SODALITY OF ST ANNE

SAINT ANNE IS THE MOTHER OF MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD. 

ST ANNE IS A POWERFUL SAINT AND A TENDER MOTHER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, WHY NOT PRAY TO SAINT ANNE?

PRAYER TO SAINT ANNE

O glorious Saint Anne, 
you are filled with compassion 
for those who invoke you, 
and with love for those who suffer. 
Heavily burdened with the weight of my troubles, 
I cast myself at your feet 
  and humbly beg of you to take the present intention, 
which I recommend to you in your special care.

Please recommend it to your daughter, 
the Blessed Virgin Mary, 
and place it before the throne of Jesus, 
so that he may bring it to a happy issue.

Continue to intercede for me 
until my request is granted. 
But above all obtain for me the grace one day 

to see my God face to face, 

and with you and Mary and all the saints 
to praise and bless him for all eternity.  Amen.

Our Father; Hail Mary; Glory be.

Saint Anne, help me now and at the hour of my death! 
Good Saint Anne, intercede for me!

FIRST DAY

Dear Saint Anne, I appeal to you and place myself under your great motherly care as I begin this novena in your honor.  Please listen to my prayers and requests.

Help me, also, to begin this time of prayer with a heart open to the loving grace of God.  Give me the strength to begin a new life that will last forever.

Finally, blessed Saint Anne, I ask you to recommend me to your daughter, the most holy virgin Mary.  Through her, may I receive the spirit of prayer, humility, and the love of God.

(Recite the Prayer to Saint Anne above, followed by the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, and the invocation to Saint Anne after each day’s reflection) 

Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus; Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

Glory be to the Father,and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen.

SECOND DAY

From the depths of my heart, good Saint Anne, I offer you my homage and I ask you to shelter me under the mantle of your motherly care.  Help me to purify my thoughts and desires.

Aid my decisions that all that I do may be done in love.

THIRD DAY

Good Saint Anne, you were the first to respond to the needs of Mary, the mother of our Savior.  You watched over her in her infancy, presented her at the temple, and consecrated her to the service of God.

By the great power God has given you, show yourself to be my mother and consoler.  Help me dedicate myself to God and to my neighbors.

Console me in my trials and strengthen me in my struggles.

FOURTH DAY

Good Saint Anne, you offered your daughter in the temple with faith, piety, and love.  With the happiness which then filled your heart, help me to present myself to God and to the world as a committed disciple of Jesus.

Take me under your protection.  Strengthen me in my temptations.  Show yourself to be a mother and help me to live a life of holiness and love.

FIFTH DAY

Good Saint Anne, by God’s special favor, grant consolation to us who invoke you.  Help us to grow in spiritual wealth for the life to come, and guide us in our temporal affairs as well.

Grant us the gift of continuous conversion and renewal of heart.  Help us to accept the Gospel of Jesus over and over again so that we may be ready to be true disciples in whatever situations we may experience during our lives.

SIXTH DAY

Good Saint Anne, free my heart of pride, vanity, and self-love.  Help me to know myself as I really am, and to learn meekness and simplicity of heart.

I realize God’s great love for me.  Help me to reflect this love through works of mercy and charity toward my neighbor.

SEVENTH DAY

Good Saint Anne, by the power and grace God has placed in you, extend to me your helping hand.  Renew my mind and heart.

I have unbounded confidence in your prayers.  Direct my actions according to your goodness and wisdom.  I place myself under your motherly care.

Pray that I may receive the grace to lead a devout life on earth, and that I may obtain the everlasting reward of heaven.

EIGHTH DAY

Saint Anne, you gave birth to Mary, whose divine Son brought forth salvation to our world by conquering death and restoring hope to all people.  Help me to pray to Him Who, for love of us, clothed Himself with human flesh.

May I be guided from anything that is displeasing in the sight of God.  Pray that the Spirit of Jesus may enlighten and direct me in all I do.

Good Saint Anne, keep a watchful eye on me.

Help me bear all my crosses, and sustain me with courage.

NINTH DAY

Good Saint Anne, I have come to the end of this novena in your honor.

Do not let your kind ear grow weary of my prayers, thought I repeat them so often.

Implore for me from God’s providence all the help I need to get through life.  May your generous hand bestow on me the material means to satisfy my needs, and to alleviate the plight of the poor.

Good Saint Anne, pray that I may praise and thank the Holy Trinity for all eternity.

THE SODALITY OF ST ANNE

The Sodality of St Anne has special devotion to St Anne, the Mother of Mary. St Anne is the Patroness of the Sodality. Would you like to join the Sodality of St Anne? Or would you like to find out more to start a branch in your area?

For information about the Sodality of St Anne, visit

https://daughtersofstanne.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/about-the-sodality/

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OUR LADY OF PEACE

OUR LADY OF PEACE

PRAY FOR US

CONSECRATION TO MARY

CONSECRATION TO MARY

"Let me resign my life for this life ..."

