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Course Study for Catholic Women

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As we approach the joyous season of Christmas, a time of reflection and renewal, I am thrilled to extend a heartfelt invitation to join a transformative course study designed for Catholic women and mothers like us.

This unique course, created by the esteemed Catholic professor, Dr. Cuddeback, delves into the very heart of our vocations, offering insights and guidance on how to grow in virtue, better understand our roles in the home, and, ultimately, love better—all in accordance with the full teachings of our beloved Catholic faith.

The course comprises of four engaging modules, each presented through insightful videos exploring pertinent topics. Following each module, we will gather once a week for five weeks—starting with an introductory session and followed by four subsequent meetings to discuss the week’s module. These sessions, facilitated online via Zoom every Wednesday night (time TBA), offer a unique opportunity for us to come together without leaving the sanctity of our homes.

It will not only be an intellectual pursuit; it is an opportunity for us, as Catholic women, to support and uplift each other. Our time together will foster necessary friendships, providing a space for shared wisdom, encouragement, and prayer. It is a chance to prioritize our personal growth, recognizing that our individual journeys directly impact our marriages, homes, and our sacred vocation as wives and mothers.

The timing couldn’t be more perfect as we enter the Christmas season and approach Septuagesima—a time of preparation for the upcoming season of Lent. What better way to embrace this sacred time than by embarking on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual enrichment?

I wholeheartedly encourage you, no matter your season in life, to embrace this opportunity to deepen your faith, strengthen your role in the home, and connect with like-minded women.

Let us come together to make this Christmas season truly special by dedicating ourselves to personal and spiritual growth.  If you feel called to embark on this enriching journey with like-minded Catholic women, please signup, here. We will provide you with further details, including the Zoom link and specific timing.

May this be a season of profound blessings, growth, and friendship as we prepare our hearts for the joys of Christmas and the solemnity of Lent.

In Christo Rege, 
Lena

P.S. You are invited to join us in community. More info can be found, here.

Prayers to the Holy Ghost

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On the last day of the Home Education Novena, we offer prayers to the Holy Ghost. #hsnovena

Holy Ghost, eternal Love of the Father and the Son, reside completely in me. Saturate every corner of my soul with Your most Glorious Consolation and nurture in me each of the twelve fruits that proceed from the indwelling of your Holy Presence. I cannot fulfill my vocation without the complete transformation of my soul by the working of your Grace within me. Nurture my soul to be a fertile and abundant garden for all of the blessed fruitfulness of your Divine presence.

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Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost

On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body, to Thee, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Thy purity, the unerring keenness of Thy justice, and the might of Thy love.

Thou art the Strength and Light of my soul. In Thee I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve Thee by unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against Thee. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Thy light, and listen to Thy voice, and follow Thy gracious inspirations.

I cling to Thee and give myself to Thee and ask Thee, by Thy compassion, to watch over me in my weakness.

Holding the pierced feet of Jesus, and looking at His five wounds, and trusting in His precious Blood, and adoring His opened side and stricken Heart, I implore Thee, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Thy grace that I may never sin against Thee.

Give me grace, O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son, to say to Thee always and everywhere, “Speak Lord, for Thy servant heareth.” Amen.

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Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost

O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love.

Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal;

the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Thy divine truth;

the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven;

the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with Thee and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation;

the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints;

the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable;

the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him.

Mark me with the sign of Thy true disciples and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.

Join the spiritual community of mothers in praying this novena for the discernment of God’s Will in our families. HOME EDUCATION NOVENA

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Invocation of St. Anne

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This is a prayer to St. Anne on Day Eight of the Home Education. #hsnovena

It is adapted from #MotherLoveAManualforChristianMothers by Pius Franciscus OFM, Cap (1888).

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Invocation of St. Anne

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear me.

Christ, graciously hear me.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on me.

God the Sun, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on me. God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on me.

Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on me.

Holy Mary, daughter conceived without sin, …pray for me and for my children. Holy Mary, spotless child of

St. Joachim and St. Anne, …

St. Joachim, father of the Blessed Virgin Mary, …

St. Joachim, promised descendant of Abraham and David, ….

St. Joachim, Venerable Patriarch, …

St. Joachim, holy spouse of St. Anne, …

St. Joachim, and St. Anne, shining models of Christian spouses, …

St. Anne, royal lady, …

St. Anne, glory of the House of David, …

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St. Anne, faithful and loving wife, …

St. Anne, venerable model of meekness and humility, …

St. Anne, brilliant example of holy obedience, …

St. Anne, sparkling mirror of patience and resignation, …

St. Anne, perfect type of devotion and piety, …

St. Anne, tender mother of all virgins, …

St. Anne, fruitful vine, …

St. Anne, kind mother of us all, …

St. Anne, refuge of the suffering, …

St. Anne, guiding star of widows, …

St. Anne, bulwark of the Church, …

St. Anne, consoling mother of all widows, …

St. Anne, harbor of safety in the storms of this life, …

St. Anne, mother lending aid to all Christian mothers, …

St. Anne, worthy mother of the Mother of God, …

St. Anne, giving wise instruction and careful training to your children, …

Through your virtues and merits, …I implore you, St. Anne.

