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Christmas Novena Printables & Social Media Reminders

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Praying the {St. Andrew} Christmas novena is a vital part of my family’s Advent plans as we observe a “mini Lent.”

This meditative prayer helps us increase our awareness of the real focus of Christmas and helps us prepare ourselves spiritually for His coming.

It is piously believed that whoever recites the below prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (30th November) until Christmas will obtain what is asked.

St. Andrew Christmas Novena

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.

Imprimatur  +MICHAEL AUGUSTINE, Archbishop of New York, February 6, 1897

Below are images & printables to use as reminders in your home, tech gadgets, and social media outlets.  You are invited to use the images for your personal use and share freely.

This image can be used on  INSTAGRAM.

Christmas Novena Printable with Border

 

Christmas Novena Printable without border

 

This image can be saved on your phone or iPad and set as your lock screen and wallpaper.

This image can be saved on your phone or iPad and set as your lock screen and wallpaper.

This image can be saved on your phone or iPad and set as your lock screen and wallpaper.This image can be used as a FaceBook cover photo or a blog header.

 

This image can be used as a FaceBook cover photo or a blog header.

 

This image can be used as a FaceBook cover photo or a blog header.

 

I’ve also formatted a page of printable holy cards for the  Christmas Novena   They can be used alone or used when making a  Christmas Novena Chaplet.

Prayers for a blessed and fruitful Advent from my family to yours!

Miracle of the Sun

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“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy Mercy.”

 

“From the road, where the carriages were crowded together and where hundreds of persons had stayed for want of sufficient courage to advance across the muddy ground, we saw the huge crowd turn towards the sun which appeared at its zenith, clear of the clouds. It resembled a disc of silver, and it was possible to stare at it without the least discomfort. It did not burn the eyes. It did not blind….Then a tremendous cry rang out and the crowd nearest us were heard to shout: Miracle! Miracle!…Marvel!…Marvel! Before the dazzled eyes of the people, whose attitude transported us to biblical times, and who, dumbfounded, heads uncovered, contemplating the blue of the sky, the sun trembled, it made strange and abrupt movements, outside of all cosmic laws – ‘the sun danced,’ according to the typical expression of the peasants.”

Avelino de Almeida, reporter for O Seculo, a socialist and anti-clerical newspaper, who was present at Fatima on October 13, 1917

 

 

During the night of 12-13 October it had rained throughout, soaking the ground and the pilgrims who make their way to Fátima from all directions by the thousands. By foot, by cart and even by car they came, entering the bowl of the Cova from the Fátima-Leiria road, which today still passes in front of the large square of the Basilica. From there they made their way down the gently slope to the place where a trestle had been erected over the little holm oak of the apparitions. Today on the site is the modern glass and steel Capelhina (little chapel), enclosing the first chapel built there and the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima where the holm oak had stood.

As for the children, they made their way to the Cova amid the adulation and skepticism which had followed them since May. When they arrived they found critics who questioned their veracity and the punctuality of the Lady, who had promised to arrive at noon. It was well passed noon by the official time of the country. However, when the sun arrived at its zenith the Lady appeared as she had said she would.

“What do you want of me?”

I want a chapel built here in my honor. I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day. The war will end soon, and the soldiers will return to their homes.

“Yes. Yes.”

“Will you tell me your name?”

I am the Lady of the Rosary.

“I have many petitions from many people. Will you grant them?”

Some I shall grant, and others I must deny. People must amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend our Lord any more, for He is already too much offended!

“And is that all you have to ask?”

There is nothing more.

As the Lady of the Rosary rises toward the east she turns the palms of her hands toward the dark sky. While the rain had stopped, dark clouds continued to obscure the sun, which suddenly bursts through them and is seen to be a soft spinning disk of silver.

“Look at the sun!”

From this point two distinct apparitions were seen, that of the phenomenon of the sun seen by the 70,000 or so spectators and that beheld by the children alone. Lucia describes the latter in her memoirs.

After our Lady had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld St. Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle, beside the sun. St. Joseph and the Child Jesus seemed to bless the world, for they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands. When, a little later, this apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our lady; it seemed to me to that it was Our Lady of Sorrows (Dolors). Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the same manner as St. Joseph had done. This apparition also vanished, and I saw Our Lady once more, this time resembling Our Lady of Carmel. [Only Lucia would see the later, presaging her entrance into Carmel some years later.]

This would be the last of the apparitions of Fátima for Jacinta and Francisco. However, for Lucia Our Lady would return a seventh time, in 1920, as she had promised the previous May. At that time Lucia would be praying in the Cova before leaving Fátima for a girls boarding school. The Lady would come to urge her to dedicate herself wholly to God.

