The “Offering of Self” Prayer from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
The Virgin Mary is the Mother of all the peoples. While on the cross Jesus gave her to John, his disciple as his mother. Catholics believe by giving her as mother to John, she became mother of us all, a Mother of the Church. Catholics honor her just as Jesus did by venerating her. Just as we find ourselves asking others to pray for us when we feel we need help from God, Catholics believe that we can call upon the saints to pray for us as the ‘cloud of witnesses.’ They intercede for us in this life to help us grow in holiness and do the holy will of God.
Mary is the theotokos. It’s Greek for ‘the one who gave birth to God.’ This gives her a level of veneration that is higher than all other saints. She is the new ‘ark of the covenant’ and the new ‘holy of holies.’ To have this honor she had to be a pure vessel, full of grace. Mary was the very first Christian who, when the angel Gabriel came to her, said yes to the divine call to bear the Christ child for the salvation of the world. She knew through the prophets that both she and Jesus would suffer. She willingly said yes to God in stark contrast to the first woman, Eve, who disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden.
Devotion to Mary is a partnership. It begins with consecrating yourself to her and promising to pray a daily rosary and devote your life to the service of God. If you do these things, she will lead you to Jesus in a beautiful way.
The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Marian litany also commonly known as the Litany of Loreto because it is known to have originated there, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto.
The devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is meant to unite humankind to God through Mary’s heart.
On December 26, 1970, Our Lord taught Maria Concepcion Zuniga Lopez how to recite the Penitential Rosary. Jesus Himself dictated that this Penitential Rosary is to be recited with love, remembering His Passion.
My rosary turned to gold while praying in an unexpected miracle during prayer on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima on May 13, 2020.
The Litany of Our Lady of Guadalupe is an intercessory prayer for America asking for the Virgin Mary’s intercession.
Pray the five Fatima prayers sent from Heaven in a miracle in 1917 by the Angels and by the Virgin Mary.
The Rosary is the weapon of our time. Our Lady of Fatima told the shepherd children we must pray the rosary daily.
Our Lady of Sorrows, also known as the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, or the 7 Dolors of Mary, is a meditation on the lamentations of Mary.
Pray the whole rosary, all 20 mysteries of the rosary, every day using these meditations. This devotion will help you overcome anxiety, despair, and habitual sin.
