Happy Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi

The Peace Prayer of St. Francis

by an anonymous Norman c. 1915 A.D. Peace Prayer

Lord make me an instrument of your peace

Where there is hatred,

Let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is error, truth;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, Joy.

O Divine Master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled

As to console;

To be understood,as to understand;

To be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Innocence by Bouguereau 1893

Prayer to Mary, Mother of God

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

you have given the world its true light,

Jesus, your Son - the Son of God. 

You abandoned yourself completely

to God's call

and thus became a wellspring

of the goodness which flows forth from him. 

Show us Jesus.  Lead us to him. 

Teach us to know and love him, 

so that we too can become 

capable of true love

and be fountains of living water

in the midst of a thirsting world.  

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

God Is Love

Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help for Financial Aid

Realizing, dear Mother Mary,

that thou art our Perpetual Help not only in spiritual

but likewise in temporal necessities,

we approach thee with submissive and humble hearts,

because we have a child-like confidence in thy power and goodness,

beseeching thee to assist us in our present financial worry.

Owing to untoward circumstances which have arisen in our lives,

we are in dire want, being unable to meet our honest debts.

We are not asking, dearest Mother for wealth,

if possession of it is not in accordance with the holy will of God;

we merely beg for that assistance which will enable us

to satisfy our pressing obligations.

We believe, dear Mother,

that thou art the Queen of heaven and earth,

and, as such,

the instrument and special dispensation of thy Son Jesus Christ;

that thou hast acquired by virtue of thy wonderful dignity,

a sweet jurisdiction over all creation.

We believe that thou art not only rich and bountiful,

but extremely kind and generous to all thy loving children.

We plead with thee then, dear Mother,

to obtain for us the help we so urgently need in our present financial difficulty.

We thank thee, dear Lady and promise to publish far and wide,

the marvels of thy glorious Picture.

Amen

I'll be at the St Thomas More Church Vendor Fair July 27 & 28 selling rosaries and chaplets by The Rosary Lady. Be sure to stop in and say hello!

St Thomas More Gift Shop Quebec and County Line. New summer hours please stop by. All day Saturday 9 am - 7 pm. Don't miss our vendor fair July 27 & 28 after 4 and 5:30 masses on Saturday. Sunday after all morning masses. Free doughnuts Sunday.

Mornings with Mary ~ Eastertide Beauty

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Linking up with recuerda mi corazon.

Mornings with Mary ~ Week 2

Last week I was watching a movie about Blessed John Paul II and this image scrolled across the screen.  I had to pause the movie, grab my iPhone and snap a photo of it.  I was enthralled.  I had no idea who created this lovely image, or where I could find out more.  

This is the image panned out.  Finally it dawned on me to Google "Par Marie A Jesus", which means "Through Mary to Jesus".

I came across this website where you can see all of the other beautiful images of The Basilica of the Rosary.  

It really is a site to behold.  

Mother Mary and Her rosary call to me, even when I least expect it.  

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Please visit Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for more Mornings with Mary.  

Mornings with Mary

 

Rebecca has invited me to join in another of her Mary memes, Mornings with Mary.  Each Monday morning, we shall post and link our Marys. 

 

I personally can never get enough of the Blessed Virgin, so I always relish joining in and visiting Her at others' pages. 

 

 

 

 

 

This statue is in the bay window of my office/workshop.  The Blessed Mother is always at my side, but I feel her most when I am designing and making rosaries. 

 

 

Thank you Mary, for being there for me.

 

 

Thank you Rebecca for the invite! 

 

 

Visit recuerda mi corazon for more Mornings with Mary.