Through your goodness and compassion, …

Through all your gifts and prerogatives, …

Through your high vocation, …

Through your miraculous maternity, …

Through Mary, your child full of grace, …

Through the joys prepared for you on earth by Jesus and Mary, … Through the honor they now render you in heaven, …

Through your exceedingly great rapture and bliss, …

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Spare me, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Graciously hear me, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

Have mercy on me O Lord.

Christ, hear me. Christ, graciously hear me.

Lord, have mercy on me. Lord have mercy on me.

Let us Pray

St. Anne, my dear mother and most compassionate protector, receive graciously my poor efforts to do you honor.

May I ever be devoted to you with a heart full of childlike humility and submission. May your example encourage me, your intercession strengthen me and your goodness console me. Permit me with all my heart to commend to you my children.

As you consecrated Mary, your child of grace, entirely to God, I beg you to obtain for me the grace to train up my children for Him, and with them perseveringly to labor to reach heaven.

As you lived in holy harmony and peace with St. Joachim, so may love, union, devotion, and zeal for virtue reign in my household, that we may belong to that host of blessed spouses who with you will love, praise, and glorify the Most High forever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

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Invocation of Mary, Mother of Perpetual Help

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This is a prayer to Our Mother of Preputial Help on Day Seven of the Home Education Novena.

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It is adapted from #MotherLoveAManualforChristianMothers by Pius Franciscus OFM, Cap (1888).

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Invocation of Mary, Mother of Perpetual Help

Mother of Perpetual Help, you have been blessed and favored by God. You became not only the Mother of the Redeemer but the Mother of the redeemed as well. I bring this petition to you as your loving daughter and as one who has been called with you to the vocation of motherhood.

Watch over me and intercede for me.

As you held the child Jesus in your loving arms, so take me in your arms.

Be a mother ready at every moment to help me in this calling, for God who is mighty has done great things for you, and His mercy is from age to age on those who love Him.

Help me to be mindful that in times of temptation, I can with assurance, cry out for your assistance, relying on your compassionate mother’s heart to bring you quickly to my aid. Intercede for me, dear Mother, that I may fulfill my vocation, obtain pardon for my sins, increase in love for Jesus, continue in perseverance, and have the grace always to call upon you, Mother of Perpetual Help.

With the greatest confidence I kneel before you. I implore your help in the work of my vocation.

Trials and discouragements often depress me; drudgery and privations bring misery into my life; often in my daily work I meet the cross.

Comforter of the afflicted, beg your Son Jesus to strengthen me as I struggle to fulfill my vocation.

Help me endure all with love and patience.

May I follow the example of your Son, and through Him, with Him, and in Him commend myself to the care of my heavenly Father. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

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A Litany for Christian Mothers

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This is a prayer to patrons of mothers on Day Six of the Home Education. #hsnovena

It is adapted from #MotherLoveAManualforChristianMothers by Pius Franciscus OFM, Cap (1888).

Invocation of a Mother’s Friends

A litany to some of the special patrons of Christian Mothers

Lord, have mercy!

Christ, have mercy!

Lord, have mercy!

Christ, hear me.

Christ, graciously hear me.

God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on me.

God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on me. God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on me.

Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on me.

Holy Mary, …pray for me and for my children. Holy Mother of God, …

Mother of Sorrows, …

Holy Guardian Angels, …

Our loving Guides and Companions, …

Our true friends, our protectors of body and soul, …

St. Joachim, affectionate father and wise ruler of your family, …

St. Joseph, virginal spouse of Mary and foster father of Jesus, …

St. John the Baptist, model of mortification from infancy, Precursor and preparer of the way for Jesus Christ, …

St. John the Evangelist, beloved disciple of our Lord, Protector and adopted son of the Blessed Virgin Mary, …

St. Augustine, enlightened Bishop and Doctor, filled with the love of God,…

St. Aloysius, angel in the flesh, and great penitent, …

St. Anne, pius and diligent wife, mother of Mary conceived without sin, …

St. Elizabeth, God-loving mother of St. John the Baptist, …

St. Rose of Lima, humble and dutiful daughter, America’s powerful patroness, …

St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine and prayerful wife, who converted her pagan spouse, …

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Christian wife and widow, mother of the poor, …

All you holy spouses, …

All you holy widowers and widows, …

All you holy parents, …

All you holy children, …

That they may preserve their baptismal innocence, pray for them.

That they may truly grieve over sin, pray for them.

That they may persevere in virtue, pray for them.

That they may die a happy death, pray for them.

That they may attain eternal happiness, pray for them.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Spare me, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear me, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on me O Lord.

Christ, hear me.

Christ, graciously hear me. Lord, have mercy on me. Lord, have mercy on me.

Let us Pray

O God, who has given me the holy parents and children of heaven as models and intercessors, grant, I beseech Thee, that I may follow their example, persevere in good by the help of their prayers, and enjoy their company eternally in heaven.

Teach me, a parent, O Lord, to be a model for my children in word and example, that they may see in my actions what they are taught by my words.

Graciously look down, O Lord, on our family. Fill its members with Your choicest blessings, that, united in faith and love, we may become a faithful image of the Holy family of Nazareth.

May Jesus be constantly amongst us, may His holy Mother be our teacher, and Joseph, the blessed foster-father our guide, our protector, and our never failing aid in all things. Grant my petitions, I beseech Thee Almighty Father, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary. Glory Be

Join the spiritual community of mothers in praying this novena for the discernment of God’s Will in our families. HOME EDUCATION NOVENA

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