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 28, 2024

Reflection: Holy Thursday "Do this in remembrance of Me."

Today is Holy Thursday. the day that Christ celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples and only four days after His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to shouts of, "Hosanna!"

Holy Thursday commemorates the institution of three pillars of the Catholic Faith:  The Priesthood, the Holy Mass and the Institution of the Sacrament of the Eucharist

During the Last Supper, Jesus took the bread and wine and blessed it with the words that priests use to consecrate the Body and Blood of Christ during the Mass.

"Do this in remembrance of Me." With these words, Jesus instituted the Mass and made His apostles the first priests.

At the Last Supper, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples as a sign of the new commandment to His disciples to love and serve one another. He told them they would not understand what He was doing now but they would understand later.

Holy Thursday commemorates the institution of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Jesus gave the priests the power to change bread and wine into His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. He did this so that we may remain attached to Him and nourished with the Eucharist. At the end of the Mass on Holy Thursday, the priest removes the Body of Christ from the tabernacle in the main church. The Eucharist is carried in procession to another place where it is kept overnight, to be distributed during the commemoration of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday. After the procession, the altar is stripped bare and all bells in the church are silent until the Gloria at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.

Meditation:
Today as we begin the Sacred Triduum, give thanks for the Institution of the Eucharist, the Priesthood and the Holy Mass. Place yourself in the Presence of the Lord and be silent. It is in the silence that you can hear Him speak to you. He wants you to know how much He loves you. Spend some time thinking about the healing power of the Eucharist. Invite Jesus to come into your heart. Pray for a priest who has made a difference in your life. Ask Jesus to bestow a special blessing upon him. Ask Mary, Mother of all Priests, to wrap her mantle around him and shower him with her grace and loving protection.

How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for me? I will take up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. Psalm 116:12-13

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