Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 9

Day 9
2 Cor.1:7-11

7 Our hope for you is firm, for we know that as you share in the sufferings, you also share in the encouragement. 8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction that came to us in the province of Asia; we were utterly weighed down beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Indeed, we had accepted within ourselves the sentence of death that we might trust not in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He rescued us from such great danger of death, and he will continue to rescue us; in him we have put our hope [that] he will also rescue us again, 11 as you help us with prayer, so that thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the gift granted us through the prayers of many.

Who has entrusted their needs to your prayers? How does Mary want to be with you in your prayer?

Many ask for our prayers but I know I am not as faithful in prayer as I need to be.  That is why I am grateful at Mass that our prayers of the faithful always contain the request:  "for those for whom we have promised to pray and for those for whom we have forgotten to pray and for those for whom we find it difficult to pray".  Prayer is such a simple thing and should not be taken lightly.  As we come to the end of this novena it makes me want to deepen my habits of prayer throughout the season of Lent so that I can walk with Jesus in the desert.  I am so glad to have such a wonderful spiritual family to walk with me.  Thank you Pro Sanctity!

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 9

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 8

Day 8
Heb. 4:14-16
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. 16 So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. 

How does Jesus’ humanity help you to trust in Him? How does Mary’s life with Jesus show you how to trust Him?

I especially appreciate that Jesus experienced pain and sadness like we do and infinitely more than we ever have so that when I am in pain and sadness I know He has been there.  Mary too experienced pain and sadness throughout her life with Christ.  Even though they were intimately connected with God at every moment, it amazes me that they chose not to be immune from these things.  

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 8

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 7

Day 7
1 John 5:12-15
13 I write these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God. 14 And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours.

What is God giving to you when you trust in Him?

I know I have peace but need to trust more.  What about you? 

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 7

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 6

Day 6

Eph. 3:7-13
7 Of this I became a minister by the gift of God’s grace that was granted me in accord with the exercise of his power. 8 To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ, 9 and to bring to light [for all] what is the plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things, 10 so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the principalities and authorities in the heavens. 11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness of speech and confidence of access through faith in him. 13 So I ask you not to lose heart over my afflictions for you; this is your glory.  

When has the Holy Spirit given you the grace and trust to speak about God to others? 

I remember once many years ago speaking to a co worker about God.  I was wearing a Christian necklace and it started a conversation.  I wonder every now and again if this person has come to faith.  As a Christian I know I should have many more memories than this.  I need to pray for the boldness and trust to speak of Him more.  

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 6

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 5

Day 5

Luke 5:3-7

3 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. 4 After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” 5 Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” 6 When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking.    

Consider the fruits of trust in your relationship with God.  What was the fruitfulness of Mary’s trust?

I have heard Teresa Monaghen say often that we pray for a flood and we are holding a teacup.  I think this is true.  God wants to give us so much that our nets will break.  Let us not be afraid of what will happen if we ask for great things.  Mary knew that God would give great things to her just through her trust in him.  

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 5

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 4

Day 4

Jer. 17: 5-8

5 Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 He is like a barren bush in the wasteland that enjoys no change of season, But stands in lava beds in the wilderness, a land, salty and uninhabited. 7 Blessed are those who trust in the LORD; the LORD will be their trust. 8 They are like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: It does not fear heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still produces fruit.

What graces have you received when you have put your trust in God? How does Mary’s Magnifcat teach you the “Way of trust”? 

Some of the greatest experiences I have had of grace when I put my trust in God happen when I am speaking and writing and ask for his guidance.  It seems before I know it that things are coming through my fingers and from my mouth that I know are not my own but coming from God through the Holy Spirit.  As I read the Magnificat what strikes me is that very little of it is focused on Mary herself and the vast majority is about God and the wonders He has done.  It is another example of complete trust.  What about the rest of you?  Please share your thoughts with us. 

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 4

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 3

Day 3

Is. 12:2-4

2 God indeed is my salvation; I am confident and unafraid. For the LORD is my strength and my might, and he has been my salvation. 3 With joy you will draw water from the fountains of salvation, 4 And you will say on that day: give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; Among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.

What areas in your life does God want you to entrust to Him? Does Mary’s trust in God encourage you to trust in difficult times?

