tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91213893356053965622024-01-28T21:45:46.375-08:00PrayerflowersDedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of MaryPrayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-86686059843665887262014-03-13T06:39:00.000-07:002014-03-12T14:06:41.608-07:00The Way of the Cross with the Blessed Virgin<strong>The Way of the Cross with the Blessed Virgin </strong>By Mother Marie des Douleurs – foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Jesus Crucified<br />
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“The Way of the Cross is not only a great testimony to an inner depth and maturity, but it is in fact a school for interiority and consolidation. It is also a school of the examination of conscience, for conversion, for inner transformation and compassion – not as sentimentality, as a mere feeling, but as a disturbing experience that knocks on the door of my heart, that obliges me to know myself and to become a better person.”<br />
Pope Benedict XVI<br />
Blessed Virgin, mother of fair love, tell us where your Beloved has gone. Teach us to follow him truly and no longer to follow ourselves. Show Jesus crucified in all his meekness and humility to s whose eyes have been blinded by pride and whose hearts are hardened by selfishness.<br />
<strong>First Station - Jesus Is Condemned to Death</strong>YES, MY CHILD, I want to show you my Son. Be very attentive and recollected in the depths of your soul, far from all things, beyond all sensibility and reasoning; perceive the word which never ceases to act efficaciously. May your soul be flexible and gentle like Veronica’s veil so as to reproduce all the divine features.<br />
Imagine at first someone who willingly and peacefully humbles himself till the end, who does not revolt before injury, whom mockery does not cause to wince, and who submits to all the abjections with a tranquil heart. Behold my Son, the Author and Prince of peace, and consider: are you truly one of his disciples, you for whom a look, a frown, a breath of suspicion suffices to wound deeply and to cause you to withdraw from recollection for yours, even days?<br />
<strong>Second Station - Jesus Is Laden with the Cross</strong><br />
MY SON CAME ON EARTH FOR THIS HOUR. He has accepted his mission and fulfilled it point by point in order to arrive at the end which is the cross.<br />
You also must attach yourself passionately to the will of the Father so that you will know how to say yes not only in advance for what your imagination represents to you as a future cross, but according to the degree that suffering causes revulsion to your body and anguish to your heart… to the degree that suffering disheartens your spirit and compasses your soul entirely.<br />
<strong>Third Station -Jesus Falls for the First Time</strong>LEARN NOT TO BE SCANDALIZED BY HUMAN WEAKNESS – this weakness which God knew, this weakness which he became himself.<br />
Because of Jesus lying beneath the cross, be compassionate, devoted, and come to the aid of the weakness of your neighbor.<br />
For yourselves, do not wonder and allow yourselves to be troubled by the weight of your body. Be humble before its weariness; bear it with simplicity, and then as soon as you can, take up again your burden. The task is not yet finished; Calvary is still far off.<br />
<strong>Fourth Station - Jesus Meets His Mother</strong><br />
GIVE YOUR HEARTS TO MY SON all emptied, thirsting, and turned solely toward him, wholly unoccupied with yourself.<br />
You have met him many times, but you did not know it, because your spirit was full of plans, anxieties, and thoughts which were not concerned with this unique love.<br />
Oh, how sad it is for my Son to seek with so great a desire of a loving look from one who remains distracted, dreaming, or even laughing with the foolishness and dissipation of the world.<br />
<strong>Fifth Station - Jesus is Helped by Simon</strong>HOW I DESIRE THAT YOU WOULD NOT RESEMBLE SIMON, this poor Simon who considered it a burdensome task to help carry the cross.<br />
I desire that you love the cross very much and that you consider that it is my Son who grants you a grace in asking you to help him, and not you who would do him one by accepting an additional task or a trial or some physical suffering.<br />
I would have you spouses of Jesus crucified, of those who do not content themselves, who do not measure, who give all without knowing what they give and who do not discover new sacrifices and new crosses at each hour of the day.<br />
<strong>Sixth Station - A Holy Woman Wipes the Face of Jesus</strong><br />
VERONICE FOLLOWED THE IMPUSE OF HER HEART and did not ask herself what the people around her would think of her gesture.<br />
You also, go ahead, allow yourself to be enkindled by the Holy Spirit and never again fall into this miserable human respect. Be entirely simple, and do the least little things in the best way you can, without solicitude for those who see you, solely occupied with him who suffers, who loves and waits for you. Each one of your minutes can be a reparation if you seek nothing but the face of your Bridegroom. May nothing frighten you, may nothing prevent you from accomplishing everything most perfectly.<br />
<strong>Seventh Station - Jesus Falls for the Second Time</strong>THERE HAVE BEEN DAYS, AND THERE WILL BE AGAIN, when you will be as if crushed under the burden of temptation, disgust, and trouble. It is to help you to rise again that my Son willed to fall the second time.<br />
When everything seems too heavy, humble yourself beneath the burden which you do not know how to carry; confess your weakness and the small amount of you generosity. Make yourself little, very little, and the spirit of strength will come in you and will raise you up, and you will go on, even to the summit of Calvary.<br />
<strong>Eighth Station - Jesus Consoles the Daughters of Jerusalem</strong><br />
LEARN TO HAVE YOUR SOULD PERFECTLY OPEN, wholly comprehensive of the weakness and miseries of your neighbor. Always be prepared to pour out your soul on those who are hungry. You should serve as their nourishment, for you are here so that the sad may become joyous, the faint-hearted recomforted, and the bad converted.<br />
Oh! Do not fail my Son who awaits all these souls and who desires to have them through you. Think no longer of yourself; do not speak of yourself; you must not waste the time, for your task is immense. My Son is in agony until the end of the world because of all those who have not understood the cross. Do not allow yourself to be occupied with self during this time.<br />