As the children viewed the various apparitions of Jesus, Mary and Joseph the crowd witnessed a different prodigy, the now famous miracle of the sun.

 

 

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October 2017 Feastday Calendar

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Catholic Feastdays are days set aside to remember important people and events through the course of the Faith from the time of Mary’s birth all the way through today honoring the saints. The calendar of saints has been changed throughout Church history to remove some saints in order that others may be celebrated too.  One of these changes occurred in 1969, which greatly altered the calendar.

Today, some Traditional Catholics like to follow the pre-1955 Calendar, some prefer the 1955 Calendar, and some prefer the 1962 Calendar.  These three calendars are very similar.

 

Liturgical Year according to the General Roman Catholic Calendar of 1954

October 2017 – Month of The Holy Rosary

1              17TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST  |  ST. REMIGIUS (REMI) (530)
2              THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS
3              ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX (1897)
4              ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1226)
5              ST. PLACID & COMPANIONS (541)
6              FIRST FRIDAY  |  ST. BRUNO (1101)

7              FIRST SATURDAY  |  OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (1571)  |  ST. MARK (336)
8              18 SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST  |  ST. BRIDGET OF SWEEDEN (1373)  |  STS. SERGIUS & BACCHUS, MARCELLUS & APULEIUS
9              ST. DENIS  |  ST. JOHN LEONARDI (1609)
10           ST. FRANCIS BORGIA (1572)
11           THE DIVINE MATERNITY OF OUR LADY
13           ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR  (1066)
14           ST. CALLISTUS I (222)
15           19 SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST  |   ST. TERESA OF JESUS (AVILA) (1582)
16           ST. HEDWIG (1243)
17           ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE (1690)
18           ST. LUKE (84)
19           ST. PETER OF ALCANTARA (1562)

 

20           ST. JOHN CANTIUS (1473)
21           ST, HILARION (371)  |  ST. URSALA & HER 11,000 COMPANIONS (4TH C)
22           20TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
23           ST. ANTHONY MARY CLARET (1870)
24           ST. RAPHEL THE ARCHANGEL
25           STS. CHRYSANTHUS & DARIA (4TH C)
26           ST. EVARISTUS (107)
28           STS. SIMON & JUDE (1ST C)
29           FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING

 

Feastday Calendars – Oct

Feastday Calendars – Oct SIMPLE

 

One of the most enjoyable ways to teach our children the richness of the Catholic Faith and to keep them close to the Holy Mother Church is to fill their lives with the sacred and the beautiful.  When they are immersed in the reverence and silence of the Traditional Latin Mass, when they grow accustomed to the rhythm and rituals of following and celebrating the feast days, both at Church and at home, these traditions become such an integral part of them that the thought of not being Catholic will seem empty and meaningless.

St. Francis of Assisi

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Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society. ~ St. Francis of Assisi

 

Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi – Oct. 4

Saint Francis was born at Assisi, in Italy, in the year 1182. His father, a rich merchant, intended him for trade, and Francis applied himself with aptness to this employment, in which, though fond of show, he exhibited, at an early day, a particular love for the poor. Agreeable and amiable, affable and kind to all, he was beloved by all around him, and the world sought to draw him to its side. But, enlightened from above, and by heavenly apparitions rendered attentive to the call he was about to receive, he followed the leadings of grace which drew him on to imitate Christ in poverty and humility. Hearing one day at Mass the words of the Gospel: “Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff” (Matthew 10:9,10), he began to regulate the whole manner of his life according to this precept of the Gospel, and at once began to preach penance with such evangelical poverty, and with such power, that all who heard him were moved to tears. Disinherited by his father, who was greatly displeased at his poverty and open-handedness towards the poor, he threw himself altogether upon the providence of his Father in heaven, dividing with the poor the alms he thus received. The extraordinary manner of his life soon brought around him disciples, and as the number of them increased daily, he wrote for them a rule, and then set out for Rome, to procure from the Pope a confirmation of it. He came back, rejoicing in the Lord that everything at Rome had gone according to his wish, and established himself about a mile from his native city, at a small church belonging to the Benedictines, which he called Portiuncula (little portion). Here he led a life of the severest penance; here he prayed day and night, and here he laid the foundation of that Order which has filled the world with the

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splendor of its virtues. Here in this church, dedicated to the virgin Mother of Jesus and to the holy angels, he received from Christ Himself the celebrated indulgence known throughout the whole Christian world as the Portiuncula Indulgence; for while the saint was praying there with glowing devotion, on the day of the dedication of the church, in the year 1221, the Lord appeared to him and said: “Francis, ask whatever thou wilt for the salvation of the nations.” He answered: “I desire the remission of guilt and punishment, a plenary indulgence for all who shall visit this church with contrite hearts and sinccrely confess their sins.” The Lord replied: “Go then to My representative, the Pope, and ask the indulgence in My name.” Forthwith he went to Pope Honorius III, who first, by word of mouth, and afterwards by a proper bull, confirmed to him the indulgence. The same indulgence was, at a latter day, extended to all churches of the Franciscans, and by Pope Pius VII to all parish churches (at least to all in Bavaria), and may be gained on the first Sunday in August of every year.

