On Prayers to Mary and St. Joan of Arc
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In last week’s post, we featured information on the
wonderful effects of Marian devotion on one’s spiritual
life. We also featured famous martyrs of the early
centuries who, through the witness of their own life,
help inspire us with their spiritual strength and
courage. For those who wish to review these articles,
you can visit the links by clicking here.
The current post for today shall conclude the Marian
special feature for this month of May with the importance
of devotion to Mary in the end times, according to the
teaching of St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort. This
teaching of St. Louis-Marie is especially good for our
times, as it can help us be more vigilant, alert and
aware, to prepare us in any situation that needs God’s
protection - through the maternal care of the Mother of
God. To know more about this. Please check the links given
below.
This post features:
- The Role of Devotion to the Blessed
Virgin in the End Times - Sacred Prayers to the Blessed Mother
for All Occasions - Lectionary: Trinity Sunday,
Year C - On Joan of Arc, St. Camillus de Lellis,
and Padre Pio - Saint Joan of Arc, Maid of Orléans
and Patron Saint of France
The Role of Mary in the End Times
Like the gospel, St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort teaches
that no one knows when the end times will be. Only God knows.
However, St. Louis-Marie teaches that devotion to Mary will be
important in the latter times, or the end times. He teaches that
just as Mary was the way in which Jesus first came to us, then
in the end times, Mary shall also be the way by which Jesus
shall come again, though not in the same manner. Taking a
devotion to Mary obtains for anyone her maternal protection.
Sacred Prayers to the Virgin Mary
This page gives a book review on a collection of sacred prayers
authored and edited by Janice T. Connell, a noted and well-known
author of religious books and literature. The book is a good
guide for anyone who wishes to learn more about Marian prayers
and the treasury of literature written in behalf of the great
Mother of God. The author divides the prayers in nine categories:
beginning from the prayer of the early believers up to the present
time in its most popular form, the holy rosary. Concise, compact
and easy to carry, it is quite handy to have as part of one’s
prayer guides.
The Lectionary Readings
The lectionary readings for Trinity Sunday is taken from the
book of Proverbs, the letter of Paul to the Romans, and the
gospel of John. The passage from Proverbs speaks of Wisdom
personified. The book or Proverbs is part of the Wisdom literature
of the bible. In these biblical books, Wisdom is often depicted
and addressed as a person [with New Testament scholars attributing
it to either Christ, the Holy Spirit, or Mary]. The passage from
Romans teaches about the value of afflictions in life - how they
produce endurance, virtue and hope. The gospel passage speaks
again about the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of truth who will
guide us to all truth.
On Joan of Arc, Padre Pio and More
This page features three popular saints - two from the Middle Ages
and one near to our own time. St. Joan of Arc is the young seventeen
year old girl who led a French army in the battle of Orléans and soon
claimed the throne of France for the Dauphin, Charles VII. St. Camillus
de Lellis was a soldier and cardsharp who eventually converted to the
Christian faith and was blessed with the inspiration to found an order
that helps the sick and the afflicted. Padre Pio, or St. Pio of
Pietrelcina, is the famous Franciscan friar who bore the marks of
Christ’s wounds on his body and was known to help in many miraculous
cures.
Saint Joan, the Maid of Orléans
The story of St. Joan of Arc is very inspiring. It tells of what
God can do that is beyond the human being’s capacity to know or
do. Gifted with divine courage and bravery, seventeen year old
Joan of Arc led the French army to victory in the Battle of Orléans.
Succeeding military campaigns led by her eventually crowned the
Dauphin as King Charles VII of France. With France still under
much of British domination, she continued in her campaigns but
was soon captured by the British. Burned to the stake as a witch
and heretic, her martyrdom was eventually retried, and through
a court appointed by Pope Callistus II, she was found innocent
of her alleged heresy. She was canonized in 1920 and became one
of the patron saints of France.