<strong>Ninth Station - Jesus Falls for the Third Time</strong>EVEN IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR SINS, even if it happens that you again commit some of them, or even if you should be scandalized by the faults of consecrated souls, raise yourself up and continue. By his third fall, Jesus, my gentle Son, has redeemed all. Do not give the enemy the occasion to triumph. What he wants is to discourage and stop you. Only to attain this end does he desire to permit you to commit faults.<br />
Be courageous even to death, begin again, fight, and advance at any price. Your fall could be the occasion of a great triumph for the glory of God.<br />
<strong>Tenth Station - JESUS IS Despoiled of His Garments</strong><br />
IN ORDER TO ADVANCE MORE RAPIDLY, my children, allow yourselves to de despoiled. Love the most holy poverty; love this spiritual destitution which leaves you marvelously free.<br />
So long as you reserve an attachment for something and believe that you have need of a support coming from riches or of consideration, you do not yet resemble him who was despoiled of all things, even the robe which I had woven for him myself. Do not believe that you have need of anything, and allow everything to be taken away as soon as it is asked of you. Even seek the detachments; it is this that will make your soul great and strong.<br />
<strong>Eleventh Station - Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross</strong><br />
MY CHILDREN, YOU DO NOT YET KNOW WHAT THE CROSS IS; you cannot know it. Your crosses are those in your imagination, and you fabricate sufferings to occupy yourselves when you lives are not full enough.<br />
Ask for nothing, but refuse nothing. Behold my Son allowing himself to be nailed to the cross without saying anything, with the immense joy in his heart of adhering to the will of the Father.<br />
You should also do the same; do not resist, allow yourselves to be loved. He who disposes all things according to the designs of his infinite love knows what you need to win souls and sanctify yourself. Extend your hands and feet, and allow yourself to be nailed.<br />
<strong>Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies on the Cross</strong><br />
MY CHILDREN, ASK FOR THE GRACE OF PERSEVERANCE and do not be sure of yourselves. It is grand to die on the cross, in sentiments of peace and love, in thanksgiving for participating in the state of the divine crucified. It is grand to stay at the foot of the cross right to the end, without having any terror for flight, nor any weight or weariness. But how many were we?<br />
I have asked for your perseverance. Ask for it again through me, and fear nothing. You shall be there until the end, in a growing love, but only if you are humble, if you know that by yourselves only cowardice and calamities can happen.<br />
<strong>Thirteenth Station - Jesus Is Replace in the Arms of His Mother</strong><br />
“ALL IS CONSUMMETED.” May this be said of you also. May all the graces you have received become fruitful; all that has been confided to you terminated like the task of a good laborer when evening comes. Let nothing be neglected, not one iota of the law. May you have treated nothing as being too small to be worth accomplishing with a great deal of love.<br />
I would like to be able to reunite, on the last evening of your life, all your days in a splendid sheaf, and offer it to my Son in eternal thanksgiving for the sinner that you could have been and who has become a saint by the mercy of the blood of my Son.<br />
<strong>Fourteenth Station - Jesus Is Place in a Tomb</strong>IT IS VERY NECESSARY THAT YOU KNOW THIS, because your presumption still hides it – suffering is not just a great cry of love which opens heaven without agony. No, it also has a whole train of inabilities and humiliations of all kinds. We must feel everything in us being paralyzed and have some idea of the cold and emptiness of the tomb. The more you shall be bound thus, the more you shall be ready for the resurrection. The more you shall have been reduced to nothing, the more you shall be rich for the glory of God eternally.Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-71759727816502248512014-01-09T13:00:00.000-08:002014-01-09T09:03:14.960-08:0054 Day Miracle Rosary Novena<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNM00QdM7voTYge06FWP6__AN3BN3kRaplH5AyioH-S1X3TI2ZslAN7tPJDY19Vy8ma2zZmu8HVhw-P_UOeyQZwQnHprl5z3GzJFkNsj_2Yw_7xbYTtEA5aNpNQfn79FUz_CQDOwdXaA/s1600-h/ourladyguadalupe.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNM00QdM7voTYge06FWP6__AN3BN3kRaplH5AyioH-S1X3TI2ZslAN7tPJDY19Vy8ma2zZmu8HVhw-P_UOeyQZwQnHprl5z3GzJFkNsj_2Yw_7xbYTtEA5aNpNQfn79FUz_CQDOwdXaA/s320/ourladyguadalupe.bmp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157001466405055810" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
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Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-37469296142558664492013-10-13T00:00:00.000-07:002013-10-13T00:00:05.195-07:00October 13 - Pray for Peace - The Message of Our Lady of Fatima<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHHQJAb-kAMRd-8SbSuSkUxK8c4CHzaHKxn0Da9RFgpsVgGvSWXl2gfelEQF_U1WohrBEi6IDzQp9XTHoaYhgLkwpmCi6qFgAYVzbRAANZg0BmMBQJSvjBULOESJnq6LPL9Peh44BsY0/s1600/bvm00212.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662034873238265602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHHQJAb-kAMRd-8SbSuSkUxK8c4CHzaHKxn0Da9RFgpsVgGvSWXl2gfelEQF_U1WohrBEi6IDzQp9XTHoaYhgLkwpmCi6qFgAYVzbRAANZg0BmMBQJSvjBULOESJnq6LPL9Peh44BsY0/s400/bvm00212.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 171px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Our Lady of Fatima</strong><br />
The Blessed Virgin Mary is venerated as Our Lady of Fatima following the famous apparition to the three shepherd children -Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco- which took place during the First World War, in the summer of 1917. The Mother of God appeared six times near the town of Fatima, Portugal between May 13th and October 13th 1917 to the three children and told them that She had been sent by God with a message for every man, woman and child living in our century. <br />
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Through the children Mary urged prayer for the conversion of sinners and an end to the war, recitation of the Rosary, and works of penance. The message of Fatima included a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin and a dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, especially through praying the Rosary. <br />
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Our Lady of Fatima promised that the whole world would be in peace, and that many souls would go to Heaven if Her requests were listened to and obeyed. She told us that war is a punishment for sin; that God would punish the world for its sins in our time by means of war, hunger, persecution of the Church and persecution of the Holy Father, the Pope, unless we listened to and obeyed the command of God. <br />
