Thanksgiving Prayer

 

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Thanksgiving Prayer

Holy Mother,

Please help us today to remember

All the blessings bestowed on us by the Father Almighty.

Please help us draw closer to your son, Jesus Christ,

And remember all his sufferings on the cross.

Please intercede for us 

In granting our prayers

And fulfilling our needs.

Please shower your love upon the people of Israel

And safeguard them from harm.

Please protect our fortress, the Catholic Church,

From obscene changes

And strengthen the resolve of all devout Catholics

To protect her from the devil's influence.

Please give us the strength and will

To stand up to all evil in the world.

In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Dawn Pisturino

November 23, 2023

Copyright 2023 Dawn Pisturino. All Rights Reserved.

I STAND WITH ISRAEL!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Pray for Mary's Intercession and Healing

 

Are you or a loved one suffering from physical or mental illness? Are you debilitated by pain? Are your symptoms interfering with your life?

Pray to the Blessed Holy Mother to intercede for you and your loved ones in healing your afflictions! Remember Fatima. Remember Lourdes. Remember that the Holy Mother wants to help you. She is here for you. Send her your love and faith and pray for her intercession and blessings.

A Prayer to Our Lady for Healing

Mary Immaculate, you have given yourself to us as Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. You have asked us to pray with confidence, and we will receive great graces. We know your compassion because you saw your Son suffer and die for us. In your union with his suffering, you became the mother of us all.

Mary, my Mother, teach me to understand my suffering as you do and to endure it in union with the suffering of Jesus. In your motherly love, calm my fears and increase my trust in God's loving care.

According to God's plan, obtain for me the healing I need. Intercede with your Son that I may have the strength I need to work for God's glory and the salvation of the world. Amen.

Mary, Health of the Sick, pray for me.

~

Prayer from the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

~

Dawn Pisturino

February 17, 2023

The Nativity of Christ, the Feast of the Holy Family, and the Solemnity of Mary

 

On December 25th, we celebrate the Nativity of Christ and rejoice that the Messiah has come! He is waiting for us in His Father's house. We celebrate Mary's YES! to God and Joseph's fearless and tender care of Mary and her child.

On December 26th, we honor the Holy Family and look to them for guidance in these troubled and confusing times. May they intercede for us in our prayer intentions. May they serve as a model for the ideal family. May their peace, love, faith, and hope fill our hearts. May their graces shine down upon us and renew our courage and strength.

Prayer to the Holy Family/A Prayer for Families

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,

In you we contemplate

The splendor of true Love.

To you we turn with trust.

Holy Family of Nazareth,

May families never again

Experience violence,

Rejection, and division.

And may all who have

Been hurt find ready

Comfort and healing.

Amen.

"Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt . . ." Matthew 2:13

Dear Lord,

Please protect us from the politicians who continue to lie and mislead the American people. Please protect us from self-serving corporate leaders who harm American workers. Please protect our children, our elderly, and our families from criminal violence. Please end the COVID plague that has infested the world and expose the truth behind the outbreak. Please expose the lies and corruption of our political leaders, who have forgotten that they are the servants of the people, and not the other way around. Please bring America back to God and his holy commandments. Please strengthen our churches and help us in the fight against Evil. Please help us to restore law and order, strengthen family ties, and bless our children with good teachers and role models. Please renew our faith in the face of adversity. Please help the Catholic Church become a temple of faith for the whole world. Please save her from corruption, sexual degeneracy, and politics. Please bring light and hope to all of your faithful servants.

Amen.

The Feast of the Solemnity of Mary

January 1st marks not only the beginning of the New Year but has been set aside as a day to honor Mary as the Blessed Virgin and the Mother of God. Born without sin, she was chosen by God to bring His Son into the corrupt world and to be a witness to his miracles and message to all the people of the earth. As such, she is considered to be the greatest of all the saints and worthy of honor, respect, and adoration.

God our Father, 

May we always profit by the prayers of the Virgin Mother Mary, for you bring us life and salvation through Jesus Christ her Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Dawn Pisturino

December 21, 2021

Our Lady of the Ojibwe

 

Prayer to Our Lady of the Ojibwe

Lord God,

we acknowledge your infinite glory

and the abundance of your gifts.

Before the foundation of the world you appointed Christ

the beginning and the end of all things.

You chose the Blessed Virgin Mary

as the mother and companion of your Son,

the image and model of your Church,

the advocate of the Ojibwe People.

May God who sustains all life

strengthen our mothers;

may God the Protector of all life

guide those who stand in and serve as mothers,

especially our grandmothers and foster moms!

God of love,

your care reaches out to us

like the arms of a loving mother.

Hear us as we call upon you

to bring all our people into your loving embrace.

In her flesh Mary was your mother;

in her person, his disciple,

in her love, his servant!

We honor her

as the Mother of our Ojibwe people!

~

St. Mary's Mission

National Shrine of Our Lady of the Ojibwe

Red Lake, Minnesota

www.stmarysmission.org

Dawn Pisturino

November 18, 2021

The Seven Sorrows of Mary Devotion

Mother of Sorrows

During the 14th century, St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) received a revelation from the Virgin Mary that seven graces would be granted to anyone who made devotions to the Holy Mother and her Seven Sorrows.

The Seven Sorrows

1. The prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:34, 35).
2. The flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13,14).
3. The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple (Luke 2:43-45).
4. The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross.
5. The Crucifixion.
6. The piercing of the side of Jesus and the taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross.
7. The burial of Jesus.

The Seven Graces

1. Peace in the family.
2. Enlightenment about divine mysteries.
3. Consolation in times of pain. The Mother's presence in the devotee's work.
4. Prayers granted as long as they do not conflict with the will of God and the sanctification of souls.
5. Help in spiritual battles and constant protection.
6. Help and comfort at the moment of death. Devotees will see the Holy Mother's face.
7. All sins forgiven. Devotees will bypass purgatory and be taken directly into heaven.

The Seven Sorrows Devotion

Honor the Holy Blessed Mother daily by saying seven Hail Mary's with each of the seven sorrows and meditating on her tears and sorrows.

A Seven Sorrows Prayer

Holy Mother, you willingly endured the pain and suffering along with your son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. You felt every pain. You wept at every blow. You suffered the way all mothers suffer when their children are taken away from this world. We suffer with you. And honor your great love and devotion. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Amen.

Dawn Pisturino
November 11, 2019
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