- T S Eliot

Peace of the heart of Mary

enfold my heart

as evening folds

the unquiet day

and darkness falls.

Love of the heart of Mary

wake in my heart

as morning breaks

the life of Christ

to everlasting day.

Sister M Julian RSM

Queen of all Hearts. July-August 1960

WHY NOT PRAY THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS?

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Christians celebrate the 14 step devotion of the Stations of the Cross in devout commemoration of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the first Good Friday.  

The 14 devotions, or stations, focus on specific events of Jesus' last day on earth, beginning with His condemnation.

The stations are used as a mini pilgrimage, with the pilgrim moving from station to station.

At each station we remember the event, meditate and pray upon the significance of what happened.

After prayer, we move forward on to the next station, until all are completed.

You may wish to make the following Stations of the Cross. 
Simply read the name of the station and reflect for some time on the event in Jesus' life and death named in the station.

Present at Christ’s journey to his death was the Blessed Virgin Mary.  
Watching her Son die, she suffered with him.
Let us remember her as we honor Jesus, the Son of God.

First Station: Jesus is condemned to death

Though he knew that Christ was blameless

Pilate in a deed most shameless

To the cross him did condemn

Second Station: Jesus takes up his cross

With contempt the rabble varmints

Robed the King in royal garments

To deride his royalty

Third Station: Jesus falls the first time

Weakened by the brutal flaying

Yet the wicked rule obeying

Jesus fell beneath the cross

Fourth station: Jesus meets his mother, Mary

When he met his holy Mother

Who had served him as no other

Eyes at eyes in silence gazed

Fifth Station: Simon helps Jesus carry the cross

Seeing Jesus in his meekness

Tremble from exhausted weakness

Simon helped him bear his cross

Sixth Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

The image of his holy face

Never after was erased

From Veronica’s soothing cloth

Seventh Station: Jesus falls the second time

For the second time he stumbled

Flattened by the cross he crumbled

Yet he rose despite the pain

Eighth Station: Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem

Mothers of Jerusalem

Wept until he counselled them:

Save your weeping for your own

Ninth Station: Jesus falls the third time

Once again he tripped and fell

Still amid the taunts of hell

Rose and bore the cross again

Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments

Lily of all purity

How they shamed thy dignity

When they tore thy garments off

Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross

Hideous nails through hands and feet

Still the Lamb refused to bleat

As his mother‘s heart was pierced

Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the cross

When she stayed close by his side

For the time until he died

She sustained him by her love

Thirteenth Station: Jesus is taken down from the cross

When they took him down they laid him

In her arms a cradle made him

For her Son, the King of kings

Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the sepulchre

Joseph’s sepulchre received him

He was dead – yet she believed him

Three days on he rose from death

Luky Whittle - 1998

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT STATIONS OF THE CROSS? VISIT

http://www.catholic.org/prayers/station.php

With thanks to youtube and catholic.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSvyuCaL9pc

COMMUNION OF REPARATION (for Our Lady of Sorrow)

COMMUNION OF REPARATION

(for Our Lady of Sorrow)

Great as the sea is thy sorrow -

O wide expanse of lonely grey,

endless to sight

and deep beyond the sounding

of our shallow hearts,

how can we comfort thee?

Great as the sea, and silent

as a morning after storm.

O quietness

beside the shore's wild wreckage,

O grief-worn waters,

what comfort can we bring?

O great like the sea, and profound!

O great, and as the sea, so stilled!

O sorrow of Mary,

the infinite heart of God alone

can comfort thee.

Sister M Julian RSM

Catholic World. April 1955

AFTER CALVARY

AFTER CALVARY

Hers is no autumn sadness;

summer comes not again

to these darkened hills.

Earth has no season

to match with Our Lady's sorrow,

nor any glory to compare

with her Easter joy.

Seventh dolour *

Sister M Julian RSM

In: The Refuge of Beauty. 1954

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*The burial of Jesus

SONG FOR HER SORROWS Feast of Our Lady's Dolours

    SONG FOR HER SORROWS      

   Feast of Our Lady's Dolours*

Tranquil temple days,

unbroken nights of prayer

these were yours, my Mother,

in the spring of your pure life;

Scripture study hours,

needlework and psaltery,

betrothal, Nazareth and peace.

                         Then came the little Seed

                          and suddenly the wings of sorrow

                          wrapped themselves around you, 

                          from Joseph's anguished cloud of doubt

                          until the tomb's white jaws

                          received your mangled Son in death;

                          these pinions covered you most jealously

                          making you witness of the Father's love

                          for renegades, this sea of men

                          bringing its blood-red tides

                          through you, our Mother

                          in the harvesting of time.

                     Sister M Josephine F SS S

                                     Cord. September 1961

*The seven dolours (or sorrows) of the Blessed Virgin were the prophecy of Simeon, the flight into Egypt, three day's loss of Jesus, meeting Jesus on the way to Calvary, Mary at the foot of the cross, Jesus is taken down from the cross and the burial of Jesus.