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The message is an anguished appeal of our Heavenly Mother, Who sees us in great danger and Who comes to offer Her help and advice. Her message is also a prophesy, a clear indication of what was about to transpire infallibly in the near future, depending on our response to Her requests. But Mary also confided several "secrets" to the children, some of which Lucy subsequently transmitted. <br />
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The Secret actually consists of three parts, the first two of which have been publicly revealed. The first part of the Secret was a horrifying vision of hell where the souls of poor sinners go" and contained an urgent plea from Our Lady for acts of prayer and sacrifice to save souls. The second part of the Secret specifically prophesized the outbreak of World War II and contained the Mother of God's solemn request for the Consecration of Russia as a condition of world peace. It also predicted the inevitable triumph of Her Immaculate Heart following Russia's consecration and the conversion "of that poor nation" to the Catholic Faith. <br />
This article was sent to me by St. Michael Center for the Blessed Virgin MaryPrayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-48891290002387137462013-10-07T00:00:00.000-07:002013-10-07T00:00:03.992-07:00FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY - OCT 7TH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>THE SEVEN GREAT BLESSINGS OF THE ROSARY</strong><br />
In The Secret of the Rosary (p. 65), St. Louis De Montfort states: <br />
"The Rosary recited with meditation on the mysteries brings bout the following marvelous results: <br />
1. It gradually gives us a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ; <br />
2. It purifies our souls, washing away sin;<br />
3. It gives us victory over all our enemies; <br />
4. It makes it easy for us to practice virtue; <br />
5. It sets us on fire with love of Our Blessed Lord; <br />
6. It enriches us with graces and merits; <br />
7. It supplies us with what is needed to pay all our debts to God and to our fellow men, and finally, it obtains all kinds of graces for us from Almighty God." <br />
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<strong>HOW TO PRAY THE ROSARY</strong><br />
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<strong><br /> THE PRAYERS OF ST. FRANCIS</strong></div>
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<strong>PEACE PRAYER</strong><br />
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, <br />
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;<br />
where there is injury, pardon;<br />
where there is doubt, faith;<br />
where there is despair, hope;<br />
where there is darkness, light;<br />
where there is sadness, joy; <br />
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; <br />
to be understood as to understand; <br />
to be loved as to love. <br />
For it is in giving that we receive; <br />
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.<br />
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My God and my All!<br />
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<strong>SAINT FRANCIS' PRAYER BEFORE THE CRUCIFIX</strong><br />
Most High, glorious God,<br />
enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me<br />
true faith, certain hope, and perfect charity,<br />
sense and knowledge, Lord, that I may carry out<br />
Your holy and true command. Amen.<br />
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<strong>DEVOTION TO SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI</strong><br />
O beloved Saint Francis, gentle and poor, your obedience to God and your simple, deep love for all God’s creatures led you to the heights of heavenly perfection and turned many hearts to follow God’s will. Now, in our day, pray also for us, in our ministry to the many who come here searching for peace and intercede for us as we come before the Lord with our special requests.<br />
<strong><em> [Mention your special intention.]</em></strong><br />
O blessed Saint of God, from your throne among the hosts of heaven present our petitions before our faithful Lord. May your prayers on our behalf be heard and may God grant us the grace to lead good and faithful lives. Amen.<br />
Saint Francis of Assisi, Pray for us. Amen.<br />
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<strong>PRAYER ASKING FOR MARY'S INTERCESSION BY ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI</strong><br />
Holy Virgin Mary, there is no one like Thee born in the world among women,<br />
Daughter and Handmaid of the Most Highest King, the Heavenly Father,<br />
Mother of Our Most Holy Lord Jesus Christ,<br />
Spouse of the Holy Spirit:<br />
Pray for us with St. Michael the Archangel<br />
and all the powers of Heaven and all the Saints<br />
before Thy Most Holy and Beloved Son, the Lord and Master. <br />
Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, ...<br />
<br />Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-33272964535474937742013-09-28T03:00:00.000-07:002013-09-28T03:00:05.603-07:00Feast of the Archangels St. Micahel, St. Gabriel, & St. Raphael<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wbWkqNGQok8/SsDbiWKUTnI/AAAAAAAAAbw/VJSGZo6Vpxc/s1600-h/archangelsl929.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386546537446002290" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wbWkqNGQok8/SsDbiWKUTnI/AAAAAAAAAbw/VJSGZo6Vpxc/s400/archangelsl929.jpg" style="float: left; height: 244px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
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“The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls ‘angels’ is a truth of faith. The witness of Scripture is as clear as the unanimity of Tradition.<br />
St. Augustine says: ‘Angel’ is the name of their office, not of their nature. If you seek the name of their nature, it is ’spirit’; if you seek the name of their office, it is ‘angel’: from what they are , ’spirit’ from what they do ‘angel.’ With their whole beings the angels are servants and messengers of God. Because they ‘always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven’ they are the ‘might ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word.”<br />
As purely spiritual creatures angels have intelligence and will: they are personal and immortal creatures, surpassing in perfection all visible creatures, as the splendor of their glory bears witness.” - Catechism of the Catholic Church 328, 329, 330 </div>
