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A simple soul trying to follow the will of God through the teachings of the Catholic Church and praying for those God sends on the journey of life one day at a time. Called to be a companion a long the way of the Cross to pray and bring hope. God has blessed me through this journey as a lay Carmelite, also through the cross of secondary infertility, chronic illness and serving each beautiful soul the Good Shepherd sends to this ministry. As I continue to seek our Lord's holy will I find joy and healing through serving HIM and seeking HIM. May all who seek support in this Ministry find HOPE and MERCY in the plan that only God the Father knows. God bless you always, Therese Garcia, ocds Hannah's Tears Ministry Companion

Patron Saint of the Pro-Life Movement

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St. Maximillian Kolbe
Patron Saint
Pro-Life Movement
for Those Consecrated
to the Immaculate Virgin,
O Lord Jesus Christ who said, “greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends,” through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe, whose life illustrated such love, we beseech You to grant us our petitions …..(mention them here).
Through the Knights of the Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world. He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us all an example of unselfish love for all men — a love which was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
(Say 3 Hail Marys and a Glory be….)
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There will be a Mass offered for the Apostolate of Hannah’s Tears on September 8, 2008. Anyone who would like to have their names placed on the altar at this Mass, please send in your petitions to Hannahs.Tears@gmail.com

God Bless You!

Still Birth

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Please pray for all the couples that are eduring the pains of a still birth today… as a mother is giving birth to a son or daughter who will be born in silence. May Our Lady of Knock, who also appeared in great silence bring them the comfort only she and Our Lord can give.

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

May Our Lady of Silence remind us where we truly belong: absorbed in God in childlike contemplative prayer

Miscarriage Ministry Support

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Guest writer Kambra Malone has a few words to share about “Back In His Arms Again Ministry”
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Dear Friends of Hannah’s Tears,

I am writing you today to tell you of a ministry that my husband and I along with Fr. H. Blubaugh began in 2005. It is called “Back In His Arms Again”. We felt called to begin this ministry after the loss of our son, Gabriel Francis. Since May 2005 we have been approved and distributed throughout the Columbus diocese. Not only do we help families in need during the loss of their baby, we also have made presentations at many area churches, hospitals, the National convention of “Newborns In Need” and most recently recorded a program with Fr. Frank Pavone which aired on June 1, 2008, “Gospel of Life” program. In addition we have recorded two radio programs with our local Catholic station, St. Gabriel Radio, “Yes Lord!” program.

One of our most recent projects is establishing a “Garden of Holy Innocents” at each of the four Catholic cemetery’s in Columbus Ohio. This would provide a place of healing and prayer for families that experience the loss of a baby. We anticipate the completion of these burial “Gardens” in the next year.

We receive 50-100 emails and phone calls per month from around the USA, and we have received several international phone calls. Our ministry provides anything from burial layettes, caskets, funeral home support, hospital transportation, etc… the whole idea is to bring together resources from our community and beyond to help families give their babies a respectful and dignified burial. It is evident from our rapid growth in the past three years, that we need to help families through the Catholic faith to find healing and peace.

Fr. Frank Pavone, will soon be helping us to grow even further on a National level. We are looking forward to expanding so we may help as many families as possible.

Please find our web address below to learn more about our ministry to honor precious little lives.

http://www.backinhisarmsagain.com/

In Christ and for LIFE,

Kambra Malone

Director ~ Back In His Arms Again

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Please find a list of prayers under the title (scroll down on the right side of the blog page) Loss of a Child: Miscarriage, Still Birth…

Saint Dominic

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A Spaniard who founded the Dominicans, “Father of the Friars”, fought the Albigensians in France, and received the Rosary from Virgin Mary.

Reflection: “God has never refused me what I have asked,” said Saint Dominic. How could God refuse to respond to the single intention of His Saints, which is His own — the salvation and sanctification of souls? Saint Dominic has left us the Rosary that we may learn, with Mary’s help, to ask what pleases God, and then to pray easily and simply with the same trust.