I wish I was confident and unafraid more.  I worry a lot about unforseen happenings and have a strong desire to be in control at all times.  Mary's example teaches me that in every circumstance God is trustworthy and His hand is guiding and protecting us. 

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 3

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 2

We continue reflecting on Our Lady of  Trust through Scripture

Day  2

Wis. 3:7-9

7 In the time of their judgment they shall shine and dart about as sparks through stubble; 8 They shall judge nations and rule over peoples, and the LORD shall be their King forever. 9 Those who trust in him shall understand truth, and the faithful shall abide with him in love: Because grace and mercy are with his holy ones, and his care is with the elect.

Who are the sparks in your life that help you to trust God?  How does Mary light your way to Christ?

As I read the questions above I think of so many holy family members and friends as well as so many priests, deacons and other consecrated individuals who have lit my way.  I also see Mary as one of the first to fully trust God in His true form as the trinity, Father who sent an angel to speak to her, Son who she lovingly carried in her womb, and Spirit who overshadowed her.  She was truly and completely immersed in divine life.  

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day 2

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day One

Please join us in praying a novena to Our Lady Of  Trust.  Our own Anne Zugelder has suggested some scripture and questions for meditation as we prepare to enter into the season of  Lent.  Each day we will meditate on the scriptures and corresponding questions provided and conclude by praying the prayer to Our Lady of  Trust.  Please post your comments and reflections here so we can grow together on our journey toward holiness and trust.

Drawn by the need of your help in the many trials that engulf us in this life, we come to your feet, O Virgin of Trust, to pour out to the heart of a mother our wishes and failings.

            Although it is our duty to strive for perfection, it is also true that our mortal body makes the path difficult, and the enemies of our soul cease not from their attacks, while everywhere we are enticed to leave the difficult and straight way known by only a few travelers.

            And all the while, our suffering along the way, our own interior weakness and temptations press heavily to torment us and produce in our souls a feeling of faintness and sadness, which means only one thing: distrust, in ourselves, in our ideal, in the means to attain it.

            But your motherly look which follows us, and your Immaculate Heart, which your Son points out to us, open our souls to a new feeling – the assurance of your help. And we want it, O Mary.  We ask it of you, we beg for it, O loving Mother. 

            When sin entices us, stay with us and be our strength.  When mediocrity absorbs us, do not leave us.  When the ascent to the perfection of the Father leaves us weary, whisper a word of help, O Mary – trust!

            If we will listen to this word of yours, the way will be easier, the goal closer, and our confidence more certain that we shall reach sanctity.

            So repeat this word often – trust.  Repeat it to us and to everybody, O Mary, because all people must become saints.  Amen.

Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta

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Day One

Ps. 31:14-17

14 I hear the whispers of the crowd; terrors are all around me. They conspire together against me; they plot to take my life. 15 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” 16 My destiny is in your hands; rescue me from my enemies, from the hands of my pursuers. 17 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your mercy.

When have you put your trust in God in a difficult situation? How does Mary model this for you?

Our Lady of Trust Novena 2013 Day One

Absolute Trust

I was struck today by the first reading given to us by the Church from the book of Hebrews for daily Mass. 

It encourages us to approach Jesus with absolute trust.  There is little ambiguity, this is very clear.  It made me think of our patron  Our Lady of Trust

"let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust,


with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience

and our bodies washed in pure water.

Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope,

for he who made the promise is trustworthy.

We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.

We should not stay away from our assembly,

as is the custom of some, but encourage one another,

and this all the more as you see the day drawing near".

Take action today in whatever environment you find yourselves to encourage one another and exercise trust in the One who is trustworthy

Absolute Trust

Pro Sanctity Prayer Letter December 2012

Pro Sanctity Movement

            a call to holiness in daily life

11002 N. 204th St.

Elkhorn, NE. 68022

psm@prosanctity.org

402-289-2670 or FAX 402-289-1938

December 2012

 Dear Pro Sanctity Prayer Partners:

 In December the Church celebrates both the advent and Christmas seasons.  I love it that when most say Merry Christmas starting at the beginning of December, it is more common for Catholics to say happy and blessed advent.  The focus on this four week period of preparation is one of the great gifts of the Church. 

