Mary Mother of God

WHY DEVOTION TO MARY? Franciscan Friars Why have devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary?  This is a point debated hotly among our Protestant brethren and which is briefly answered here.. Perhaps devotion to the Mother of God is the constant "WHY?" even among Catholics. Is it necessary? Or, is She important to our Christian life? Finding no convincing answers, this develops into a kind of restraint to come to Her. The Mother of the Redeemer becomes a stranger to the soul that was washed by Christ's blood-the blood that He owed from Mary. Others are even afraid that devotion to Mary might interfere their devotion to Christ. "How can I give my full attention to Christ, and so my love, if I am devoted to Mary?" It is simply the difficulty of loving two persons with one heart. Yet, this is the common rationalization of many. Others are apathetic to any Marian devotion because they are thinking that it is "Too Much!" for Her, a creat...

Mary and the Holy Spirit O Mary, my good Mother, faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit, deign to obtain for me from our God of Love all His Ardour and Light. Do place my poor soul in His divine flames, that He may consume it of His love, awaken its faith and fulfill its hope. Do grant me also, an inviolable faithfulness to the impulses of grace and to His divine operations. O Holy Spirit, through Mary's intercession, I confide myself to your purifying and sanctifying love ! May you dwell alone in me with the Father and the Son. Humble servant of the Lord, God has placed his faith in you. Blessed are you, admirable Virgin! Mother of the Savior Jesus, generous among all women, blessed are you, Virgin is so good! Mary, faithful and poor, The Lord finds his joy in you. Blessed are you, Virgin worthy of praise!

This novena presents a profound opportunity for us to pray that Jesus may give us the Grace to be more and more like His mother and thus come closer to Him through His Immaculate Mother.   Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary -Day 1 Join in praying the Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Immaculate Virgin, by the holy will of your Son my Lord Jesus Christ, you are my Mother in Heaven. Your Immaculate Heart is full of love, mercy and compassion for sinners like me. I ask that you intercede for me today for… (mention your prayer intentions) I trust in your intercession before the throne of God for my needs. Please pray also that if my requests are not in accordance with the will of God, that I may be, like you, conformed to His will and not my own. Hail Mary…Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pray for us! Amen. Act of Consecration– by Pope Pius XII Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of men, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of Your...