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.

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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

January 31, 2017

Reflection: "If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured."

In the Gospel of Mark, there was a woman who was afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had grown worse and worse and had spent all her money seeking help from doctors but continued to suffer greatly.

When she heard about Jesus, she made her way through the crowd that was pressing upon Him and she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured." Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. Mark 5:28-29

As soon as she touched Jesus, He was immediately aware that power had gone out from Him and He asked His disciples who touched Him. The disciples did not understand why He said that because the whole crowd was pressing on Him. Jesus looked around to see who touched Him.                              

When the woman heard Him, "she approached in fear and trembling." Mark 5:33

Are you afraid to approach Jesus? 
Do not be afraid. Ponder what the woman did. She heard about Jesus and wanted to be cured. She had faith that she would be cured if she could touch His clothes. She touched Him and was immediately healed.

Has it been a long time since you have been to confession? 
Jesus is waiting there for you. Go immediately to the Throne of Grace and tell the priest everything. Lay your burdens and sins down before Him. Tell Jesus you want to be cured. Have faith that He will heal you. Open your heart to receive God's healing Mercy and Sanctifying Grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. 

The woman fell down before Jesus and told Him everything. Then Jesus said to her. "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction." Mark 5:34

The woman had an encounter with Jesus and she was healed and forever changed. Jesus wants to have an encounter with you. When you confess your sins and tell the priest your miseries, Jesus sends His power upon you through the Absolution the priest gives you. Immediately, sanctifying grace comes down upon you and Jesus heals you of your sins, burdens and afflictions. Come to Him in faith...

Brothers and sisters: Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. Hebrews 12:1-2

January 26, 2017

Reflection: Made in the Image of God...

Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man in His image; in the Divine image, He created him; male and female, He created them. God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth."  Genesis 1:26-28  

We are made in the image and likeness of God. What does that mean? God created us like Him. He loves us and wants us to be with Him eternally. We were created with a body and a soul. God infused every life with a soul. God is the Giver and Author of all life. Every life has meaning. We were created to love and serve God, to pray and speak with Him and with one another.

Let us pray for a conversion of all who favor, promote, seek and perform abortions. Let us pray that the powerful witness of all the pro-life young people attending the March for Life in Washington, D.C. will open hearts and minds and that the Culture of Life will be restored to our country.

You formed my inmost being; You knit me in my mother's womb.  Psalm 139:13

January 23, 2017

Reflection: The Unborn...

Today we remember the tens of millions of little ones lost to abortion since 1973, the tragic anniversary of Roe v Wade in the United States with a Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children and we pray for the souls wounded by abortion.. 

Your Hands made me and fashioned me. Psalm 119:73 

Unborn children are entitled to the unalienable Right to Life endowed by God.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, intercede for the protection of life in the womb as you did when you appeared to Juan Diego. Jesus, through the intercession of Saint John Paul II and through his prayers and beautiful writings, Theology of the Body, we ask you to open hearts and minds to the sanctity of all LIFE.

From the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding His voice, and holding fast to Him. For that will mean life for you, a long life for you to live on the land which the Lord swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 30:19-20

What can you do to promote a culture of life?
Pray for all those wounded by abortion and for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life for the unborn. Fast and offer Penance for the sins against the dignity of life through abortion.

As we pray for the unborn, we ask Jesus for a conversion of hearts so that every person will come to know the dignity and sacredness of all life. This prayer ministry began praying for a precious unborn baby who has Down Syndrome. She is ten years old now and she emanates love to everyone she meets. What a beautiful gift from God!

Kiss of Mercy Prayer  To be recited while kissing a child or an Image of the Child Jesus
Jesus I trust in You.  With my kiss, convert, heal and reconcile to the Father one soul wounded by abortion. Amen,  Recite one Hail Mary

Kiss of Mercy Prayer Apostolate for Healing from Abortion

January 21, 2017

Reflection: Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

We celebrate today the Feast Day of Saint Agnes of Rome. She was a martyr and is the patron saint of girls. According to tradition, she promised Jesus that He would be her spouse.

