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How are you certain of the patronage of Mary?
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I am certain because I am a sinner.
What a strange question.
I am certain because I am a sinner.
What a strange question.
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I am certain of Mary’s patronage because she’s the one and only human closest to Jesus, she is literally the God-bearer, and if we can love our fellow man as imperfectly as we do-- and those in Heaven right now are truly a cloud of witnesses who care about us and pray for us-- then Mary MUST be the one (human) who loves us and cares for us above all others.
I personally believe in the approved apparitions, esp Fatima and Guadalupe, so those also bolster my faith that Mary loves and cares for us.
Your sig line says how Jesus Christ was the Father’s simple plan for salvation since before time began… I believe Mary was also part of the plan --as we can be --and anyone else who does the will of God and helps spread the Gospel and bring the Truth to others. Mary brought the Truth to us by her “Fiat”.
Hope this helps.
I personally believe in the approved apparitions, esp Fatima and Guadalupe, so those also bolster my faith that Mary loves and cares for us.
Your sig line says how Jesus Christ was the Father’s simple plan for salvation since before time began… I believe Mary was also part of the plan --as we can be --and anyone else who does the will of God and helps spread the Gospel and bring the Truth to others. Mary brought the Truth to us by her “Fiat”.
Hope this helps.
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I became aware of Her patronage on a personal pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It was surprising and pleasant. It was not as if it began at that moment, rather, that she had kept me from error more times than I knew. At the bookstore I purchased a diary from a then Helena Kowalska (St. Faustina) and have never been the same since. Thanks be to God.
Just wondering if others had any similar experiences of Her Mercy?
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Just wondering if others had any similar experiences of Her Mercy?
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St. Seraphim of Sarov
St. Seraphim (born Prohor Moshnin) was born in 1759 to a merchant family in Kursk. At the age of 10, he became seriously ill. During the course of his illness, he saw the Mother of God in his sleep, who promised to heal him. Several days later there was a religious procession in Kursk with the locally revered miracle-working icon of the Mother of God. Due to bad weather, the procession took an abbreviated route past the house of the Moshnin family. After his mother put Seraphim up to the miracle-working image, he recovered rapidly. While at a young age, he needed to help his parents with their shop, but business had little appeal for him. Young Seraphim loved to read the lives of the saints, to attend church and to withdraw into seclusion for prayer.
At the age of 18, Seraphim firmly decided to become a monk. His mother blessed him with a large copper crucifix, which he wore over his clothing all his life. After this, he entered the Sarov monastery as a novice.
From day one in the monastery, exceptional abstinence from food and slumber were the distinguishing features of his life. He ate once a day, and little. On Wednesdays and Fridays he ate nothing. After asking the blessing of his starets (i.e., a spiritual elder), he began to withdraw often into the forest for prayer and religious contemplation. He became severely ill again soon after, and was forced to spend most of the course of the next three years lying down.
St. Seraphim was once again healed by the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Who appeared to him accompanied by several saints. Pointing to the venerable Seraphim, The Holy Virgin said to the apostle John the Theologian: “He is of our lineage.” Then, by touching his side with Her staff, She healed him.
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St. Seraphim (born Prohor Moshnin) was born in 1759 to a merchant family in Kursk. At the age of 10, he became seriously ill. During the course of his illness, he saw the Mother of God in his sleep, who promised to heal him. Several days later there was a religious procession in Kursk with the locally revered miracle-working icon of the Mother of God. Due to bad weather, the procession took an abbreviated route past the house of the Moshnin family. After his mother put Seraphim up to the miracle-working image, he recovered rapidly. While at a young age, he needed to help his parents with their shop, but business had little appeal for him. Young Seraphim loved to read the lives of the saints, to attend church and to withdraw into seclusion for prayer.
At the age of 18, Seraphim firmly decided to become a monk. His mother blessed him with a large copper crucifix, which he wore over his clothing all his life. After this, he entered the Sarov monastery as a novice.
From day one in the monastery, exceptional abstinence from food and slumber were the distinguishing features of his life. He ate once a day, and little. On Wednesdays and Fridays he ate nothing. After asking the blessing of his starets (i.e., a spiritual elder), he began to withdraw often into the forest for prayer and religious contemplation. He became severely ill again soon after, and was forced to spend most of the course of the next three years lying down.
St. Seraphim was once again healed by the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Who appeared to him accompanied by several saints. Pointing to the venerable Seraphim, The Holy Virgin said to the apostle John the Theologian: “He is of our lineage.” Then, by touching his side with Her staff, She healed him.
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