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A Prayer to Saint Michael Saint Michael, Archangel, defend us in battle.Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.<br />
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St Gabriel the Archangel PrayersO God, who from among all the Angels did choose the Archangel Gabriel to announce the Mystery of Thy Incarnation: mercifully grant that we who keep his feast on earth may feel the effect of his patronage in heaven. Who lives and reigns, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen </div>
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St. Raphael the Archangel Prayer O glorious Archangel, St Raphael, great Prince of the heavenly court, illustrious for your gifts of wisdom and grace, guide of those who journey by land or sea, consoler of the afflicted, and refuge of sinners: I beg you to assist me in all my needs and in all the sufferings of this life, as once you did help the young Tobias on his travels. And because you are the 'Medicine of God,' I humbly ask you to heal the many infirmities of my soul, and the ills which afflict my body, if it be for my greater good. I especially ask of you an angelic purity, which may fit me to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. Be pleased, O Lord God, to send to our aid St Raphael the Archangel: and may he, who, we believe, stands forever before the throne of Your Majesty, offer unto You our humble petitions to be blessed by You. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.</div>
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Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-47107504031595163352013-09-24T03:00:00.000-07:002013-09-24T03:00:01.740-07:00OUR LADY OF MERCY - Sept 24th<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><strong>September 24th<br />OUR LADY OF MERCY</strong><br /><img alt="" class="bbc_img resized" height="300" src="http://www.prayerflowers.com/OurLadyofMercydgo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" width="221" /><br /><br /><br />St. Peter, of the noble family of Nolasco, was born in Languedoc, about 1189. At the age of twenty-five he took a vow of chastity, and made over his vast estates to the Church. Some time after, he conceived the idea of establishing an order for the redemption of captives. The divine will was soon manifested. The Blessed Virgin appeared on the same night to Peter, to Raymund of Pennafort, his confessor, and to James, King of Arragon, his ward, and bade them prosecute without fear their holy designs. After great opposition, the Order was solemnly established, and approved by Gregory IX., under the name of Our Lady of Mercy.<br /><br />By the grace of God, and under the protection of His Virgin Mother, the Order spread rapidly, its growth being increased by the charity and piety of its members, who devoted themselves not only to collecting alms for the ransom of the Christians, but even gave themselves up to voluntary slavery to aid the good work.</span><br />
It is to return thanks to God and the Blessed Virgin that a feast was instituted which was observed in the Order of Mercy, then in Spain and France, and at last extended to the whole Church by Innocent XII., and the 24th September named as the day on which it is to be observed.<br />
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Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-81526796093519588282013-09-22T06:58:00.000-07:002013-09-22T06:58:00.212-07:00St. Padre Pio Feast Day - September 23<div class="inner" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><strong>Prayers in Honor of Our Lady's Assumption </strong> <br />O almighty and eternal God, You assumed into heaven, body and soul, the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Your Son. Grant, through her intercession, that we may ever long for You and one day be brought to the glory of the resurrection. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen. <br /><br />Our Father - Hail Mary - Glory be to the Father. <br />Queen, assumed into heaven, pray for us. <br />Our Lady, Queen of Angels <br /><br />August Queen of Heaven! Sovereign Mistress of the angels! Thou who from the beginning hast received from God the power and mission to crush the head of Satan, we humbly beseech thee to send thy Holy Legions, that, under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks and drive them hence into the abyss of eternal woe. O Good and Tender Mother,thou wilst always be our love and hope, send the Holy Angels to defend us and repel the cruel enemy far from us. <br />Holy Angels and Archangels, defend us, protect us! Amen. </span><br />
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Holy Mother of God please pray for us...I pray for all to know your loving grace...Amen</div>
Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-73345134495113216952012-07-18T08:45:00.000-07:002012-07-18T06:26:48.652-07:00"The field is the world" Comment by Pope Benedict XVI<div align="center">
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">"The field is the world" (Mt 13,38)</span></strong><br />
In Christ, Head of his Body, the Church, all Christians are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people he claims for his own, to declare his wonderful deeds" (1 Pet 2:9).<br />
The Eucharist, as a mystery to be "lived", meets each of us as we are, and makes our concrete existence the place where we experience daily the radical newness of the Christian life. The eucharistic sacrifice nourishes and increases within us all that we have already received at Baptism, with its call to holiness, and this must be clearly evident from the way individual Christians live their lives. Day by day we become "a worship pleasing to God" by living our lives as a vocation. Beginning with the liturgical assembly, the sacrament of the Eucharist itself commits us, in our daily lives, to doing everything for God's glory.And because the world is "the field" (Mt 13:38) in which God plants his children as good seed, the Christian laity, by virtue of their Baptism and Confirmation, and strengthened by the Eucharist, are called to live out the radical newness brought by Christ wherever they find themselves. They should cultivate a desire that the Eucharist have an ever deeper effect on their daily lives, making them convincing witnesses in the workplace and in society at large.<br />
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Blessed Virgin Mary that her cousin Elizabeth was going
to have a baby. Elizabeth was an older woman. Mary knew
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once on the journey. Mary's trip was long and dangerous.
It was uncomfortable, too. But that could not stop her.
She rode on a donkey. Mary reached her cousin's house.
