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

October 21, 2018

Reflection: For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45

Jesus summoned the Twelve together to teach them that they must not lord it over others. He told them not to seek to be the greatest, but rather seek to serve others.

When Jesus said He came to give His life for many, He was teaching them to do the same. Jesus teaches us to die to self, pick up our cross and carry it daily.

"It is part of the discipline of God to make His loved ones perfect through trial and suffering. Only by carrying the Cross can one reach the Resurrection." Venerable Fulton Sheen

 How do we carry our cross?

Look at Jesus on the Cross. He is the human Face of suffering. Gazing at our Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross, we find meaning to our own sufferings.

Intense suffering, physical, emotional, spiritual, either draws us close to Jesus on the Cross by looking within ourselves or causes us to rebel and turn away from His Presence.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta said, "Suffering is a sign that we have come so close to Jesus on the Cross that He can kiss us..."  Jesus loves us so much. He wants us, not only to carry our cross, but to embrace it. When we do this, we share in His Passion.

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Chaplet of Divine Mercy

 Accept your cross, embrace it, carry it willingly and with patience and love. By dying to self, you will draw close to Jesus on the Cross. Your cross is a means of your sanctification and salvation. Do not run away from your cross. Unite your sufferings with Jesus on the Cross. In this way, your suffering has power and Jesus can use your sufferings to help you or someone else. Run to Jesus. He is waiting for you with open arms. Jump into His arms and rest. It is Jesus who helps you carry your cross for without Him, you and I can do nothing.

If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself and take us his cross daily and follow Me. Luke 9:23

"There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already born for us, and does not now bear with us." Saint John Paul II
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