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

August 31, 2016

Reflection: For we are God's co-workers...

I planted, Apollos watered but God caused the growth. Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who causes the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor. For we are God's co-workers; you are God's field, God's building. 1 Corinthians 3:6-9

God calls upon us to plant and water and to rely totally on Him.

How do we plant and water?

Stay close to the Lord through the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. When we go to confession frequently, it is very much like gardening, pulling out weeds and pinching and pruning the plants. As we pray and look inward through the sacrament, God helps us root out what needs to be removed and confessed. Jesus heals and purifies the soul through the beautiful Sacrament of Reconciliation where truth and mercy meet. Jesus waters the soul with sanctifying grace which gives strength to go out and sin no more. We plant and water by receiving the Eucharist frequently. Jesus in the Eucharist heals. He is bread for the journey, the Bread of Life. Jesus said to His disciples:

I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:35

To work for God, we must rely upon Him. As we stay close to the Lord through the sacraments, He causes the growth, the growth in our souls.

For we are God's co-workers; you are God's field, God's building. 1 Corinthians 3:9
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