Our Lady holding Jesus as He accepts flowers from the shepherd child

Our Lady holding Jesus as He accepts flowers from the shepherd child

Welcome to our intercessory prayer ministry for families, babies, little ones and those who love them.

In our prayers for families, we pray for the sanctity of all life and for vocations to marriage, the priesthood and consecrated life, which are born and nurtured in families.

The Prayer of Entrustment to Mary was prayed for this ministry at the icon of the Madonna Salus Populi Romani (Salvation of the Roman People, Our Lady of Good Health) in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of Mary Major) in Rome, Italy, in Nossa Senhora do Rosario da Fatima (Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary) in Fatima, Portugal, in Eglise du Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart Parish Church), the site of St. Bernadette's baptismal font, in Lourdes, France and at The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts at the Shrine of the Holy Innocents before Our Lady of Guadalupe and at Basilica Papale de San Pietro in Vaticano (St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City) at the Tomb of St. John Paul II in Rome, Italy and at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Mexico City, Mexico.

This ministry is consecrated to Jesus Christ, Wisdom Incarnate, through the hands of Mary and dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. In our prayers to Mary, we honor and worship her Son Jesus. When He was on the Cross, He gave His Mother to John and she became our Mother as well. "Behold, your Mother." John 19:27

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
For the greater glory of God

February 14, 2011

Saint Valentine and Love

Saint Valentine’s Day is a day that celebrates romantic love. A great love, a romantic love is good and it brings blessings! Romantic love, eros, has a place and a purpose in God’s plan. Romantic love, eros, has a dignity and it's purpose is to draw man and woman toward marriage, family and ultimately toward God. The deep desire that man and woman have for each other is a sign of the ultimate desire of the human heart for deep union with God.

There is an even greater love, agape love. Agape love is loving God above ourselves, above all things and above all people. There is perhaps no greater example of agape love than that of the martyrs. They were willing to forsake everything for Christ, paying the supreme price of this love, the gift of their very own life.

Saint Valentine was a martyr. Christian tradition recognizes two saints from the early Church as “Valentine.” The first was the Roman priest Valentine. He was decapitated in 268 AD for the crime of trying to convert a member of Emperor Claudius. He was also a renowned healer. The second Valentine is Bishop Valentine who was also a renowned healer and was turned in for converting people to Christianity. He was imprisoned and the attempt was made to force him to sacrifice to pagan gods. When he refused an attempt was made to club him to death. When that failed he was beheaded in 273 AD. It is interesting that both Saint Valentines were renowned healers. Jesus is Our Divine Healer and He heals with His love.

Eros is surely noble and necessary and is rightly celebrated, but no greater love, agape, exists than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend.



Song of Songs 2:10-13
My lover speaks; he says to me,"Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come!" For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the dove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs,and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance. "Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one,and come!"
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