Our Lady, Star of Fatima,
we kneel before thy shrine.
To bless they name, to sing they praise,
to blend our pray’r with thine.
Look down on us, O merciful,
most loving Virgin blest;
as we recite thy Rosary,
fulfilling thy request. Continue reading “On this day, O beautiful Mother!”
Fall is here with reminders of how quickly summer passed.
In every store Halloween candy & brightly colored costumes for princesses, witches, and fuzzy-wooly monsters of every size are found in the aisles where sand-buckets, bubbles and swim-suits once hung.
Despite the chaos of these short-summer months there was great joy, laughter and even a few unexpected lessons enveloped into our days. Continue reading “beware! monsters up ahead.”
it’s a 3hugs&blessings thursday…
Prayer isn’t there to make us feel better when we’re anxious.
And it’s not there as an obligation.
It is a communion of love, between a lover and the beloved.
St. Faustina is a reliable witness on this point: she spoke to Our Lord about this many times, and He always expressed His infinite love for humanity.
“While I was saying the chaplet [of Divine Mercy], I heard a voice which said, Oh, what great graces I will grant to souls who say this chaplet; the very depths of My tender mercy are stirred for the sake of those who say the chaplet.” (No. 848)
In prayer we need not only to pray the words but Christ needs us to also listen! Continue reading “do you hear my prayers, lord?”
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