 We continue in our new formation manual:  Famished for the Same Bread.  The theme for this month is Famished for the same bread of Eternal Life:  I believe in God, Source of Life.  The scripture for the month is John chapter 6 which focuses more on the Eucharist than any other place in the bible.    Belief in God as the source of life cannot be separated from the Eucharist because where Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist the entire trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit is with Him. 

 We are called as Christians to radiate the love of God, aided by His very presence in the Eucharist so that others drawn by our love which comes from Him will also come to believe. 

 Let us pray especially this month for an increased boldness in witnessing to our faith.  It seems that many find it easier during the Christmas season to speak of Christ who became a child in the womb and was born for us.  Let us pray that this will open the doors of opportunity to share our faith with others.  Let us also continue to pray for those affected by recent storms and those who are working to assist them. 

 Thank you for praying with us

Dan and Joan Kash, Marian Lenz, Anne Zugelder

 I am moving back to Omaha this month.  Please send your prayer request to Omaha instead of California. The return envelope will have the Elkhorn address.  Palmira is doing better.  We wish to thank everyone who has sent donations for the prayer letter.  This is a healing ministry that brings comfort and peace to those we are praying for.  Thankyou for your prayers and support.

Anne

Prayer Requests:

Aaron who is recovering from shingles

Leon for his health

Continued recovery for Fr Vaccari's brother

For those impacted by the school shooting in Connecticut including the suspect and his family

for Ken Ramold's intention

Colleen Mc Namara for her health

Upcoming retreats and activities in all of the centers

Kovash family as they move to South Dakota

Students attending the Focus conference in January

Dorothy Brown

John and Francis Monaghan

John and Frieda Zugelder

Those traveling for Christmas

Families Celebrations

Lou Segal

Pattie Romero as she struggles with depression

Aris Gonzales who has cancer

Paula Carmody

Connie Brinker

Family reconcialtion

For Jane to be accepted to 7 Oaks Retirement Facility

Healing for Jane’s sister Tish

Healing for Stephanie who has leukemia

For my family to love the Catholic Faith

For St. Joseph help with our finances

To cherish chastity

Margaret Simspon

Thankyou the selling of Grandma Jean’s house

Thank you for Rachel’s Schooling and for continued help

Mary‘s health

Br. Joel and Fr. Ed who has cancer

Aileen

Lowly Birth

Stars twinkle amid the darkness

Quiet blankets the land

The lowly cave is ready

Jesus steals into time

No notice is given of his birth

Alone the family rejoices

Only the pure of heart come

They come humbly with sincerity

Giving all they have

Gently they lay all before the Child

Gratitude and joy fills them

Lighting up the world

Anne Zugelder                                                             

Pro Sanctity Prayer Letter December 2012

DECEMBER 8 - FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

DECEMBER 8 - FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

O Virgin and Queen, Immaculate Mother of God, your magnificence is incomparable. You are more sublime than the heavens, the stars, and the planets; you are more resplendent than the sun.

You, begotten by the tribe of Aaron, are truly a Virgin from whom your Son, Christ our Lord, so wonderfully blossomed.

According to the flesh, you gave birth to God - the Word; He was incarnated in you who preserved the blossom of your virginity before and after the birth of your Son.You have reconciled us to our Creator, O Mary, our Mother.                               (S. Ephrem)

Tota Pulchra

You are all beautiful, O Mary, and there is no original stain in you. You are the glory of Jerusalem. You are the joy of Israel and the honor of our people. You are the advocate of sinners. O Mary, Virgin most prudent and Mother most merciful, pray for us. Intercede for us with the Lord Jesus.

  

Leader: Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, Your conception

All: Has brought glad tidings to all the world.

Let us pray. O God, Who in the Immaculate Conception of  the Virgin Mary prepared a worthy dwelling place for your Son and, foreseeing His death, preserved Mary from all stain of sin, grant that we too, through her intercession, may walk toward You in holiness and purity of spirit. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

  

O Mary, Virgin most pure and spotless, who came to earth to propose to us anew, in all of its beauty, the ideal of new life in Christ, beckon us.

You show us what we should be, but are not.

