Category Archives: Marian Consecration

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

O Virgin Mother of God, | Mary Immaculate, | we
dedicate and consecrate ourselves to you | under the title of
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. | May this Medal be for
each one of us | a sure sign of your affection for us | and a
constant reminder of our duties toward you. | Ever while
wearing it, | may we be blessed by your loving protection |
and preserved in the grace of your Son. |

O most powerful Virgin, | Mother of our Savior, | keep us close to you every moment of our lives. | Obtain for us, your children | the grace
of a happy death; | so that, in union with you, | we may enjoy
the bliss of heaven forever. Amen.

the Presentation of Mary

God inspired in the heart of the pure Virgin Mary His own intense love for humility, and abhorrence of pride. She possessed, even from her infancy, a far greater horror of pride and ambition, and a far deeper love for humility than all the saints together. It was the first virtue that she practices. 

She abased and humbled herself before all. She esteemed herself, and would have been happy to be treated by others, as the last of the creatures. 

By marvelous radiance of her Immaculate Conception, she beheld herself susceptible to the guilt of the children of Adam, except that God miraculously preserved her.

Give thanks to Almighty God who resists the proud and gives grace to the humble, and offer Him all the glory that this Maiden accorded to His majesty by her practice of the richest humility during her childhood and throughout the rest of her life.

St. John Eudes

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October . Month of the Holy Rosary

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Columbus Day . the Marian Mission

In 1992, Jesuit Father John Hardon gave a series of exceptional talks on Columbus for the 500th anniversary of the Catholic discovery of America. He brought to light many vital facts overlooked or ignored by secular historians.

“The underlying motive of Columbus’ historic voyage was the conversion of those who did not know Christ as the living Son of God and son of Mary,” stressed Father Hardon. “Throughout the log, Columbus makes it clear he and his men are sailing across the Atlantic to spread the good news of salvation and convert the natives to Christianity.”

Columbus was deeply devoted to Our Lady. His writings disclose childlike dependence on her. He named his flagship the Santa Maria — Holy Mary. A favorite prayer was “May Jesus with Mary be with us on the way.” For safety in a storm he promised his first act of thanksgiving on returning home would be a pilgrimage to the shrine of Santa María de Guadalupe in southern Spain.

from the National Catholic Register

Knights of Columbus Documentary . WEB