She was the first to greet Elizabeth. At that moment,
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mother. Elizabeth asked joyfully, "How have I deserved
that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?" Mary
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"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced
in God my Savior," she said. "For he has regarded the
lowliness of his handmaid, and holy is his name."<br />
What graces the Blessed Mother brought to the home of
her cousin! St. John, while still hidden in his mother's
womb, was cleansed of original sin. Zachary was able to
speak again. St. Elizabeth was filled with the gifts of
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<strong>Come, Holy Spirit</strong>Come Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Your Divine Love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth. Oh God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructed the hearts of the faithful, Grant, that by the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.<br />
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<strong>Prayer for Pentecost Sunday</strong>Almighty and ever-living God, you fulfilled the Easter promise by sending us your Holy Spirit. May that Spirit unite the races and nations on earth to proclaim your glory. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever</div>
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<strong>Bible Quote on Pentecost Sunday</strong><br />
“And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”- Acts 2: 1-4<br />
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“ This is the mystery of Pentecost: The Holy Spirit illuminates the human spirit and, on revealing Christ crucified and risen, indicates the way to become more like him, that is, to be "expression and instrument of love that comes from him" ("Deus Caritas Est," No. 33). The Church, gathered with Mary, as at her birth, today implores: "Veni Sancte Spiritus!" -- "Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of thy love!"- Pope Benedict VXI, Pentecost Mass, June 4, 2006 </div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-78000873522122506302012-05-17T10:23:00.000-07:002012-05-17T07:54:56.461-07:00Ascension of the Lord, May 17th<div align="center">
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On my knees I before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord for Your servant heareth." Amen.</div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-33795656541987652702012-04-15T03:00:00.000-07:002012-04-14T15:03:56.945-07:00Divine Mercy Novena Sunday<div align="center">
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet ms;">From the Diary of St. Faustina's At three o'clock , implore My Mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in my abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great Mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to enter into my mortal sorrow. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of me in virtue of My Passion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Jesus asked that the Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which would begin on Good Friday. He gave St. Faustina an intention to pray for on each day of the Novena, saving for the last day the most difficult intention of all, the lukewarm and indifferent of whom He said: "These souls cause Me more suffering than any others; it was from such souls that My soul felt the most revulsion in the Garden of Olives. It was on their account that I said: 'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by.' The last hope of salvation for them is to flee to My Mercy."<br /><br />In her diary, St. Faustina wrote that Jesus told her:<br />"On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy ... On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls."</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>The Sign of the Cross</strong></span></span><em><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Using regular rosary beads</span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet ms;">In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.<br />You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty yourself out upon us.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><strong>(3 times)</strong> Oh blood and water which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus as a fountain of mercy for us I trust in you!<br />(One) </span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen.<strong>(One) Hail Mary, full of grace,</strong> the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.<br /><strong>(1) The Apostles Creed</strong></span></span><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified; died, and was buried. He descended into hell, the third day he arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting, Amen.<br /><strong>On the five large beads:</strong> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world</span><strong><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">.</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><strong>On the ten small beads:</strong> For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world<strong>.</strong><br /><strong>At the end of the Divine Mercy Chaplet say three times:</strong> </span></span></div>
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<em><br /></em>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-26436933387980781482012-01-30T00:10:00.000-08:002012-01-30T00:10:00.099-08:00Thank you St. John Bosco<img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 241px; height: 320px; float: left;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297546454519666802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGF2VU7cGX4HiGQp_lC_6k2g8BLzhU_l34H-UrC8om25O_6HKRKuB_Z2VP-_csJYXEFsRqFXKmed4kQOtdkEKj4iKQJRcOuJ72tSEHSDLuMyE_oiFMkCW1PgtIrW7bVV2qeRsnc9iyrY/s320/stjohnbosco.jpg" />Dear St. John <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bosco</span>, <div></div><div>Thank you for all you have done for children all over the world. I have to believe in my heart because of you, someone was inspired to build the home for children that I grew up in. I thank Jesus for placing the nuns and priest that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">surrounded and taught</span> me in the home.</div><div></div><div>St. John <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bosco</span>, please pray very hard for our children today. They are up against a tremendous amount of temptation and violence, things I don't remember ever even knowing anything about until well over half my life in age. </div><div></div><div>I trust in your prayers, because of the love you showed when you were here on earth. </div><div></div><div>Thank you, precious St. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bosco</span>, thank you...Amen</div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-66832150947290437742012-01-28T00:10:00.000-08:002012-01-28T00:10:00.806-08:00St. Thomas Acquinas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD1ew09z4M6pEs_HiH7zwhAySxNnfyVZfts2y99Y4V-bzsj_VwgK7yUK1Dqsds5Rjd_Afs-SVveqHmoy9BwnybpnYh2gQ418bNVKhtnDm_jfqqr7Zlzkqc8pVmg9NbLsC_9P2dS9g8J0/s1600/St__Thomas_Aquinas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 283px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567323877737473042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD1ew09z4M6pEs_HiH7zwhAySxNnfyVZfts2y99Y4V-bzsj_VwgK7yUK1Dqsds5Rjd_Afs-SVveqHmoy9BwnybpnYh2gQ418bNVKhtnDm_jfqqr7Zlzkqc8pVmg9NbLsC_9P2dS9g8J0/s400/St__Thomas_Aquinas.jpg" /></a> <div></div> I had the blessing of using this picture from my friend <a href="http://thewindowshowsitall.blogspot.com/">Micky's blog<br /></a><br /><br />St Thomas Aquinas: Prayer for Guidance<br />O creator past all telling,<br />you have appointed from the treasures of your wisdom<br />the hierarchies of angels,<br />disposing them in wondrous order<br />above the bright heavens,<br />and have so beautifully set out all parts of the universe.<br /><br />You we call the true fount of wisdom<br />and the noble origin of all things.<br />Be pleased to shed<br />on the darkness of mind in which I was born,<br />The twofold beam of your light<br />and warmth to dispel my ignorance and sin.<br /><br />You make eloquent the tongues of children.<br />Then instruct my speech<br />and touch my lips with graciousness.<br />Make me keen to understand, quick to learn,<br />able to remember;<br />make me delicate to interpret and ready to speak.<br /><br />Guide my going in and going forward,<br />lead home my going forth.<br />You are true God and true man,<br />and live for ever and ever.<br />--St Thomas Aquinas, 1225-74<br /><br />This is a special feast day today for me...my dad passed away a year ago today. St. Thomas Acquinas please pray for him...may he rest in peace. Amen<br /><br />Eternal rest give to him, Lord: and let perpetual light shine upon him. Offering it in the sight of the Most High. Amen<br /><br />"Of all human evils death is the most grievous, by which human life is destroyed...". -- St. Thomas Aquinas, Compendium theologiae, lib. 1 cap. 227<br /><br />"Come to their assistance, all you Saints of God: meet them, all you Angels of God: receiving their souls, offering it in the sight of the Most High. May Christ receive all those departed, who hath called you, and may the Angels conduct you to Abraham's bosom. Receiving their souls and offering it in the sight of the Most High.Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-1326561422265560822012-01-23T07:10:00.000-08:002012-01-23T07:35:24.572-08:00My Patron Saints for 2012<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Oe5wlAiNks/Tx19sVrHovI/AAAAAAAAAjE/lhsuetvgFvM/s1600/stscholastica.jpg"><img style="width: 154px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700850904006632178" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Oe5wlAiNks/Tx19sVrHovI/AAAAAAAAAjE/lhsuetvgFvM/s200/stscholastica.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGWgOFbAA5loZ5fGRXZ1bvQvvhWzWfVSaLgYzY4BWi3xRCiorxL5MT6tmO3TH8bNKTwwCze6YYf13dME1sujGlz8WwrKlWvwahdmynjilbeCehQKNNzeBys95ODXKBMNFaboAhOzrkT0/s1600/stlouisedemarillaclg.png"><img style="width: 134px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700851071194694146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGWgOFbAA5loZ5fGRXZ1bvQvvhWzWfVSaLgYzY4BWi3xRCiorxL5MT6tmO3TH8bNKTwwCze6YYf13dME1sujGlz8WwrKlWvwahdmynjilbeCehQKNNzeBys95ODXKBMNFaboAhOzrkT0/s200/stlouisedemarillaclg.png" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /> This is my fourth year participating in finding my patron saint for the year. Every year I have been blessed to see who picks me. This year my patron saint for my given name is St. Scholastica (her picture is on the left). She is the twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia. I have tremendous respect and love for St. Benedict and his work, and I love his prayers. The little bit that I was able to read about St. Scholastica thus far is awesome. I look forward to learning more about her and her prayers and influence on me this year.<br /><br />I also asked for a patron saint for my ministry name “Prayerflowers". The saint that was given to me is St. Louise De Marillac (her picture is on the left). I did not know of her before but immediately read briefly about her. I am excited to read about her devotion to serve God. Looking forward this year to get to know her more and for her prayers and influence in my life.<br /><br />If you are interested in finding your patron saint for 2012…you can go http://yourpatronsaint.blogspot.com Marianne, has blessed so many with her dedication of bringing us a practice that was done by St. Faustina. She is serving God through the saints He has placed among us to help Him. She will be glad to assist you in finding your patron saint(s) too.<br /><br />Here is one of the prayers of St. Benedict that I love…it has blessed. I know it will bless you too.<br /><br /> <strong>Prayer to Saint Benedict</strong><br /> Glorious Saint Benedict, sublime model of virtue, pure vessel of God's grace! Behold me humbly kneeling at your feet. I implore you in your loving kindness to pray for me before the throne of God. To you I have recourse in the dangers that daily surround me. Shield me against my selfishness and my indifference to God and to my neighbor. Inspire me to imitate you in all things. May your blessing be with me always, so that I may see and serve Christ in others and work for His kingdom.<br /><br />Graciously obtain for me from God those favors and graces which I need so much in the trials, miseries and afflictions of life. Your heart was always full of love, compassion and mercy toward those who were afflicted or troubled in any way. You never dismissed without consolation and assistance anyone who had recourse to you. I therefore invoke your powerful intercession, confident in the hope that you will hear my prayers and obtain for me the special grace and favor I earnestly implore. {mention your petition}<br />Help me, great Saint Benedict, to live and die as a faithful child of God, to run in the sweetness of His loving will, and to attain the eternal happiness of heaven. Amen.</div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-42466418335719550002012-01-10T10:17:00.000-08:002012-01-10T11:38:47.453-08:00It has been a long time...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eQ4nxlKAlTr2i6zHBSNsJ_Dw57sIgdmnOo8b8Ub3a9MgbjMx8h05wOI0nRMeZDVqfvot4DCUm1M9F_NV2eYPBWFFZzm2h6Ta4JcJfotb8w6AG1pPep7CLigquPQ_lWnj0uHJVEMHz78/s1600/951July29MaryBluecroppedsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 281px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696086279858637442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eQ4nxlKAlTr2i6zHBSNsJ_Dw57sIgdmnOo8b8Ub3a9MgbjMx8h05wOI0nRMeZDVqfvot4DCUm1M9F_NV2eYPBWFFZzm2h6Ta4JcJfotb8w6AG1pPep7CLigquPQ_lWnj0uHJVEMHz78/s400/951July29MaryBluecroppedsm.