Freed from evil before it even touched you, you invite us to the great battle between good and evil in which Christ, by crushing the head of the serpent, won His eternal victory.

This victory can be ours if, obedient to the word of God and hand in hand with you, Mary, we walk on the bright road opened to us by Christ.

Draw us to yourself, Mary, until the day when in joy everlasting we shall be able to contemplate the glorious face of Christ, unveiled forever. Amen.

  

www.prosanctity.org

DECEMBER 8 - FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Nine)

Pro Sanctity Novena in preparation for the

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

November 29-December 8, 2012

All quotes are from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Giaquinta and Giuliana Spigone, prayers from the AO Prayerbook.

1.     Read and Pause

2.     Pause and voice your intentions

3.     Pray Novena Prayer

4.     Option: Write your own reflections and prayers inspired by the Novena. Share with others.

5.     On the 8^th of December, pray a closing prayer of thanksgiving for graces given. See prayers at the end of the outline

Intention: We are praying for communion in our community/family, and in our world, as we all hunger for the one same Bread!

DAY NINE

Read and Pause: "…Dear friends, let us invoke the intercession of Mary, 'Our Lady of the Way', so that the joyful proclamation of salvation in Jesus Christ may bring hope to the hearts of those who are on the move on the roads of the world….” (October 25, 2011)

Pause and voice your intentions and then pray

Jesus, through and with Mary, let my heart be

the altar where You sacrifice Yourself

the tabernacle where You watch over us

the monstrance where You manifest Yourself to the world. Amen!

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Nine)

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Eight)

Pro Sanctity Novena in preparation for the

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

November 29-December 8, 2012

All quotes are from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Giaquinta and Giuliana Spigone, prayers from the AO Prayerbook.

1.     Read and Pause

2.     Pause and voice your intentions

3.     Pray Novena Prayer

4.     Option: Write your own reflections and prayers inspired by the Novena. Share with others.

5.     On the 8^th of December, pray a closing prayer of thanksgiving for graces given. See prayers at the end of the outline

  

Intention: We are praying for communion in our community/family, and in our world, as we all hunger for the one same Bread!

DAY EIGHT

Read and Pause: ….Very dear young people, I entrust you to the protection of St. Joseph and Mary Most Holy; following the invitation of the Virgin Mother "Do whatever he tells you," you will not lack the pleasure of the real celebration and you will be able to take the best "wine," the one that Christ gives for the Church and for the world.” (September 2011)

Pause and voice your intentions and then pray

Jesus, through and with Mary, let my heart be

the altar where You sacrifice Yourself

the tabernacle where You watch over us

the monstrance where You manifest Yourself to the world. Amen!

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Eight)

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Seven)

Pro Sanctity Novena in preparation for the

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

November 29-December 8, 2012

All quotes are from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Giaquinta and Giuliana Spigone, prayers from the AO Prayerbook.

1.     Read and Pause

2.     Pause and voice your intentions

3.     Pray Novena Prayer

4.     Option: Write your own reflections and prayers inspired by the Novena. Share with others.

5.     On the 8^th of December, pray a closing prayer of thanksgiving for graces given. See prayers at the end of the outline

Intention: We are praying for communion in our community/family, and in our world, as we all hunger for the one same Bread!

DAY SEVEN

Read and Pause: "…Mary teaches us that the good of each one depends on listening with docility to the word of the Son. In those who trust in him, the water of daily life is transformed into the wine of a love that makes life good, beautiful and fruitful." (September 2011)

Pause and voice your intentions and then pray

Jesus, through and with Mary, let my heart be

the altar where You sacrifice Yourself

the tabernacle where You watch over us

the monstrance where You manifest Yourself to the world. Amen!

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Seven)

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Six)

Pro Sanctity Novena in preparation for the

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

November 29-December 8, 2012

All quotes are from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Giaquinta and Giuliana Spigone, prayers from the AO Prayerbook.

1.     Read and Pause

2.     Pause and voice your intentions

3.     Pray Novena Prayer

4.     Option: Write your own reflections and prayers inspired by the Novena. Share with others.

5.     On the 8^th of December, pray a closing prayer of thanksgiving for graces given. See prayers at the end of the outline

Intention: We are praying for communion in our community/family, and in our world, as we all hunger for the one same Bread!

