Marian Devotion

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It is not required to all catholics to have deep devotion to our Lady, so if some new converted catholics have some difficulties with Devotion to Mary, don’t feel worried or ashamed, the Holy Spirit will let you see in time the great things he did for Mary.

I invite all catholics who have devotion for Our Lady, in any of her advocations, to post here some prayers, pictures of marian sanctuaries, stories of her aparitions and mesages, novenas, personal experiences, etc

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The oldes picture of Mary is located in Saint Priscilla catacomb’s in Rome.

corazones.org/maria/z_catacumba_priscila_maddona.gif

This picture is from the times when the church of Rome was being persecuted by the Roman Empire in second century of the christian age. Far before Constantine emperor.

The oldest known marian prayer is dated to the middle third century and it reads:

Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν,
καταφεύγομεν, Θεοτόκε.
Τὰς ἡμῶν ἱκεσίας,
μὴ παρίδῃς ἐν περιστάσει,
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ κινδύνων λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς,
μόνη Ἁγνή, μόνη εὐλογημένη.

Sub tuum praesidium
confugimus,
Sancta Dei Genitrix.
Nostras deprecationes ne despicias
in necessitatibus nostris,
sed a periculis cunctis
libera nos semper,
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

Under thy protection
we seek refuge,
Holy Mother of God;
despise not our petitions
in our needs,
but from all dangers
deliver us always,
Virgin Glorious and Blessed
 
The World’s First Love
BY THE MOST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEN, PH.D., D.D.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York - London - Toronto
Copyright, 1952, by Fulton J. Sheen.

DEDICATED TO THE WOMAN I LOVE

The Woman Whom even God dreamed of
Before the world was made;
The Woman of Whom I was born
At cost of pain and labor at a Cross;
The Woman Who, though no priest,
Could yet on Calvary’s Hill breathe:
“This is my Body; This is my Blood”
For none save her gave Him human life.
The Woman Who guides my pen,
Which falters so with words
In telling of the Word.
The Woman Who, in a world of Reds,
Shows forth the blue of hope.
Accept these dried grapes of thoughts
From this poor author, who has no wine;
And with Cana’s magic and thy Son’s Power
Work a miracle and save a soul –
Forgetting not my own.

Peace
 
It always works for me 😉

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven.

Blessed Mother of the Son of God; Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity.

Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother.

Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity. (Mention your request here).

There are none that can withstand your power.

Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (3x).

Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands. (3x). Amen.

Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days and then you must publish it and it will be granted to you.
 
It is truly meet to bless thee, the Theotokos, ever blessed and most blameless, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify
 
One of my own poor efforts:

MY LADY’S GARDEN

Mary, my Queen,
Enter thy garden
Which thou hast planted
With thine own hands.

Walk along its
Peaceful paths,
And rest thine eyes
Upon its symmetry.

Hear the doves
Coo among the leaves
–trees heavy with fruit
And deep with shade.

Fill thy senses
With rare fragrances
–flowers and herbs
Of thy design.

Caress soft petals
Of full roses –
Gold and red and white,
Thy glory and sacrifice.

Enter they garden,
Refresh thyself therein.
It is thine forever,
Virgin Mother, Second Eve.
 
jorge_carrillo said:
It is not required to all catholics to have deep devotion to our Lady, so if some new converted catholics have some difficulties with Devotion to Mary, don’t feel worried or ashamed, the Holy Spirit will let you see in time the great things he did for Mary.

I invite all catholics who have devotion for Our Lady, in any of her advocations, to post here some prayers, pictures of marian sanctuaries, stories of her aparitions and mesages, novenas, personal experiences, etc

.
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I recommend all Catholic neophites to read the work of Dr. Scott Hahn on Our Lady (“Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God”) - Dr. Hahn was a Protestant minister who converted and is now one of the most notorious Catholic speakers and apologists, as well as a professor at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. His work on Our Lady is quite impressive and can touch many souls in the most direct way for them: through Scripture.

Devotions to Our Lady that are or have been in my life:
  • prayer of the Rosary
  • enrollment in the Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
  • wearing the Medal of the Immaculate Conception
  • praying the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin
  • the Consecration to Jesus through Mary of St. Louis de Montfort.
  • the image of Our Lady of Sorrows
  • Communions of Reparation on the first Saturday of every month for the immaculate heart of Our Lady.
 
jorge_carrillo said:
It is not required to all catholics to have deep devotion to our Lady, **so if some new converted catholics have some difficulties with Devotion to Mary, don’t feel worried or ashamed, the Holy Spirit will let you see in time the great things he did for Mary. **

I invite all catholics who have devotion for Our Lady, in any of her advocations, to post here some prayers, pictures of marian sanctuaries, stories of her aparitions and mesages, novenas, personal experiences, etc

.
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So true! During the early days on my road to conversation I scratched my head many times about Our Lady. At first I just didn’t “get it”.

But time passed and gradually I found myself turning to her, talking to her, asking her. And there she was, right beside me, always kind, always gentle, always pointing the way to her divine Son. Now I don’t know what I would do without her!

One of my favourite images of the Queen of Heaven…

The Coronation of the Virgin by Diego Velázquez of the Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Diego_Velázquez_012.jpg/300px-Diego_Velázquez_012.jpg
 
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now,
and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
 
Gaude et latare
Exultation angelorum
Gaude domini virgo
Prophetarum gaudium
Gaudeas benedicta
Dominus tecum est
Gaude, que per angelum gaudium mundi suscepisti
Gaude que genuisti factorum et Dominum
Gaudeas que dignas es esse mater Christi
 
Here´s a photo I took at the Basilica de Lujan, Argentina, during Easter 2013. It´s nuestra señora de Lujan, of which our Holy Father is a devotee (read about the story of the image here if you are interested, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Lujan). It´s the original image, from 1630, depicted in the story.
i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/canis73/Lujan1_zps895da9f6.jpg

At the time there was an image of nuestra señora de Guadalupe visiting the Basilica, which was a nice surprise. 🙂
i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/canis73/Lujan2_zps636f41bb.jpg

As a trial member I´m not allowed to post the images, so I just posted the links. Sorry for that. Feel free to post them yourself if you are entitled to.
 
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