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Picture from a dear blogger friend of mine her blog is "thewindowshowsitall"<br /></em></span><div align="left"><strong>To those who frequent my blog;</strong><br />I looked back on my post and noticed on January 12, 2009, I made a New Year's Resolution to write on my blog more. As you can see...I failed.<br /><br />I currently have a website <a href="http://www.prayerflowers.com"><strong>God's Flower Garden</strong></a> and prayer posting on a prayer forum <strong><a href="http://www.prayerflowers.com/prayergarden">Prayer Garden</a></strong> I try to keep both up everyday.<br /><br />I apologize that I let this blog take a backseat to everything in my life.<br /><br /><strong>The Beginning</strong><br />In January 2008 because of my love for the <a href="http://www.prayerflowers.com/54DayNovena.htm"><strong>54 Day Miracle Novena</strong> </a>I wanted another way to reach more people about the praying the rosary. If you need assistance on how to pray the rosary you can find directions here<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.prayerflowers.com/Rosary.htm"><strong>How to Pray the Rosary</strong></a><br /><br />I have reposted the orginial post a few times the last in April of 2010 in hopes to get Our Sweet Mother Mary's wish for us to pray the rosary out to more people.<br /><br />I pray with Mary's help I can make a better effort to write more on this blog.<br /><br />I welcome your prayer request and comments.<br /><br /><strong>My Prayer for you</strong><br />May Our Sweet Lord bless and keep all of you...May your love for His Mother show you how much she will draw the attention off of her onto her Son...she will hold your hand and walk with you...always toward Jesus...getting closer and closer to His heart...Amen</div></div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-64947547394943417732011-10-16T02:39:00.000-07:002011-12-13T18:20:46.657-08:00Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin (1647-1690)<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3n9l8PVP8eZtvyNGzKa85GXnm-yCByNdB7G679QTo0L9pgCKuVOsACuKXmmy8BBmxLSHr07ygjcFrKNuRuucR6m5_tlHCCQATEs6-_e-OvOlkLUfGqx3_X9Xe-Z9XS6kMQDFun2VamdE/s1600-h/St.%252BMargaret%252BMary%252BAlaque%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392088338517270082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3n9l8PVP8eZtvyNGzKa85GXnm-yCByNdB7G679QTo0L9pgCKuVOsACuKXmmy8BBmxLSHr07ygjcFrKNuRuucR6m5_tlHCCQATEs6-_e-OvOlkLUfGqx3_X9Xe-Z9XS6kMQDFun2VamdE/s400/St.%252BMargaret%252BMary%252BAlaque%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I Trust in you!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></strong><div align="center"><strong>Prayer to Saint Margaret Mary </strong><br />O Holy Visitandine, to hear your name is to recall the Sacred Heart Devotion, especially as practiced on First Fridays and in making reparation for sins. From early youth you dedicated yourself to Jesus and you exhibited fervent love for him in the Eucharist. You became his chosen vessel to spread the devotion to the Sacred heart which has done wonders in modern times. Make all of us realize ever more Christ's words: "Behold this Heart that has so greatly loved people." Amen. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">12 Promises of Jesus</span></strong></div><div align="center">For those devoted to His Sacred Heart:</div><div align="center">1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.</div><div align="center">2. I will establish peace in their families.</div><div align="center">3. I will console them in all their troubles.</div><div align="center">4. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of their death.</div><div align="center">5. I will pour abundant blessings on all their undertakings.</div><div align="center">6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source of an infinite ocean of mercy.</div><div align="center">7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.</div><div align="center">8. Fervent souls shall speedily rise to great perfection.</div><div align="center">9. I will bless the homes where an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.</div><div align="center">10.I will give to priests the power of touching the most hardened hearts.</div><div align="center">11.Those who propagate this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be effaced.</div><div align="center">12.The all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all those who shall receive Holy Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under my displeasure, nor without receiving their Sacraments; My heart shall be their assured refuge at that last hour.</div></div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-88964530037027200252011-06-25T13:58:00.000-07:002011-06-25T14:02:26.129-07:00Sacred Heart Of Jesus - I Love You!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8lqPIWVnwXKtgvNXIZ37EddYE-2dYhMo9iKL9YQlpmYHW8MiLK2KATaVUc9AOD6ZD0YQfNWipB0nX8z-9yKSmRP7UtZJKvRDnRmCJe_LUD8AOoAC-HlJnm3Vue65G3g2fD3bdN0rR1I/s1600-h/JesusSacredHeart.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209851015693088066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8lqPIWVnwXKtgvNXIZ37EddYE-2dYhMo9iKL9YQlpmYHW8MiLK2KATaVUc9AOD6ZD0YQfNWipB0nX8z-9yKSmRP7UtZJKvRDnRmCJe_LUD8AOoAC-HlJnm3Vue65G3g2fD3bdN0rR1I/s400/JesusSacredHeart.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew11.htm#v29">Matt. 11:29 </a>"Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."<br /><br /><br />"<a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P1J.HTM#1PM">478</a> Jesus knew and loved us each and all during his life, his agony and his Passion, and gave himself up for each one of us: "The Son of God. . . loved me and gave himself for me." He has loved us all with a human heart. For this reason, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced by our sins and for our salvation, "is quite rightly considered the chief sign and symbol of that. . . love with which the divine Redeemer continually loves the eternal Father and all human beings" without exception. "<br /><a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM">Catechism of the Catholic Church.</a><br />Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-14708588980223746432010-05-30T08:24:00.000-07:002010-05-30T05:43:48.475-07:00Sweet Mother...Oh How I love you...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVm1d5fib6qkne6UPbCPaGN2VPoNOcINghMuS44YkI4rX_ZFP6EzTjea3M-Wcb_nYBwForoPde8t6RFvLJsRbBlJ0BDUmx_EyqPxeOhIcZna0h4Kxyrx4Y_ojY0veflN7uU5JNjsYmvc/s1600-h/nuestra-madre.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157226058834898258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVm1d5fib6qkne6UPbCPaGN2VPoNOcINghMuS44YkI4rX_ZFP6EzTjea3M-Wcb_nYBwForoPde8t6RFvLJsRbBlJ0BDUmx_EyqPxeOhIcZna0h4Kxyrx4Y_ojY0veflN7uU5JNjsYmvc/s320/nuestra-madre.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Holy Mother of God, I love you with all my heart. Thank you for teaching me how to pray and puring your grace upon us. Help me best know how to share you. </div><br /><div></div><div>I want to thank Denise for inspiring me to do this page and to share the 54 Day Novena Rosary.