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Links to some of my "Mary" posts at Contemplative Haven:

* Immaculate Heart of Silence

* Feastday of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

* Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

* Mary, Our Guiding Star

* Solemnity of the Assumption

* Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

* Our Lady of Sorrows

* Two Paths

* Why Mary?

* St. Faustina and the Mother of Mercy

* The Vocations of Mary

* Consecrated

* Feastday of St. Gertrude the Great

* The Immaculate Conception

* Gaudete

* Feastday of Our Lady of Lourdes
"To live our consecration requires the sacrifice of our own will, so that His will may be done in us. We are asked to become holy and good, to be the example of this for all to witness, to be the light of truth, of simplicity and purity, the true imitation of Our Lady's Immaculate Heart, and the beacons of Christ on the path to sanctification. Through the Immaculate Heart of Mary we are gathered and formed to bring to the world the example of this response to her call. The Triumph of her Immaculate Heart shall bring into our midst the glorious Reign of His Sacred Heart. It is for this purpose, we pledge our consecration."
*** Two Hearts United ***
Prayer to The Lady of All Nations

Lord Jesus, Son of the Father, send now your Spirit over the earth. Let the Holy Spirit live in the hearts of all nations that they may be preserved from degeneration, disaster and war. May the Lady of All Nations, the Blessed Virgin Mary, be our Advocate.
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Quotable:

“There will always be many, like John, who are led to the Mother through the Son; but also many others, like Joseph, who are led to the Son through the Mother. These two movements, which in the beginning are very clearly emphasized in certain individuals, will later be the paths on which many can wander.” [Adrienne von Speyr, Handmaid of the Lord]
Consecration Resource Material

Adapted by Eddie Doherty Madonna House

Adapted by Eddie Doherty Madonna House

St. Louis de Montfort TAN Books

St. Louis de Montfort TAN Books

In The End My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph Consecration Preparation for the Triumphant Victory of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Available from: Aquinas and More Catholic Goods

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Gabrielle

Today was easily one of the best days of my life. Yesterday I finished my 33-day preparation for my second annual renewal of my consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I also took some time to myself to pray the 33 meditations (short prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary) all over again, though I [...]

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A Different Miracle

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Gabrielle

I recently read a very touching and inspiring article at Guideposts, entitled A Perfect Child, written by Kathleen Lukens in 1994.
It is the story of a mother and child’s very special trip to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France – with a beautiful, perhaps unusual (?) but not really surprising outcome. Our Lady, after all, [...]

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Our Lady of Lourdes, from India

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Gabrielle

Mid-June, over at Contemplative Haven, I posted a link to a video of the trailer/promo for the movie, Our Lady of Lourdes, written and produced by Mr. Kamalakar Rao Ponnapalli. As well as wishing to help in some small way to spread the word about this movie, I was curious as to why Mr. Ponnapalli, a Hindu, was inspired to create [...]

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Feastday of Our Lady of Lourdes

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Gabrielle

[Excerpt from the speech delivered in French at Lourdes by (then Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice) Pope John XXIII on March 25, 1958, for the consecration of the Church dedicated to St. Pius X. This excerpt is taken from the book, "Journal of a Soul. The Autobiography of Pope John XXIII".]
“O holy Virgin, O Immaculate… [...]

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