When she rejected suitors, she was punished for being a Christian. She was placed in a brothel.  Miraculously, she left unharmed.  One man attempted to violate her and he was struck blind. She prayed for him and he was healed. During the persecutions of Christians which were ordered by Diocletian, 13 year old Agnes was murdered.

The name Agnes means lamb. Amidst great sufferings and persecutions, she had courage and remained steadfast in her love and promise she made to Jesus, the Lamb of God.

Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi,
Lamb of God, who take away sins of world,
dona nobis pacem. grant us peace.


We are witnessing persecution and martyrdom of Christians throughout the world today. Saint Agnes is our powerful intercessor. We can ask her to help us have courage and to witness to Jesus. He dispels the darkness and shines His beautiful light.

Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace in our hearts, in our families, in our country and in the world.

O Blood and Water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a Fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You. Jesus I trust in You.  From the Chaplet of Divine Mercy

January 20, 2017

Mary Mother of the Eucharist

Mary's body and soul are the heavenly tabernacle of God. She is the incorruptible Host, Holy and Immaculate. The Madonna and the Holy Eucharist are united inseparably "even to the end of the world."  Matthew 28:20

Prayer to Mary Mother of the Eucharist

Hail Mary, sweet Mother of the Eucharist, with sorrow and much love, You have given us your son Jesus while hanging from the Cross. We, weak creatures, anchor ourselves to You to be worthy sons of this great LOVE and SORROW. Help us to be humble and simple, help us to love all men, help us to live in grace always to be ready to welcome Jesus into our heart.

O Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, we, by ourselves, will never be able to understand this great mystery of love. Gain for us the light of the Holy Spirit, because only in that moment we will be able to perceive even for just one instant, all the infinite love of your Jesus in giving Himself to us. Amen.

When we go before Jesus on the altar, we always find Him "with Mary His Mother," as the Magi did at Bethlehem. Matthew 2:11

Jesus in the sacred Host, comes to each of us as He did to Saint John the Evangelist from the Cross on Calvary, "Behold thy Mother." John 19:27

January 05, 2017

The Memorare

Mary was petitioned as "Mother of God" at least by the 3rd Century, as is evidenced by the discovery of the Sub Tuum prayer:

This prayer, known in Latin as "Sub tuum Praesidium" and first found in a Greek papyrus, c. 300, is the oldest known prayer to the Virgin.

We turn to you for protection, Holy Mother of God. Listen to our prayers and help us in all our needs. Save us from every danger, glorious and blessed Virgin.

The "Memorare" is a sixteenth-century version of a fifteenth-century prayer that began "Ad sanctitatis tuae pedes, dulcissima Virgo Maria." Claude Bernard (1588-1641) popularized the idea that the "Memorare" was written by Saint Bernard.

Mary, Our Mother, understands the sufferings we carry when our children hurt. Let us bring our children to her and ask for her intercession to her Beloved Son Jesus. Her heart was pierced when she heard Simeon's words, as she held her precious baby. She did not understand, but she kept all these things in her heart. Let us unite our sufferings and those of our children and those for whom we pray with Mary by praying the Memorare.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to you for your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, we fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, our Mother.  To you we come, before you we stand, sinful and sorrowful.  O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer them. Amen.

Saint Bernard sums up the great spiritual advantage of true devotion to our Blessed Mother.  Let us repeat that wonderful prayer of Saint Bernard to become a trusting child before Mary, even as the Son of God did. Saint Bernard says, and we say with him, "Look to the star of the sea, call upon Mary … in danger, in distress, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. May her name never be far from your lips, or far from your heart … If you follow her, you will not stray; if you pray to her, you will not despair; if you turn your thoughts to her, you will not err. If she holds you, you will not fall; if she protects you, you need not fear; if she is your guide, you will not tire; if she is gracious to you, you will surely reach your destination."

On earth, the Blessed Virgin offered her life in that obedient service which is true worship of God. In heaven, she leads the song of eternal praise which rises like incense before the throne of God.  Let us imitate Mary and ponder everything in our heart.