 

Burning with desire for the salvation of the people, Saint Francis with his brethren, whom he sent out two by two to preach penance and. the peace of God, labored to establish everywhere the kingdom of heaven. His love for sinners, and his ardent zeal for the salvation of souls, impelled him to visit remote parts of the world to preach the Gospel to unbelievers. For this he was rewarded by God with miraculous graces, among which there is particularly to be mentioned that which was granted him upon Mount Alverno. While he was there engaged, separated from the world, in fasting and praying for forty days, as he was accustomed to do often, the Saviour appeared to him in the form of a seraph on the cross, and imprinted the five wounds of His own body on the body of Saint Francis. On account of this, and for his ardent love for Jesus crucified, Saint Francis received the surname of Seraph.

After this event the saint lived two years in manifold bodily distress and sickness, without murmur or complaint, with perfect resignation to the will of God. Some time before his death he caused his will to be written, in which he left to his brethren poverty as an inheritance in which they should find great treasure for heaven. As the hour of his dissolution drew nigh he had the passion of Christ read to him; he then said the one hundred and forty-first psalm, and at the words, “Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise Thy name,” he expired happy in the Lord, 4 October 1226, in the forty-fifth year of his age.

Saint Francis founded three Orders: the first and proper Order of Franciscans, or the Order of Friars Minor; then the Order of Franciscan nuns, or Clares, so called from Saint Clare, their first superior; and lastly, that called the Third Order, for people in the world, of both sexes, who aim at perfection, but do not desire to make the vows of the cloister. This last Order, which has been approved by many Popes, particularly by Gregory IX, Innocent IV, and Nicholas IV, has spread throughout the whole world, and is becoming in our day more and more flourishing.

 

Prayer

O God, Who by the merits of blessed Francis dost increase Thy Church by a new progeny, grant us by imitating him to despise earthly things, and ever to rejoice in the participation of heavenly gifts. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Epistle: Galatians 6:14-18

Brethren: God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And whosoever shall follow this rule, peace on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man be troublesome to me, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus in my body. The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid thes

 

e things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so hath it seemed good in Thy sight. All things are delivered to Me by My Father. And no, one knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither doth anyone know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal Him. Come to Me, all you that labor, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Take up My yoke upon you, and learn of Me, because I am meek, and humble of heart, and you shall find rest to your souls. For My yoke is sweet and My burden light.

~ Goffine’s Devout Instructions
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Catholic Planner for Students

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Here is a rule for everyday life: Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God. ~ St. Jean Marie Vianney

 

We follow the Traditional Calendar of the Extraordinary Form so it can be a challenge to find printables and other resources to correspond.  I will usually make our own supplements if needed but time is hard to come by these days.  To my delight, Crusaders for Christ offers a number of traditional Catholic printables.

In the post-Vatican II liturgy (Ordinary Form), a revised liturgical calendar was created. Certain feast days previously celebrated were removed from the calendar and some liturgical seasons were excised (i.e. the season of Septuagesmia, which is the pre-Lenten season). A restructuring of the readings of Mass was accomplished, creating a three-year cycle of readings for Sundays and a two-year cycle of readings for weekdays. In the celebration of the Extraordinary Form, however, the liturgical calendar of feasts is according to the 1962 Missale Romanum. Maintaining the one-year cycle of readings and propers that was organized by Pope St. Gregory the Great in the 6th century, the Traditional Latin Mass clings to the ancient traditions of the Roman Church.

 

Catholic Student Planners by Crusaders for Christ

 

We use Crusaders for Christ Student Planner for our children grades 5 and up.  They provide a beautiful free printable with gorgeous images of the saints.  It is not a true Liturgical Calendar but it does list saints included in the St. Andrew Daily Missal, Imprimatur 1951 and Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Imprimatur 1925.  They include text from Fr. Lasance’s The Catholic Girls Guide, The Young Man’s Guide, and My Prayer Book (Imprimaturs 1905 and 1950 respectively).

