Devotion to the Sorrowful Mother

Hello everyone! Thanks so much for the beautiful prayers.

Today I want to especially thank God that the Boston bombers were caught. My daughter and granddaughter and 220 kids are there today on a band field trip. One of the places they are going to see is Times Square in Manhattan. Yesterday I heard that the bombers were planning a second attack there if they were not caught. I am humbly grateful to God and Our Sweet Mother for their protection. I pray for their safety still yet in New York and on their travels there in the big city.

Dear Heavenly Father~~~ have mercy on those who do not know you and plot evil. Show them the way to peace, your Sacred Heart and that of your loving Mother. You died for us all and never want any of us to be lost. Touch the hearts of those who stray and let them learn of Your love for them and change their lives for the good. Heal those who are afflicted and lost loved ones. Grant them all the Gift of Your Peace. I ask this in Jesus' Holy and Precious Name and through the Immaculate Heart of our Sweet Mother. Amen

May God's peace rest in all your hearts today.

Happy full moon day/night, everyone! It came up bright and beautiful in the unusually clear sky tonight. We have had a lot of clouds...and snow as well...for which we are very grateful. In one of the prayers that Wheels posted it said that the moon is Our Lady's footstool and I see tonight there is a phrase in the Acclamations in Praise of Mary saying that "Thus, O most sacred Virgin, the Saints,
considering Thee in the midst of such splendor more beautiful than the sun, and more fair than the moon."

Thank you, Wheels, for the beautiful Acclamations in Praise of Mary!

Good to see you, Johnthebaptist, Merlin and Christine.

I am keeping each of you in my prayers!

Blessings!

ACCLAMATIONS IN PRAISE OF MARY
(By Saint Alphonsus Liguori.)

Thus, O most sacred Virgin, the Saints,
considering Thee in the midst of such splendor more beautiful than the sun,
and more fair than the moon,
which are the ornament and concentration of all beauty;
and considering the acclamations of joy which attend Thee in Heaven,
can never cease their astonishment at Thy beauty,
and can only exclaim and burst forth
in acclamation of wonder and astonishment.
Saint Peter Damian exclaims in his admiration,
"O holy and most holy of all Saints,
richest treasure of all sanctity."
Saint Bernard: "O admirable Virgin,
O woman honor of all women, the best,
the greatest that the world ever possessed.
Saint Epiphanius: "O heaven, greater and vaster than the heavens themselves;
O Virgin, truly full of grace."
And the Catholic Church, in the name of all, exclaims,
"O most clement, most pious, and most sweet Virgin Mary."

Amen.

O Mother of Sorrow,help me to show my love to Jesus your son,who suffer for us ,bye avoding sins,so you won,t have to be sad,may we pray for all that don,t understand.

ACCLAMATIONS IN PRAISE OF MARY
(By Saint Alphonsus Liguori.)

In fine, O sovereign Princess,
from the immense ocean of Thy beauty
the beauty and grace of all creatures flowed forth as rivers.
The sea learnt to curl its waves,
and to wave its crystal waters from Thy golden hair,
which gracefully floated over Thy shoulders and ivory neck.
The crystal fountains and their transparent depths learnt their tranquil
and steady flow from the serenity of Thy beautiful brow
and placid countenance.
The lovely rainbow,
when in full beauty,
learnt with studious care its graceful bend from Thy eyebrows,
thus better to send forth its rays of light.
The morning star itself,
and the sweet star of night,
are sparks from Thy beautiful eyes.
The white lilies and ruby roses
stole their colors from Thy lovely cheeks.
Envious purple and coral sigh for the color of Thy lips.
The most delicious milk and sweetest honey
are distillations from the sweet honeycomb of Thy mouth.
The scented jasmine and fragrant Damasc rose
stole their perfume from Thy breath.
The loftiest cedar and the most erect,
the fairest cypress,
were happy when they beheld their image in Thy erect and lofty neck.
The palm tree, emulous and jealous,
likened itself to Thy noble stature.
In fine, O Lady,
every created beauty is a shadow and trace of Thy beauty.
And thus I wonder not,
O sovereign Princess,
that Heaven and earth place themselves under Thy feet;
for such are they,
and Thou art so great,
that to he only under Thy feet enriches them,
and they esteem themselves happy and blessed in kissing them.
Thus did the moon rejoice
when the evangelist Saint John saw her under Thy feet,
and the sun increased in splendor
when it clothed Thee with its rays of light.
The Evangelist, blinded by the brilliancy of Thy light,
was lost in wonder and ravished out of himself
at the sight of so stupendous a miracle of beauty,
in which the beauty of Heaven and earth was concentrated, and he said,
"There appeared a great sign in Heaven."
A great miracle appeared in the heavens,
a miracle which filled the Angels with astonishment,
and caused the earth to tremble.
That miracle was, a woman clothed from head to foot in light and splendor.
The resplendent Sun itself chose Her for His Mother,
and placed Himself in Her womb;
the fair moon covers Her feet as sandals edged with silver;
a multitude of stars crown Her brow, and,
emulating one with another,
bind Her locks together,
and form upon Her head a diadem of precious gems:
"and on Her head a crown of twelve stars."

Amen.

ACCLAMATIONS IN PRAISE OF MARY
(By Saint Alphonsus Liguori.)

Saint Augustine,
the bright light of doctors,
contemplated Thee,
and Thou didst appear to him so fair and beautiful,
that he called Thee the countenance of God,
and it did not seem to him adulation.
Thy devout son Albert the Great contemplated Thee,
and to him it seemed that all the graces and gifts
which were in the most celebrated women of the old dispensation,
were all in a much higher degree in Thee:
the golden mouth of Sarah, which, smiling,
rejoices Heaven and earth;
the sweet and tender look of the faithful Lia,
with which Thou didst soften the heart of God,
hardened against sinners;
the splendor of countenance of the beautiful Rachel,
for with Thy beauty Thou dost eclipse the sun;
the grace and demeanor of the discreet Abigail,
by which Thou didst appease an angry God;
the vivacity and strength of the valiant Judith,
for by Thy power and Thy grace Thou dost subdue the most ferocious hearts.

Amen.

Hello everyone

Thank you all for sharing your prayers, pictures and stories!
May Jesus and Mary always keep you close to Their hearts

God Bless

Oh Sweet Mother,teach us how to love your son more,for we wish for nothing more but to love Him...My beautiful Jesus teach me to love you,,,,just like the sunflower that follows every movement of the sun, so I turn towards you,to follow you my LORD..........May we never get wary in following you,Oh! merciful Saviour

What great posts Dee!! Beautiful pictures, prayers and information. I particularly like what you wrote about St Anthony as he is a special friend of mine and has possibly been quite instrumental in my conversion having always had a statue of him that I found at the baby sitters when I was little , I kept it next to my bed all these years, then it was last year I realized it was St Anthony and as I picked it up then it fell on the ground and the head smashed. I told my friend and she said St Anthony is the finder of lost things especially souls, so he was always interceding for me all these years while I would look at that statue and think about God. As I said I didn't even know who the statue was until recently.

How is everyone going?

Keeping you all in my prayers , God bless you all through Mary our holy Mother

Blessed Mother,may all people understand, that all are prays are heard. Your son Jesus and you Blessed Mother, love when we pray. because it shows we love you,s.