As I’ve been praying throughout Holy Thursday evening and night and into today, Good Friday morning – I haven’t been able to get this image from the movie Passion of the Christ, out of my mind – it is when Mary senses where Jesus is imprisoned in a dungeon beneath her and prostrates herself over
“I am all yours, and all that I have is yours, O most loving Jesus, through Mary, your most holy Mother” (True Devotion, 233). DAY 8 of 33: WEEK 2: Contemplate the Our Father as we take St. Maximilian Kolbe as our guide Action: IMPORTANT! THIS WILL BE THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR DAY, OUR CONSECRATION
I came across this Novena of Surrender about seven or eight years ago. I was immediately touched by it and started passing it out to others because it was so wonderful and profound. It literally takes seconds a day to recite, but is so extremely powerful! It is hard to estimate the number of people
“I am all yours, and all that I have is yours, O most loving Jesus, through Mary, your most holy Mother” (True Devotion, 233). DAY 4 of 33: Contemplating the Hail Mary. Action: Pray one decade of the Rosary contemplating the 3rd Joyful Mystery – the Nativity. In addition to the meditations below, I recorded
Day 1 of The 39th Anniversary Novena to Our Lady The Queen of Peace On June 15, 2020, begins the Novena in thanksgiving for 39 years of the apparitions of the Queen of Peace. In Medjugorje, the local people will pray the rosary at Apparition Hill every day at 4pm, and we unite with all
Happy 99th Anniversary of the great miracle of the sun, which took place in Fatima, Portugal! 70,000 people, including atheists, saw the sun spin and dance in the sky — sometimes even to plunging to earth. The earth, which had been thoroughly soaked by rain — completely dried out simultaneously. Even secular newspapers covered the story!
What do nuclear warfare, satanic priests, and serial killers have in common? What about corrupt and evil governments usurping the rights of its people, and horrific, unjust wars wrought upon Christians by radical Muslim forces? Each of these is a very real threat in our lives today; and yet, each of these evils has seen
There is tremendous confusion surrounding the status of Medjugorje. I am writing this to provide some clarification. This clarification has received acceptance from my Diocesan office. There is much talk of Medjugorje being banned! However, we must stop speaking this way. There is NO BAN! Much of the confusion has stemmed from
1. Woo Hoo! My first blog post made it into the National Catholic Register! After receiving the good news in an email from my friend (who shared the post on her blog), I jokingly asked my husband this morning, “So, do you know who you are looking at?” (Wanting to tell him: A contributing author
Ongoing Miracle of the Eucharist in SnnBtarem While begging God to stop the black mass scheduled to take place in Oklahoma City on September 21st, thoughts of the mighty power of God kept coming into my prayers. Particularly, thoughts of the Eucharistic Miracle of Santarem that occurred in 1255, whose miraculous Presence continues to this
I want to share a quick INVITATION TO TOTAL CONSECRATION with you. God has put it so strongly on my heart to gather people together in making a formal Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary. I’m absolutely convinced this is vitally important -not only for ourselves – but for our children, our marriages, our homes
First of all, what a name! Polycarp can literally be translated as “many fish” (as poly means “many” and carp means “fish”). Perhaps Polycarp obtained this name because of his great desire to be a “fisher of men” in order to save many souls. On this feast of St. Polycarp, I wanted to share with
As we read yesterday, as the young Maximilian saw the Freemasons celebrating their 200th Anniversary by parading throughout Rome, he understood “the destructive effects of atheistic secularism” that it represented. He saw, already in 1917, “the spreading of dangerous religious indifferentism and various antireligious theories, as well as of the subtle decline of morality. He
Readings and Prayers for St. Louis-Marie de Montfort’s Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary 12 Days of Preparation renouncing the spirit of the world Praying over and reading Christ’s Teaching Praying with the Heart Examining our conscience Learning about Mary’s place in God’s plan Day 11 of 33: Meditate on Imitation of Christ, by Thomas á Kempis:
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