This year my children helped to customize their planner covers.  They used an image of their patron saint provided by Catholic Saints Online for the front and saint info for the back cover.  My boys used Altar Boy responses or images for their back covers, Server’s Cheat Sheet provided by Sancta Missa.

 

The planners can be inserted into a binder or bound with a spiral/comb binder.  We have done both but opted for a comb bound planner this year.  I have found that my children use what they create so whatever you decide, it helps to have the child be a part of the process.

 

What do you use for school planners?  Let me know in the comments.  I’d love to see your creations, be certain to share a picture and feel free to tag me on IG @joyfilledfamily .

Below are additional resources for a student planner and digital Liturgical Calendar.

 

RESOURCES:

  • Digital Liturgical Calendar – Digital download, ready to be used in your Outlook, Google Calendar, Mac Calendar and more! This calendar contains all the same information as our standard calendar, but with the added benefit of a short explanation of that day’s feast or saint! Start your day at your desk – or on your phone – with the Church’s teaching.  It’s well worth the price of $2.50.
  • Digital Liturgical Calendar 1962 — If you use Google Calendar, you can add the 1962 liturgical calendar by going to this link and clicking on the “+” sign in the bottom right corner (it will say “Add to Calendar” when you mouse over it). This will populate all of the 1962 feast days to your Google Calendar, which you can sync with your smartphone calendar. FREE
  • Saints Calendar & 16 Month Daily Planner Spiral Bound – This is our favorite spiral printable calendar/planner.  I keep one at home for daily reference and Dad keeps one at work. TAN calendars contain special feasts and fascinating Catholic traditions. They are marked with days of Fasting, special Saints Days, and the Sundays of the Liturgical Year for both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Calendar. $16.95
  • Student Planner Prayers – A list of prayers that I’ve included in our planners this year.
  • Planner Covers – These are to be used for personal use only.

The Seven Sorrows of Homeschooling Mothers & Other Meditations

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The purpose of Catholic home schooling is the teaching and training of children at home in order to preserve the Catholic Faith in the family and to preserve the Catholic Faith in our country.   ~ Fr. John Hardon

We always start our school year with a Homeschooling Novena and meditating on our Mission & wise counsel.  This year I was prompted to share some of the great sermons that have served us well over the years.  Specifically, the meditation on the Seven Sorrows of Mary & the Homeschooling Mother.  Our Lady of Sorrows is the ultimate Patron of Homeschooling Mothers!

 

To take my children to a place of refuge where they can fall in love with Jesus, with training and instruction befitting the Lord. Eph 6:4

To make our home a place that radiates His joy & peace.  To serve eachother, grow in faith, grow in virtue, and give glory to God in all we do & learn.  We pray to model the Holy Family.

 

Below is an excerpt from Father’s talk and an abbreviated list.  I encourage you to listen to one or all of the sermons in their entirety (see links below).

The Seven Sorrows of Homeschooling Mothers

 

 

  1. Loneliness

  2. Overwhelmed

  3. Society Around Us

  4. Financial Issues

  5. Husband

  6. Catholic Priests/Pastors

  7. Special Needs & Learners

More sorrow, more JOY!

 

HOMESCHOOLING MEDITATIONS:

The Most Holy Rosary: A Spiritual Weapon for Homeschool Families in These Difficult Times

Homeschoolers Come Out of Egypt

Homeschooling and Restoration

Saint Michael and Homeschooling

The Seven Sorrows of Homeschooling Mothers

Sloth: The Vice of Homeschoolers

Why Homeschool?

Growing in Holiness 

 

 

Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. ~ Matthew 6:33

Happy Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

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THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

SAINTS TIMOTHY, HIPPOLYTUS, AND SYMPHORIAN
MARTYRS

DOUBLE, SECOND CLASS / WHITE
that The Mother of Christ was worthy to be His mother. This is an ineffable mystery which passes human understanding — that is was possible to God to fashion a human soul so beautiful, so full of grace, so pure and immaculate, and was made so by His power because she was to bud forth the Saviour.

INTROIT Heb. 4:16Let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace in time of need.
Ps. 44:2. My heart overflows with good tidings; I sing my song to the king.
V. Glory be . . .

COLLECT
Almighty and Eternal God, You prepared a worthy dwelling place for the Holy Spirit in the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. May all of us who devoutly celebrate the feast of her Immaculate Heart be blessed to live according to the wishes of Your own Heart. Through our Lord . . .

 

Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 

Lord, have mercy.   Christ,have mercy.

Christ, hear us.    Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven,    Have mercy on us.

God the Son, redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.

God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.