<br /></div><div>When I pray this rosary the peace that comes over me is heavenly.<br /></div><div>To pray this novena now you may go to the 54 Day Novena prayer page </div><div><a href="http://www.prayerflowers.com/54DayNovena.htm">http://www.prayerflowers.com/54DayNovena.htm</a><br /><br />I pray you feel the love of Our Mother with you always,</div><div></div><div>Love in Jesus,<br />Prayerflowers</div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-83246677711401620852010-05-01T07:19:00.000-07:002010-05-01T04:58:36.534-07:00Feast of St. Joseph the Worker<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5QG2PunkzsWUc0vz0abyg2Faneq9lToA_2_H89J724wfSclyzmb2XVu6-EXPh0wV4aE9xiS1hswd7QCP43s_pVyLgtswIXABpI8gWwLzg0NqQE9GuFqjm_FmATGr3c7obUo-QUBdOG4/s1600-h/jesusjoseph.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330860489222824882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5QG2PunkzsWUc0vz0abyg2Faneq9lToA_2_H89J724wfSclyzmb2XVu6-EXPh0wV4aE9xiS1hswd7QCP43s_pVyLgtswIXABpI8gWwLzg0NqQE9GuFqjm_FmATGr3c7obUo-QUBdOG4/s400/jesusjoseph.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker</em></strong></span><br />Joseph, by the work of your hands and the sweat of your brow, you supported Jesus and Mary, and had the Son of God as your fellow worker. Teach me to work as you did, with patience and perseverance, for God and for those whom God has given me to support. Teach me to see in my fellow workers the Christ who desires to be in them, that I may always be charitable and forbearing towards all. Grant me to look upon work with the eyes of faith, so that I shall recognize in it my share in God's own creative activity and in Christ's work of our redemption, and so take pride in it. When it is pleasant and productive, remind me to give thanks to God for it. And when it is burdensome, teach me to offer it to God, in reparation for my sins and the sins of the world. AmenPrayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-74735273212261948212010-01-01T08:00:00.000-08:002010-01-01T09:14:31.476-08:00Solemnity of the Mother of God<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8I1dzrmaWrBtThN15IAFpWkuryPoHrWjuewTnOf9DLowZzGyNfbwapjDxL_mm08L3hE9Y52CDBJ2v_lAJWnHv_gr0f1SpCwKB6NlSGaZ42xsphNeHIV6ruM3Kn3wz8UoC8f4qG8K3Bo/s1600-h/bellini2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286080790803247730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8I1dzrmaWrBtThN15IAFpWkuryPoHrWjuewTnOf9DLowZzGyNfbwapjDxL_mm08L3hE9Y52CDBJ2v_lAJWnHv_gr0f1SpCwKB6NlSGaZ42xsphNeHIV6ruM3Kn3wz8UoC8f4qG8K3Bo/s400/bellini2.jpg" /></a> <strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Mary, Mother of God<br /></span></em></strong>Remember on Christmas morning how we found our way to the stable? It may have been the stable on the mantle or under the Christmas tree or in our parish church. We gazed at the baby in the manger just like the shepherds had done so long ago. Jesus was there with Mary and Joseph. Today we begin our new year at the Eucharistic Celebration. We thank God for Mary, Jesus' mother, who brought the Savior into the world. Because she is the mother of Jesus, God's Son, she truly is the Mother of God. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Mary conceived Jesus. Joseph was Jesus' loving foster-father.<br />God chose Mary to be the mother of his Son. She was a teenager and her parents were Joachim and Anne. Mary loved God and her Jewish religion. She was probably considered ordinary by her neighbors. It would be God's work in her that would make her so special, so blessed. God sent the Archangel Gabriel to Mary's town of Nazareth. The angel asked her to accept a wonderful plan-wonderful for her and for all of us. Mary wanted to please God and she accepted the plan. She became Jesus' mother. Mary and her husband, Joseph, tried to raise Jesus the best way they could and with great love. Jesus spent many happy, quiet years with Mary and Joseph in Nazareth.<br />When Jesus was about thirty years old, he began his preaching and healing ministry. This is usually called his public life. It seems that sometime before that Joseph had died. Jesus could not now stay just in the little home and carpenter shop at Nazareth. Mary frequently went with her friends to be near her Son. Mary attended a marriage celebration in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cana</span>. Jesus and his disciples came too. When the wine was gone, Mary asked Jesus to do something. She wanted him to save the couple from being embarrassed in front of their guests. He worked the miracle of turning plain water into delicious wine. Mary loved Jesus and believed in him. She was there when he was nailed to the cross. In fact, she stayed right beneath the cross and received his dead body into her arms. After the resurrection, Mary waited with Jesus' apostles for the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. The apostles loved her. They knew they needed more courage to be real followers of Jesus. Mary prayed for them and encouraged them. She taught them how to be disciples of her Son. Mary's feast days are special events that happen throughout the year. Today's feast honors her as God's Mother. She wants to be our mother, too. (taken from an email sent to me by the St. Michael Center for the Blessed Mother)<br /><div></div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121389335605396562.post-79249641749208382712009-12-30T08:14:00.000-08:002009-12-30T08:32:19.094-08:00Blessed Brother Andre of St. Joseph Novena<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_V91YciMqUfkdx6VVNtUMG87ImMfYLSwIPhJoG0Rk4bX9ZWUzbbQsWsDGy-ohErkM7vgRJDRxh6qOSm-EqNK34F2NRSzXTOV1vKYFFPVX6ZXvzKzaLeUBGp0aLcEiaxcq261-wNPzY2k/s1600-h/brotherandrebessette.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421067170863939426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_V91YciMqUfkdx6VVNtUMG87ImMfYLSwIPhJoG0Rk4bX9ZWUzbbQsWsDGy-ohErkM7vgRJDRxh6qOSm-EqNK34F2NRSzXTOV1vKYFFPVX6ZXvzKzaLeUBGp0aLcEiaxcq261-wNPzY2k/s400/brotherandrebessette.jpg" /></a><br />Blessed Brother Andre of St. Joseph Novena<br />Start Novena - Dec 30th<br />End on Brother Andre's Feast Day January 6th<br /><br /><strong>Prayers of Brother Andre</strong><br /><a href="http://www.saint-joseph.org/en_1019_index.asp">http://www.saint-joseph.org/en_1019_index.asp</a><br /><strong>Novena to Brother Andre</strong><br /><br />Brother André, you always helped others.<br />Help us to become more attentive to those around us.<br /><br />People constantly asked you for favours.<br />Teach us to give rather than to receive.<br /><br />With your aid, we can help in every possible way<br />all those with whom we come in contact,<br />and can find joy in being truly generous.<br /><br />Josette Massy<br />Grand Associate of Brother André<strong></strong> </div>Prayerflowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835955145608654651noreply@blogger.com0