August 2010
Rose
Mystical rose, pray for us. - Litany of Loreto
Guide
Hail, Queen of heaven, the ocean star, Guide of the wanderer here below, Thrown on life’s surge, we claim thy care, Save us from peril and from woe. Mother of Christ, O Star of the sea Pray for the wanderer, pray for me. - Fr John Lingard (1771–1851)
Blessing
Less than two weeks ago we celebrated the greatest of all feasts dedicated to Mary: that of her assumption into heaven. One ancient custom associated with the feast is the blessing of herbs, especially in German speaking lands. According to the Directory of Popular Piety the custom “represents a clear example of the genuine evangelisation of pre-Christian rites and beliefs: one must turn...
Salve Mater Misericordiae I only discovered this...
Grace
Mother of divine grace, pray for us. - Litany of Loreto
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Understand
Know and understand well, you the most humble of my sons, that I am the ever virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the True God for whom we live, of the Creator of all things, Lord of heaven and the earth. - Mary to St Juan Diego; Mexico, 1531
iwritetobelieve asked: Your story is very inspiring and even if I have been raised in a Catholic household I can only say that I have started drawing closer to the Virgin Mary in the last 5 years. But this period in my life has been a special moment of being given the opportunity to cling to the Blessed Mother with all my heart, soul and mind.
Thank you for sharing your journey of understanding our...
Thank you for sharing your journey of understanding our...
Praise
Grant that I may praise you, most holy Virgin. Give me strength against your enemies. - Prayer of consecration to Mary
iwritetobelieve asked: How did your devotion to the Blessed Mother start?
Ave Regina Caelorum This popular version of the...
Avé de Fátima The Ave Maria as sung at the...
Devout
Holy mother of Christ most dear, receive our devout hymn and praise. - Inviolata
Heart
Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. - Luke 2:19
Mary the dawn, Christ the Perfect Day; Mary the gate, Christ the Heavenly Way! - Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Assumed
Queen assumed into heaven, pray for us. - Litany of Loreto
Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array? - King Solomon’s Canticle of Canticles
Mediatrix
Tomorrow the Church celebrates the great feast of Mary’s assumption into heaven. In 1950 the assumption was proclaimed a dogma. At the time psychologist Carl Gustav Jung commented on the religious and psychological significance of this event in his book ‘Answer to Job’: “One could have known for a long time that there was a deep longing in the masses for an intercessor and...
Amiable
Mother most amiable, pray for us. - Litany of Loreto
Meerstern, ich dich grüsse, O Maria hilf! Star of...
The God whom earth, and sea, and sky adore, and laud, and magnify, who o’er their threefold fabric reigns, the Virgin’s spotless womb contains. - Quem terra, pontus, sidera
Wisdom
Seat of wisdom, pray for us. - Litany of Loreto
Angels
Queen of angels, pray for us. - Litany of Loreto
Guide
Oh harbinger of day! Oh hope of the pilgrim! Lead us still as thou hast led; in the dark night, across the bleak wilderness, guide us on to our Lord Jesus, guide us home. - John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