Make our family life holy, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Sanctify our clergy, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Make our Catholics more fervent, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Guide and inspire those who govern us, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Cure the sick who confide in thee, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Console the sorrowful who trust in thee, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Help those who invoke thy aid, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Deliver us from all dangers, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Help us to resist temptation, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Obtain for us all we ask of thee, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Help those who are dear to us, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Bring back to the right road our erring brothers, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Give us back our ancient fervor, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Obtain for us pardon of our many sins and offenses, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Obtain peace for the world, Immaculate Heart of Mary

Let us pray.

O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in Thy Most Holy Mother, whom we invoke under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and grant us by her most powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal which we need, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Divine Providence wanted to have the feast of the Mother go before the feast of the Heart of Jesus, so as to prepare the way for veneration of His adorable Heart in the hearts of the faithful. It is not right to separate two things that God joined so closely by the strongest bonds and by the closest ties of nature, of grace and of glory: I mean the divine Heart of Jesus, the only Son of Mary, and the virginal Heart of Mary, the Mother of Jesus….These two Hearts of Jesus and Mary are united so intimately that the Heart of Jesus is the principle of Mary’s Heart, as the Creator is the principle of the creature; and the Heart of Mary is the origin of the Heart of Jesus, as a mother is the origin of her child’s heart. A wondrous thing! ~ Saint John Eudes

 

RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Morning Offering

O my God, in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer Thee the Precious Blood of Jesus from all the altars
throughout the world, joining with It the offering of my every thought, word, and action of this day. I desire to gain every indulgence and merit I can, offering them, together with myself,
to Mary Immaculate, whom Thou hast appointed the
dispenser of the merits of Thy Precious Blood,
especially by means of this Scapular
[Here kiss your Brown Scapular]
that she may best apply them to the interests of
Thy Most Sacred Heart. Amen.

Consecration to Our Blessed Mother

My Queen, my Mother! I give myself entirely to thee, and to show my devotion to thee I consecrate to thee this day, my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being without reserve, Wherefore, good Mother, as I am thine own, keep me, guard me, as thy property and possession.

Loss of an Infant

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Well, your child may have departed from you, but he has gone to Christ the Lord. For you his eyes have been shut, but they are opened to the eternal light: he is gone from your table, but is now added to the table of angels. The plant was uprooted from here, but planted in paradise. From the earthly kingdom he was transferred to the heavenly kingdom. You see what was exchanged for what. Are you sad because you no longer see the beauty of the face of your child? But this happens, because you do not see the real beauty of the soul with which he rejoices in the heavenly feast. How beautiful indeed is the eye that sees God! How sweet indeed is the mouth that is adorned with divine melodies!

~St. Gregory of Nyssa from A Homily of Consolation Concerning Pulcheria

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My First Mother’s Day…

by Filed Under: 05 May, Mother's Day, Motherhood 1 Comment

I’ve actually celebrated 22 Mother’s Days of my own but this is the first one for me with 8 children!

22 years, 1 month, 15 days — 8082 days to be exact, of motherhood.  BLESSED! 

My heart overflows with gratitude for all these loves that have been entrusted to me.
I pray for His grace to…
💐serve my family as though they’re Christ – Mt 25:40
💐be faithful always – Rm 4:16
💐glorify Him with all that I have been given, no matter what – Jn 15:8
💐remain humble – 2 Chronicles 7:14
💐radiate His love and share His JOY – Gal 5:22

PRAYER FOR FIDELITY IN A MOTHER’S VOCATION

Dear God, give me the grace to appreciate the dignity of motherhood, which Thou hast been pleased to bestow upon me, and to fulfill its duties according to Thy Will. By my prayers and good example, may I lead my husband and my children closer to Thy Sacred Heart. Make me a devoted wife to my husband and a good mother to my children after the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Almighty God, I thank Thee for the blessed care and protection with which Thou hast embraced my family. I humbly submit to Thy decrees and resign myself to Thy Divine Providence. I grasp Thy guiding hand, and I shall never follow my own ways lest they lead me astray. Thy good pleasure shall be my happiness; Thy commandments shall be my only rule of conduct. Thy Will shall be my will, and Thy service shall be the object of all my desires.

Lord, grant me peace of mind because of my trust in Thy Providence, an unwavering and cheerful courage founded on my faith in Thy tremendous love, faithfulness to duty resulting from a constant awareness of Thy presence, and a firm hope of eternal reward.

Through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I implore Thy blessing upon my family that we all may serve Thee faithfully in this life and deserve to be reunited in the eternal happiness of Thy heavenly Kingdom. Amen.

 

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