Sacred and Immaculate Heart of Mary

 

What does the Virgin Mary represent to you?

For me, she signifies Love: Love for God, Love for her Holy Son, Love for Joseph and the Holy Family, Love for all human beings, and Love for the world as the abode of all humans. Her love is boundless, reaching through the corridors of Time to embrace all souls in Heaven, hell, and purgatory. She only wants the best for everybody. She wants everyone to find, embrace, and be one with God. Her goal is peace, happiness, strength in adversity, and heavenly rewards.

Don't we all want that? 

Let the Mother enfold you and bring you to Christ. Love God with all of your heart and soul.

Love one another.

STOP THE HATE!

Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (EWTN)

"O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of mercy, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves to thine Immaculate Heart.

"We consecrate to thee our very being and our whole life; all that we have, all that we love, all that we are. To thee we give our bodies, our hearts and our souls; to thee we give our homes, our families, our country. We desire that all that is in us and around us may belong to thee, and may share in the benefits of thy motherly benediction. And that this act of consecration may be truly efficacious and lasting, we renew this day at thy feet the promises of our Baptism and our first Holy Communion.

"We pledge ourselves to profess courageously and at all times the truths of our holy Faith, and to live as befits Catholics who are duly submissive to all the directions of the Pope and the Bishops in communion with him. We pledge ourselves to keep the commandments of God and His Church, in particular to keep holy the Lord's Day. We likewise pledge ourselves to make the consoling practices of the Christian religion, and above all, Holy Communion, an integral part of our lives, in so far as we shall be able so to do.

"Finally, we promise thee, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of men, to devote ourselves whole-heartedly to the service of thy blessed cult, in order to hasten and assure, through the sovereignty of thine Immaculate Heart, the coming of the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of thine adorable Son, in our own hearts and in those of all men, in our country and in all the world, as in heaven. so on earth."

This Valentine's Day, embrace ALL of your brothers and sisters.

Dawn Pisturino

Have a Blessed Christmas

 

The Nativity, 1440, Fra Angelico

Have a Blessed Christmas!

Dawn Pisturino

Prayer of Thanksgiving to Mary

 

(Madonna on Floral Wreath by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, circa 1619)

Prayer of Thanksgiving to Mary

By St. Augustine of Hippo

O Blessed Virgin Mary, who can worthily give you the just dues of praise and thanksgiving, you who by the wondrous assent of your will rescued a fallen world? What songs of praise can our weak human nature recite in your honor, since it is by your intervention alone that it has found the way to restoration?

Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have to offer here, though they be unequal to your merit; and, receiving our vows, obtain by your prayers the remission of our offenses. Carry our prayers within the sanctuary of the heavenly audience and bring forth the gift of our reconciliation.

Take our offering, grant us our requests, obtain pardon for what we fear, for you are the sole hope of sinners. Holy Mary, help the miserable, strengthen the fainthearted, comfort the sorrowful, pray for your people, plead for the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God.

Be ever ready to assist us when we pray and bring back to us the answers to our prayers. Make it your continual care to pray for the people of God, you who, blessed by God, merited to bear the Redeemer of the world who lives and reigns, world without end. Amen.

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Dawn Pisturino

Our Lady of the Rosary - October 7th

 

PRAY THE ROSARY!

O Virgin Mary, grant that the recitation of thy Rosary may be for me each day, in the midst of my manifold duties, a bond of unity in my actions, a tribute of filial piety, a sweet refreshment, an encouragement to walk joyfully along the path of duty. Grant, above all, O Virgin Mary, that the study of thy fifteen mysteries may form in my soul, little by little, a luminous atmosphere, pure, strengthening, and fragrant, which may penetrate my understanding, my will, my heart, my memory, my imagination, my whole being. So shall I acquire the habit of praying while I work, without the aid of formal prayers, by interior acts of admiration and of supplication, or by aspirations of love. I ask this of thee, O Queen of the holy Rosary, through Saint Dominic, thy son of predilection, the renowned preacher of thy mysteries, and the faithful imitator of thy virtues. Amen.

Have a blessed day!

Dawn Pisturino

The Fifteen Promises of Mary

 

Do you pray the rosary? Here are the 15 promises made by Mary for those who do:

1. signal graces

2. special protection and graces

3. an armor against Hell, vice, sin, and heresies

4. virtue and good works, mercy, and heavenly sanctification

5. the soul will never perish

6. God's favor and eternal life

7. sacraments of the Church 

8. the merits of the saints

9. delivery from Purgatory

10. the highest degree of glory in Heaven

11. blessings and prayers granted

12. aid in time of need

13. heavenly intercession

14. unity in the brotherhood and sisterhood of Christ

15. predestination

from America Needs Fatima

"Give me an army saying the rosary and I will conquer the world." - Pope Pius IX 

Dawn Pisturino

"She who Nourishes with Milk"

 

This painting is part of a larger mural located in the semidome of the Coptic Red Monastery in Sohag, Egypt. Painted around the 6th century CE, it depicts the Blessed Virgin breast-feeding the child Jesus. The Holy Mother was very human, despite her great faith and humility. She performed all the functions that any mother would for her child: feeding, bathing, clothing, educating, protecting, guiding, and nurturing. Life was hard. But her faith in God kept her strong and resilient.

Can we do any less? 

This Mother's Day, we honor our mothers and the deep bond that exists between mother and child. 

Dawn Pisturino

April 29, 2024

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Happy New Year

 

A Prayer for the New Year from the Carmelite Fathers

Blessed Mother, as the new year arrives, I ask for your blessing. With you, I can look ahead with courage and faith.

Grant me the strength to handle any challenges I may face and patience as you guide me through.

I ask that you bring me peace, happiness, and hope. And I ask that you embrace me with your love and grace.

Please protect me and my family, dear Mother, so that we can share our blessings with others in need.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Pray for us.

Amen

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dawn Pisturino

December 30, 2023