Sources: Les plus illustres captifs, by Rev. Fr. Calixte de la Providence, Trinitarian (Delhomme et Briguet: Lyons, 1892), Vol. I; Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butler’s Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894).

Saint Albert of Trapani

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Lord God, you made St. Albert of Trapani a model of purity and prayer, and a devoted servant of Our Lady. May we practise these same virtues and so be worthy always to share the banquet of your grace. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayers of the Carmelite Proper

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It is of great importance to understand as Catholic Christians that when we suffer and offer it to God as a prayer, this becomes a great treasure, which seems to be beyond all human understanding. We must learn to unite our sufferings to Jesus on the Cross, just as many saints did in days past. “Be NOT Afraid!”

Bl. Edmund Bojanowski

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The Lord is so good!

I was in search of the Saint of the day and found that Bl. Edmund is also chosen for August 7. His story is so beautiful, his life a gift to Our Lord… His love for Our Lady was heroic as he was given a gift of serving others.

“Bl. Edmund Bojanowski loved God and loved man. He was a man of prayer. His love for people, demonstrated by heroic deeds, was born of deep union with God through prayer. He drew from it the strength to serve man. That love grew in him on his knees and later bore fruit. Through prayer his whole life became a ceaseless service to the needy, especially children. For him, God’s affairs were also human affairs, and love of God was love of man.”

Pope John Paul II

Thank God humbly for the grace of His holy inspiration. May the holy fire of God’s love glow more brightly and ardently in your heart so that neither difficulties nor anything in the world would lessen the zeal in your heart in this spiritual endeavor.” Encouragement of Blessed Edmund

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A member of a wealthy, landed, Polish noble family. He studied literature at universities in Breslau and Berlin. Contracted tuberculosis in his 20s. He dedicated his life to the service of abandoned children, the sick, and poor, teaching and spending his fortune in the service of the needy. He founded reading rooms and libraries to provide books and learning to the poor, and started the first daycare centers in the country. He funded assistance for the sick, supported orphanages, and worked in both himself. Founded the Congregation of the Servants of the Immaculate Virgin Mary whose 4,500 sisters continue the work around the world. Two years before his death Edmund entered the seminary, but did not survive long enough to graduate or be ordained.

If you would like to read up on the history of Bl. Edmund Bojanowski go to the link below.

PRAYER in petition for graces through the intercession of

Blessed Edmund Bojanowski

Founder of the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

God, Heavenly Father, giver and source of all goodness, I implore You through the intercession of Blessed Edmund, Who loved You with all his heart, placed boundless trust in You and refused You nothing in his life, to grant me the graces… Confident of the intercession of the Immaculate Servant of the Lord, I beseech You, that Your Servant Edmund, guardian of children, the poor and the sick, becomes for the People of God a saintly intercessor in all their needs. Amen
Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory…

For graces received through the intercession of Blessed Edmund Bojanowski please inform:

The Little Servant Sisters ~ 1000 Cropwell Road~ Cherry Hill, NJ 08003

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~Let us all lift our cross to Jesus at the foot of the altar~

The cross that you endure is real and it has been made especially for you. Let no one ever compare their cross with yours! Each of us has pain, suffering and emotions that belong to the one who bares the pain. Comparing our crosses in this life just adds to the grief… it goes in circles like a cat chasing it’s tail. May we all find the peace we need in all of our trials.
Anyone who needs to compare their cross with someone else needs much prayer and hope. Let us pray for each other…
God Bless!

Transfiguration of the Lord

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The TRANSFIGURATION of OUR LORD

Reflection: From the contemplation of this glorious mystery we ought to conceive a true idea of future happiness. If this idea enters our souls, we will think nothing of the difficulties or labors we meet with here, but will regard with great indifference all the goods and evils of this life, provided we obtain our portion in the kingdom of God’s glory.
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O’ Mary Conceived without sin, our true Mother in Heaven, please help us all to realize the glory Our Lord has for us beyond the sufferings and trials of this world. Help us to respond with our yes to God as you did. Amen