October 2011
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Happy
Oh, how happy I would be to live alone in a desert with that image! - St John of the Cross upon seeing an image of Mary
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Protection
Today the faithful celebrate the feast with joy illumined by your coming, O Mother of God.
Beholding your pure image we fervently cry to you: Encompass us beneath the precious veil of your protection; deliver us from every form of evil by entreating Christ, your Son and our God that He may save our souls. This is a Byzantine hymn, known as a troparior, for the feast of the Protection of the...
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Busy
Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children. - St John Marie Vianney
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Trust
I trust in Our Lady because of the sweetness of the mercy of her name.
Her eyes look upon the poor. And her hands are stretched out to the orphan and the widow. - Psalm 10, Psalter of Mary
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Mantle
Accept me for thy servant and receive me under thy mantle, O Mother of Mercy. - St Alphonsus Liguori
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1000 Hail Marys
In France and other Catholic countries there is an old tradition to pray one thousand Hail Marys on December 24. It is believed that a special favour will be granted in return. While preparing the family meal for Christmas Eve mothers would recite their one thousand Hail Marys without fail, for they always had a small favour to ask Mary on behalf of one of their children or their husband.
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Mater Gratiae
Mary, Mother of Grace, Mother of mercy, Shield me from the enemy And receive me at the hour of my death. Amen This simple prayer from the Roman Ritual is taken from the second verse of the hymn ‘Memento, salutis Auctor’, which forms part of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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