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Teresa Burns
I am a woman of faith, wife, mother, parish catechetical leader, "zoo" keeper, and dreamer.
Interests: Reading, writing, walking with my dog, snuggling with my cats...and my husband, and discussing my faith.
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Litany of Loreto
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This litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary was composed during the Middle Ages. The place of honor it now holds in the life of the Church is due to its faithful use at the shrine of the Holy House at... Continue reading
Posted 5 hours ago at catholic family faith
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Our Lady of the Passion
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O Lady of the Passion, dost thou weep? What help can we then through our tears survey, If such as thou a cause for wailing keep? What help, what hope, for us, sweet Lady, say? Good man, it doth befit... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at catholic family faith
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Prayer to the Queen of Martyrs
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Mary, most holy Virgin and Queen of Martyrs, accept the sincere homage of my filial affection. Into thy heart, pierced by so many swords, do thou welcome my poor soul. Receive it as the companion of thy sorrows at the... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at catholic family faith
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The Blessed Virgin Mary Compared to a Window
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Thomas Merton wrote this poem about Mary in 1944: Because my will is simple as a window And knows no pride of original birth, It is my life to die, like glass, by light: Slain in the strong rays of... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at catholic family faith
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The Miraculous Medal
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Also known as the medal of the Immaculate Conception, the Miraculous Medal originated with St Catherine Laboure in 1830. The Blessed Virgin appeared to St Catherine on three separate occasions at her convent in Paris. Our Lady appeared to St... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at catholic family faith
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Mary, Mystical Rose
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Mary is the Rosa Mystica, the choice, delicate, perfect flower of God's spiritual creation. Mary is the most beautiful flower that ever was seen in the spiritual world. It is by the power of God's grace that from this barren... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at catholic family faith
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Pentecost
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On Pentecost (from a Greek word meaning “fiftieth”) we commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles (Acts 2:1-41) fifty days after Easter. Before the Christian experience of the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Jews celebrated Pentecost... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at catholic family faith
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Our Lady of May
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How like a timid virgin comes the May, In verdure robed and crown'd with chaplets sweet Rifling earth's choicest treasures, to lay Rich spoils of beauty at Our Lady's feet! And, her to honor, from her teeming stores Of leaf... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at catholic family faith
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Mary is Assumed, Body & Soul, into Heaven
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For the second time in history, papal infallibility was exercised in 1950 when Pope Pius XII declared that the Blessed Virgin Mary "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." (Pope Pius... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at catholic family faith
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The Immaculate Conception
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In 1854, Pope Pius IX, speaking ex cathedra (i.e., infallibly) proclaimed The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Hail, Holy Queen
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Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, Our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; To you do we send up our sighs, Mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn,... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Queen of Heaven
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The title Queen of Heaven for the Blessed Virgin Mary has long been a Catholic tradition. The teaching is expressed in Pope Pius XII’s encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam. In the encyclical, Pope Pius XII states that Mary is called Queen... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at catholic family faith
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A Blessing for Mothers of All Sorts, Sizes and Shapes of Body, Mind and Spirit
O mothers, one and all, some of you have carried your children in your womb. Others of you have welcomed babes in need of your attention who came to you from another birth mother. May the love you've extended return... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Theotokos, Mother of God
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Mary is Theotokos, Mother of God. Theotokos derives from the Greek terms Theos, "God," and tiktein, "to give birth." Mary is the one who gave birth to God. The term is translated into English as "Mother of God," but Greek-speaking... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Regina Caeli
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This is one of four Marian antiphons traditionally said or sung after night prayer, immediately before going to sleep, throughout Eastertide (from Easter through Pentecost.) The Regina Caeli is also said in place of the Angelus during Eastertide. Regina caeli... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at catholic family faith
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May Crowning
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May crowning is a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May of every year. An image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is ceremonially crowned to signify her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at catholic family faith
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The Ascension of the Lord & Holy Days of Obligation
Are you old enough to remember when the Ascension of the Lord was celebrated on a Thursday forty days after Easter? So why do we now celebrate the Ascension on the seventh Sunday of Easter? The fortieth day after Easter... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at catholic family faith
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May Altar for Mary
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Many devout Catholics create altars in their homes. They will decorate a corner or table in their home with a Bible, a statue of Jesus or Mary or a saint, and other religious symbols. These altars become centers of prayer... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Our Lady of Lourdes
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On February 11, 1858, Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl from Lourdes, France, told her mother that a "lady" spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle. Bernadette had been out gathering wood with her sister and a friend. As... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Why Does the Blessed Virgin Mary Wear Blue?
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In many artistic portraits of the Blessed Virgin Mary, she is depicted wearing a blue mantle. Why blue? In first century Galilee, Mary’s clothing would probably not have much color. It would have been more flaxen-wool colored. Villagers may have... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at catholic family faith
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The Memorare
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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by the confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of Virgins,... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Prayer for Entrusting the Church to Mary, Mother of God
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O Mother of all peoples; you know all their sufferings and their hopes. You maternally feel all their struggles between good and evil, between the light and the darkness which shake the world. Receive our cry, directed in the Holy... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2013 at catholic family faith
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The Angelus
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The Angelus is a reminder of the Annunciation and Incarnation. It reflects on the angel Gabriel's appearance to Mary, God's asking Mary to be the Mother of Jesus, and the Incarnation as a result of Mary's "Yes." Traditionally, the Angelus... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Praying the Rosary
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The rosary is likely the most common of Catholic devotional prayers. The term rosary comes from the Latin rosarium, meaning “rose garden.” The rosary, developed by medieval piety in the Roman Church as a “poor person’s breviary,” was a substitute... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at catholic family faith
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Mary's Magnificat
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My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at catholic family faith
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