DAY SIX

Read and Pause: "…Do not lose courage in face of the needs that seem to extinguish joy at the table of life," he said. "At the Wedding of Cana, when wine was lacking, Mary invited the servants to go to Jesus and she gave them a precise indication: 'Do whatever he tells you.' Treasure these words, the last of Mary's taken up in the Gospels -- virtually a spiritual testament -- and you will always have the joy of the celebration: Jesus is the wine of the celebration!" (September 2011)

Pause and voice your intentions and then pray

Jesus, through and with Mary, let my heart be

the altar where You sacrifice Yourself

the tabernacle where You watch over us

the monstrance where You manifest Yourself to the world. Amen!

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Six)

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Five)

Pro Sanctity Novena in preparation for the

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

November 29-December 8, 2012

All quotes are from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Giaquinta and Giuliana Spigone, prayers from the AO Prayerbook.

1.     Read and Pause

2.     Pause and voice your intentions

3.     Pray Novena Prayer

4.     Option: Write your own reflections and prayers inspired by the Novena. Share with others.

5.     On the 8^th of December, pray a closing prayer of thanksgiving for graces given. See prayers at the end of the outline

Intention: We are praying for communion in our community/family, and in our world, as we all hunger for the one same Bread!

DAY FIVE

Read and Pause: By faith, Mary tasted the fruits of Jesus’ resurrection, and treasuring every memory in her heart (cf. Lk 2:19, 51), she passed them on to the Twelve assembled with her in the Upper Room to receive the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14; 2:1-4). …”  (October 17, 2011)

Pause and voice your intentions and then pray

Jesus, through and with Mary, let my heart be

the altar where You sacrifice Yourself

the tabernacle where You watch over us

the monstrance where You manifest Yourself to the world. Amen!

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Five)

November Pro Sanctity Prayer Letter

Pro Sanctity Movement

            a call to holiness in daily life

11002 N. 204th St.

Elkhorn, NE. 68022

psm@prosanctity.org

402-289-2670 or FAX 402-289-1938

November  2012

Dear Pro Sanctity Prayer Partners:

It is November already.  Although our calendar year is coming to a close, our apostolic year, as well as the year Pope Benedict has christened the Year of Faith is just beginning.  I pray that we all make a special effort to express gratitude and find multiple things to be thankful for as the season encourages us to do. 

We also begin a new formation manual this month:  Famished for the Same Bread.  This wonderful new resource helps us to combine scripture, the catechism, the words of Pope Benedict, and the words of our founder to more fully experience the riches of our faith and the priceless gift of the Eucharist.    The paragraph below is taken directly from the formation manual. 

Excerpt from the Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI, Porta Fidei

9. We want this Year to arouse in every believer the aspiration to profess the faith in fullness and with renewed conviction, with confidence and hope. It will also be a good opportunity to intensify the celebration of the faith in the liturgy, especially in the Eucharist, which is “the summit towards which the activity of the Church is directed; ... and also the source from which all its power flows.”[14] At the same time, we make it our prayer that believers’ witness of life may grow in credibility. To rediscover the content of the faith that is professed, celebrated, lived and prayed,[15] and to reflect on the act of faith, is a task that every believer must make his own, especially in the course of this Year.

Let us pray especially this month for an increased desire to rediscover our faith, to become aware of the priceless gift that we have been given to have faith in the first place, which is not of ourselves but from God who wanted so much for us to know His love for us that He gave His only Son for our salvation.  Let us also pray for those affected by recent storms and those who are working to assist them. 

Thank you for praying with us

Dan and Joan Kash, Marian Lenz, Anne Zugelder

Prayer Requests:

Vocations

Aging parents

Joan's uncle Leon recovering from brain surgery but in poor health

Struggling families

Pro Sanctity Members and everyone on the east coast struggling from the effects of Hurricane Sandy

