Thanksgiving Blessings

A Blessing for the House and Family

Visit, we beseech you, O Lord, this house and family,
and drive far from it all the snares of the enemy; let
your holy angels dwell therein, who will keep us in
peace, and let your blessing be always upon us:
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Blessing for the Less Fortunate

O God, our Father, we ask you to bless those for
whom there will be no sleep tonight; those who must
work throughout the night to maintain the public
services, doctors who must wake to usher new life into
the world, to close the eyes of those for whom this life
is passing away, to ease the sufferer's pain; nurses and
all who watch by the bedside of those who are ill; those
who this night will not sleep because of the pain of
their body or the distress of their mind; those in
misfortune, who will lie down in hunger and in cold;
those who are far from home and far from friends, and
who are lonely as the shadows fall. Grant that in our
own happiness and comfort we may never forget the
sorrow and the pain, the loneliness and the need of
others in the slow, dark hours. This we ask for your
love's sake.  Amen.

~ William Barclay ~

General Blessings

May the Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and bring us to life everlasting; and may the souls of
the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.

~ Manual of Our Lady ~

Prayer to Mary

O, that the spirit of Mary were in us to glorify the Lord!
That the spirit of Mary were in us to rejoice in God.

~ Saint Ambrose ~

Pray for our nation and an end to hatred and strife. Help President Trump and Congress do what is right for our Nation and the American people -- and bring America back to God.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Dawn Pisturino

November 16, 2017

Copyright 2017 Dawn Pisturino. All Rights Reserved.





 

Salve Regina

Artwork by Stephen Pisturino

Copyright©2014. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

The “Hail, Holy Queen” (Salve Regina) is attributed to a German monk, Hermann of Reichenau.  This beautiful prayer to the Blessed Holy Mother is traditionally said at the end of the Rosary.

 

Hail, Holy Queen

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee to we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Salve, Regina

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae;
vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.

V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.
R. Ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.

The Salve Regina in Song



 

Pray the Rosary Daily

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Memorare

The Memorare is a traditional Catholic prayer dedicated to the Blessed Holy Mother. Originally composed as part of a longer prayer, the words were adapted into a separate devotion by the late 15th century. Father Claude Bernard (1588-1641), a French priest, was particularly devoted to this beautiful intercession to the Blessed Virgin. When struck down by serious illness, his prayers to the Holy Mother were quickly answered. He began to get well as soon as he prayed the Memorare.  He used this powerful prayer in his ministry with convicts and those condemned to death. Many prisoners were converted from a life of sin through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Mother Theresa used the Memorare in a quick novena. She would pray the devotion nine times in succession, imploring the Holy Mother's help.

The prayer is often attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153.)

 

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

 

July Dedication:  The Precious Blood of Jesus

 

Lord Jesus Christ, who came down from Heaven to earth from the bosom of the Father, and did shed your Precious Blood for the remission of our sins: we humbly beseech You, that on the day of judgment we may deserve to hear, standing at Your right hand: "Come, ye blessed." Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

 

 

Dawn Pisturino

July 28, 2014

Copyright 2014 Dawn Pisturino. All Rights Reserved.