The Bread of Our Souls

The Bread of Our Souls
Come, eat the bread that I have prepared for you.

Saturday's Joyful Mysteries

Feast of the Visitation

Mother of God on high!
We kneel at thy feet, dear Maid and Mother,
Who hast borne us God for our very Brother.

Friday's Sorrowful Mysteries

Render My Heart

O Mary, render my heart simple and pure so that I have the right to the preferences of Jesus.

Friday's Sorrowful Mysteries

I Recommend Myself to Thee

O, Lady, I recommend myself to thee,
because thou watchest over me forever.

Thursday's Luminous Mysteries

Madonna's Lullaby

Ah, clenched little hands, so dear;
Little brows so thoughtful and clear;
Ah, smooth little side, so sweet,
And soft little unstained feet;―
There is nothing―no, nothing―to fear.
I hear a shouting, far away,
You shall ride on a kingly palm-strewn way,
One day, one triumphing day.

The Madonna - An Anthology
Longmans, Green & Co., 1928. P. 60

The Five Glorious Mysteries

First Steps

The First Steps of Baby Jesus
O God so great who made you so small?  
Your Love asks us to Love.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries

The Divine Harvest

THE DIVINE HARVEST
"He who hath a pure heart, shall have the King of Heaven for his friend." (Proverbs)

The Daily Rosary

Ave Maria! Mother Blest!

Ave Maria! Mother blest!
To whom, caressing and caressed,
Clings the eternal Child;
Favored beyond archangel's dream
When first on thee with tenderest gleam
The new-born Savior smiled.

(John Keble, 1792 - 1866)

The Daily Rosary

The Love of Mary

The Love of Mary

The Benedictions of the Divine Child Jesus are for those who love His Mother. (Father Faber)

The Daily Rosary

When the Night is Dark and Cold

When the night is dark and cold,
Jesus give me your light.
Enlighten-me.

Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining;

Ave, Maria, day is declining;

Safety and innocence fly with the light, 

Temptation and danger walk forth with the night;

From the fall of the shade till the matin shall chime, 

Shield us from danger and save us from crime; 

Ave, Maria; audi nos. 

(The Pilgrim's Hymn, 1814)

Jesus Living in Mary

O Jesus living in Mary
Come and live in us.

O Maid, what anguish fierce
Remaineth yet for thee,
Whose tender heart the sword shall pierce,
Beside the dreadful tree―

Where thou, whose Infant cries
Foretell thy future woe,
Shall die, the perfect Sacrifice,
Redeeming all below.

Then, let us love thee well,
And praise thee evermore;
Let all the Father's praises tell;
The Holy Ghost adore.

(Hymns from the Paris Breviary, 1650)

                

Find Me Jesus

My Jesus, find me and come to me now and wash me from all the faults that I have committed this day. I repent of them because they have displeased you. Give me strength not to fall again; set my heart on fire with the intense longing to love you with a great love.

(Visits to the Blessed Sacrament - 1750)

The Beauty of a Woman

Of her, and of no other, spoke the Holy Ghost in Ecclesiasticus, when saying: "The beauty of a woman cheered the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more." "Turn" then, "and change your desires; have you been accustomed to look with delight upon worldly beauty, look now upon the mother of God."

(Month of Mary - 1858 p. 174)

What Sweetness

What sweetness of speech, what amiability and loftiness of sentiment, what dovelike simplicity, what sincerity, what meekness, what modesty, what retirement, what purity, what innocence, what elevation of mind and heart to God, what resignation, what conformity to the Divine pleasure, what piety, liberality, compassion, and mercy towards the miserable! What heroic virtue is there thou hast not seen and admired in her? And, especially, who can tell the love she bore thee, her constancy, assiduity, and attention to please thee, to help thee, to provide for thee, and to serve thee in all thy least necessities and wants?   

(Month of Mary - 1858)

Mary is the True Mother of God

We have recourse to you as our Refuge,
Holy Mother of God.

In spite of you impious Nestorius, Mary is the true Mother of God; she conceived him by the operation of the Holy Ghost; she formed his body with her blood; she clothed God with her own flesh. 

(Month of Mary - D. Roberto, 1858)

Daughter and Spouse

She is the daughter, and spouse, and mother of the great God of the universe; the true mother of the Son of God. Let every creature be silent and tremble. 

(Month of Mary - D. Roberto, 1858)

Ravisher of Hearts

Ravisher of Heats is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by St. Bernard. "She is a sea of sweetness, an ocean of goodness and love, an ever burning fire consuming all things and changing them into itself." 

(Month of Mary - D. Roberto, 1858)