Lent

Yet even now, says the Lord, Return to me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain-offering and a drink-offeringfor the Lord, your God?

Joel 2:12-14

Saint Rita

" O loving Jesus, increase my patience as my suffering increases."

Saint Rita de Cascia

Saint Gerard Majella

Prayer for Motherhood

O good St. Gerard, powerful intecessor before God and Wonder-worker of our day, I call upon thee and seek thy aid. Thou who on earth didst always fulfill God's designs help me to do the Holy Will of God. Beseech the Master of Life, from Whom all paternity proceedeth to render me fruitful in offspring, that I may riase up children to God in this life and heirs to the Kingdom of His glory in the world to come. Amen

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Dear Mother Mary, speak to Jesus for me.

Boundless Love

In the beginning a child came to us, for us, for our salvation and was nurtured by boundless love. It was the Blessed Mother, Whom the archangels honor and virtues glorify, that laid the earliest foundation of selfless love and devotion for the Son of God. From the time that Archangel Gabriel informed Mary of God’s design until Her Blessed Child’s death on Calvary, Her love was steadfast and unfailing.

A Narrative from a Janet McKenzie Painting