Conversion of our nation

Renewal of faith in the Year of Faith

Parishes in South Omaha undergoing transition

Fr Frank's brother John who is struggling with alcoholism

Senior citizens struggling with loneliness

Priests struggling with loneliness that they might cultivate good friendships

Continued healing for Fr Dan Kampschneider

Black Family

Rosman Family

Gray Family

For Dan’s court case yield truth and justice

For Dan’s mother

For Peg for strength in her faith

For Joanna’s job

For James’ clinic

Catholic habitat for Humanity in Rapid City

Dorothy Brown

For the Ahlstrom Family

John and Francis Monaghan

John and Frieda Zugelder

Lee and Irish Gallagher

Gail Brennan

Mary Stemmer

Barbara Wagner

Erica Latiolaif

Alice Laybourne

Alice Jarecki for cataracts surgery

           It Was Good

Death was not of the beginning

My sinfulness makes death a necessity

In the beginning God was

Out of love God created all things

And God saw that it was good

I am filled with goodness

In baptism I am the beloved Son

With God is my heart desire

United with Jesus in Communion

Grace and strength comes

Redemption becomes salvation

Dying comes everyday

In big ways in small ways die

And God saw that it was good

                              Anne Zugelder

           It Was Good

Death was not of the beginning

My sinfulness makes death a necessity

In the beginning God was

Out of love God created all things

And God saw that it was good

I am filled with goodness

In baptism I am the beloved Son

With God is my heart desire

United with Jesus in Communion

Grace and strength comes

Redemption becomes salvation

Dying comes everyday

In big ways in small ways die

And God saw that it was good

                              Anne Zugelder

November Pro Sanctity Prayer Letter

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Four)

Pro Sanctity Novena in preparation for the

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

November 29-December 8, 2012

All quotes are from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Giaquinta and Giuliana Spigone, prayers from the AO Prayerbook.

1.     Read and Pause

2.     Pause and voice your intentions

3.     Pray Novena Prayer

4.     Option: Write your own reflections and prayers inspired by the Novena. Share with others.

5.     On the 8^th of December, pray a closing prayer of thanksgiving for graces given. See prayers at the end of the outline

Intention: We are praying for communion in our community/family, and in our world, as we all hunger for the one same Bread!

DAY FOUR

Read and Pause: We want to make our heart like a monstrance, exposing Jesus to all we meet.  Mary, the first monstrance, showed her Son to the Shepherds, the Magi, to all.  Before Jesus was born, Mary brought Him to Elizabeth who rejoiced in Whom she saw.  Elizabeth, in turn, became a monstrance herself and sang the first beatitude and Mary responded with the Magnificat. Together the two women - each bearing Jesus in her heart  - sang a beautiful canticle of praise to the Lord. May our own encounters with others reflect the mystery of the Visitation as we bring our Lord to a waiting world (Giuliana Spigone)

Pause and voice your intentions and then pray

Pray: Jesus, through and with Mary, let my heart be

the altar where You sacrifice Yourself

the tabernacle where You watch over us

the monstrance where You manifest Yourself to the world. Amen!

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Four)

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Three)

Pro Sanctity Novena in preparation for the

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

November 29-December 8, 2012

All quotes are from our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Giaquinta and Giuliana Spigone, prayers from the AO Prayerbook.

1.     Read and Pause

2.     Pause and voice your intentions

3.     Pray Novena Prayer

4.     Option: Write your own reflections and prayers inspired by the Novena. Share with others.

5.     On the 8^th of December, pray a closing prayer of thanksgiving for graces given. See prayers at the end of the outline

 Intention: We are praying for communion in our community/family, and in our world, as we all hunger for the one same Bread!

DAY THREE

Read and Pause: We see Mary move in haste to carry out her mission. Bishop Giaquinta says, “ A strong, virile, indomitable will is an essential requirement” if we are to carry on the mission entrusted to us. “Sluggish, weak and apathetic characters who do not wish to move or to make an effort” will do very little for God’s Kingdom.  Blessed is she who trusted that the Lord’s word to her would be fulfilled.”  Our Lady appears to us as someone on whom God has been able to depend, in whom he has placed his trust. Let us ask ourselves if God can count on us. Can God trust us? (Bishop Giaquinta)  

Pause and voice your intentions and then pray:

Pray: Jesus, through and with Mary, let my heart be

the altar where You sacrifice Yourself

the tabernacle where You watch over us

the monstrance where You manifest Yourself to the world. Amen!

Novena for the Immaculate Conception (Day Three)