A Prayer of Entrustment to Mary was prayed for this prayer ministry at the Basilica of Mary Major in Rome, Italy and at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The ministry is consecrated to Jesus Christ, Wisdom Incarnate, through the hands of Mary.
"Good and devout souls, who walk in the light of the Holy Spirit: I do not think you will mind my giving you this mystical rose tree which comes straight from heaven and which is to be planted in the garden of your soul. This mystical rose tree is Jesus and Mary, in life, death and eternity." Saint Louis Marie de Montfort
This ministry began on May 1, 2010 but the prayers actually began in May 2006, praying for an unborn baby, Lily Grace. There were medical problems with the baby and we began praying the novena to Saint Anne that "Lily Grace would have abundant life." Through the intercession of Saint Anne, mother of Our Blessed Mother and grandmother of Jesus, Lily Grace was born in November 2006. We give thanks for all the prayers for this precious little baby. She is now eight years old and will receive her First Holy Communion this Sunday!
Over these past years, as we pray each day, we have received so many other names to include in our prayers through this ministry. We pray for families, for unborn babies and for children who are healthy, sick or disabled. We pray for priests and seminarians whose vocations are nurtured in their families. We pray for pregnant women, couples who are trying to become pregnant, couples who want to adopt, mothers who have had miscarriages. We pray for parents who have suffered the death of a baby or a child. We pray for grandparents and their grandchildren. We pray for mothers and fathers who have had an abortion or considered having one. We pray for parents who are struggling to accept their disabled child, as well as parents who embrace their disabled child and see, in that child, the beauty that was created by God.
"The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium. It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work of the redemptive Incarnation which began in her virginal womb. With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer." Apostolic Letter of Saint Pope John Paul II Rosarium Virginis Mariae (the Rosary of the Virgin Mary)
"There is no surer means of calling down God's blessings upon the family...than the daily recitation of the Rosary." Pope Pius XII
We give thanks for the John 10:10 prayer partners who pray the Memorare every day for all the names we have received and all the names we will receive. A monthly Mass will be offered in thanksgiving for all the prayer partners and for all the intentions we receive.
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(This video was posted on the first blog posting on May 1, 2010)
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