Day 54: Queen of Peace, Pray for Us!
54 Day Rosary Novena, Articles
Over one hundred years ago, Pope Benedict XV added this title to the Litany in 1915, during World War I, and it finally came into use in May of ... Read more
Day 53: Queen of the Family, Pray for Us!
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Saint John Paul II added this title to the Litany in 1995, the Year of the Family, in the hope that Our Lady would protect families from the ... Read more
Day 52: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Pray for Us!
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So what’s the big deal about the rosary? Isn’t it a vain and repetitious prayer? Isn’t it rather simplistic? Couldn’t just anyone say it? It’s rather unoriginal, isn’t it? ... Read more
Day 51: Queen Assumed into Heaven, Pray for Us!
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El Greco; Botticelli; Murillo; Poussin; Raphael… All the masters have tried their hand at the Assumption of the Blessed Mother into heaven. For those who love Our Blessed Mother, ... Read more
Day 50: Queen Conceived Without Original Sin, Pray for Us!
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“Conceived without original sin” refers to one of the four Marian Dogmas, known as the Immaculate Conception, defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854, when he said: We declare, ... Read more
Day 49: Queen of All Saints, Pray for Us!
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How many saints are there in heaven? I don’t know, but I hope a lot. And Mary is Queen of all of them. She is the greatest of ... Read more
Day 48: Queen of Virgins, Pray for Us!
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From the Book of Revelation we read, “They are Virgins and these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes” (Revelation 14:4). In the first Eucharistic prayer ... Read more
Day 47: Queen of Confessors, Pray for Us!
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And who were the Confessors? They were and are the Christians who gave public witness to Christ even at the cost of difficulty, persecution, torture, and incarceration, but not ... Read more
Day 46: Queen of Martyrs, Pray for Us!
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Here are the martyrs that come to my mind: The Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by St. Mother Theresa, in Yemen, March 14, 2016. The 21 Egyptian Coptic ... Read more
Day 45: Queen of Apostles, Pray for Us!
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I don’t think there’s ever been a time when it was easy to be an apostle. After all, ten of the first twelve died martyrs. By our baptism, all ... Read more
Day 44: Queen of Prophets, Pray for Us!
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Do you remember that day when Jesus led Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, and when they reached the top Jesus was suddenly transfigured into a shining ... Read more
Day 43: Queen of Patriarchs, Pray for Us!
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There were patriarchs in the Old Testament (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) and there are patriarchs today, as head of a Church, and as the head of a family. Precisely ... Read more