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

March 16, 2014

The Transfiguration

Jesus was preparing  the apostles for the trauma they would suffer through and the horror of His crucifixion.  To give them hope, Jesus brought them to the mountaintop and appeared to them in a vision.  On Mount Tabor, He appeared as He really would be in His risen glory.  

Jesus was transfigured before them; His face shone like the sun and His clothes became white as light.  Matthew 17:2

Jesus appeared to them as the Light of the World in dazzling white.   On either side of Him, Moses and Elijah appeared.  The Father’s voice spoke that this was His Beloved Son in whom He was well pleased.  The Holy Spirit appeared as a cloud of glory.  The Transfiguration was an experience that did not last forever.  It was not given to them so they could erect tents and stay there.  Jesus gave them this experience to build up their hope so that they would be sustained for the sufferings to come.  The path called the Via Dolorosa lay before Him and before them, as well.  The Transfiguration was to show them that the Way of the Cross was not a road to death but a road through death to a new life.  

Jesus, may our hearts remain faithful to You, and may You begin Your transforming work in us. Keep us mindful that with You Lord, nothing is impossible and without You, we can do nothing. Glory be to You, Lord, forever and ever.  Blessed Mother Mary, our comfort and refuge, and help us walk the Way of the Cross by your side.  Amen.
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