals and resources. The Basic Prayer Tote is created to give essential information for newcomers to the Church. Therefore, it offers a few sacramentals and booklets guiding what and how to pray. A great gift to enlighten one on the Catholic faith. For your convenience, use the tote bag to hold your treasures. These totes are to be shared with family, friends or strangers. They are intended to encourage a prayer life and to spread the word of God and Our Lady. Everyone needs these weapons. SACRAMENTALS Everything in the tote is considered a sacramental. Sacramentals are designed to give graces to us through our devotion for the love of God. The stronger our devotion the more graces we receive. They remind us of Our Lord and/or Our Lady, and this creates an image in our mind that we have fallen short in God’s glory and have sinned. We then reflect on our sins and our sorrow for committing them. It is always good to keep sacramentals around your home and on your person. They bring many graces to repel Satan and evil spirits that are so strong nowadays. Evil does not like sacramentals. Think of the "Exorcist" and Satan’s wrath for holy water or the crucifix. They are our spiritual armour to fight the demons. Use or Wear Sacramentals Daily Examples of sacramentals are holy water, blessed oil or salt, medals, rosaries, the sign of the cross, prayers, scapulars, statues, crucifixes, candles, holy cards etc. All of these give graces. In current times, we need all the graces we can receive. Put on your armour of God! Be battle ready! BLESSED ITEMS AND BLESSINGS It is against canon law to sell blessed items. All of our Miraculous Medals come to us Blessed, and we give them to you FREE. They are not included in the tote price. We suggest you take your tote to a Catholic priest and have it blessed. Also, ask him to put an exorcism blessing on the items. It is a good idea to have a priest bless your house and its belongings. If you are unable to have your kit blessed by a priest, the Church allows you to invoke a blessing yourself. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraph1669) teaches that lay people, because of their baptismal priesthood, may administer certain blessings. Yes, we can bless sacramental ourselves. However, it is best if a priest or deacon blesses items concerning ecclesial and sacramental life. There are many forms of blessings long ones, short ones, and super short ones. There are also many variances depending on what or who is to be blessed. As well as ones just for rosaries, scapulars, homes etc. However, it is very simple to bless items and people. You can look them up in a Book of Blessings. Here is one formulary for religious articles:While making the Sign of the Cross over your tote, say:Lord show us your mercy and love. And grant us your salvation. Then read a short text of Scripture such as:Romans 8:26b-27"For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God’s will." Then with hands outstretched over the tote say:May the merciful Lord enliven and strengthen by His blessing (make a sign of the cross with you hand over the tote) the spirit of devotion and filial love in your hearts, so that you may walk blamelessly through this life and happily reach life everlasting. Amen.A very short blessing:Make the sign of the cross over the tote while saying: May this tote and the one who uses it be blessed, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Sprinkle Holy Water over the items! Do to the supply chain issues, our suppliers have informed us that some items are on backorder or out of stock for months. Therefore, we reserve the right to substitute these items with an equal or greater value of the same type item. You will not be short changed in any way. For instance, substitute a standing crucifix for a wall crucifix or vice versa. It will be as similar as possible in price point and size. If anything the advantage will always go to you the consumer.
