For today’s Immaculate Heart Saturday post, I will bring up something from the Apparitions of the Angel of Peace to the young shepherd children of Fatima in the Spring of 1916. In the first apparition of the Angel, he taught them what was to be the first of the “Fatima Prayers:” “My God, I believe, …
A funny thing happened while writing today’s Sacred Heart Friday post. I was writing this (brilliant) piece in my series of posts on the Alliance of the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary and linking it to today’s feast day on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Unfortunately, after reading it and thankfully before …
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For this Immaculate Heart Saturday post I will continue the theme from yesterday’s Sacred Heart Friday post “Have you made your Sacred Heart Consecration yet?” Today, it’s and Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Oh Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth and tender Mother of men, in accordance with …
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Despite numerous reminders throughout the week, I kept forgetting to compose an Immaculate Heart Saturday post for today. I’ve actually been busy this week, spending 6-8+ hours a day working on a book. Details later. So, I’ll just leave you with this image of the Immaculate Heart I found online. Images can be devotional as …
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For this Sacred Heart Friday, I bring to your attention that St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, founder of the Militia of the Immaculata, had as the focus of Marian Consecration the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here is a portion of the Consecration prayer that he wrote: Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and …
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This Immaculate Heart Saturday post is intended to suggest ways to practically apply one’s Marian Consecration; this is the fruit of my closer studies of the writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe and Militia of the Immaculata literature and lots of woolgathering. It will hopefully help make manifest my Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary in …
On this Sacred Heart Friday, I remind you that the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe is coming up this Monday. He is an ideal patron for those of us who are growing in their devotion to the Immaculate and Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus. His method of consecration is deeply rooted in the Two …
In this post I announced that I’ll be starting a new series of posts, these to be called “Immaculate Heart Saturdays.” Just like their related series, Sacred Heart Fridays, these will focus on Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. There will be a lot on the Five First Saturday Devotions (reminder, today is a …
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This Sacred Heart Friday post is a brief review of the history of the Alliance of the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The joint devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary was formally started in the 17th century by St. John Eudes who established the Society of the Heart of the Mother Most …
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The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Mary, who was referred to having ‘pondered these things in her heart’ a few times in Scripture, serves as a symbol or model of the contemplative life. Her heart is the source of her love for us and her Son, Jesus Christ, as …