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Our Lady of Perpetual Help: the Complete Story of the Miraculous Icon

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, TRULY present in the Holy Eucharist, I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Your Heart, being sacrificed at every instant on the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father, pleading for the coming of His Kingdom.

Please receive this humble offering of myself. Use me as You will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls.

Most Holy Mother of God, never let me be separated from Your Divine Son. Please defend and protect me as Your special child.

Amen.

The prayer of Handmaids of the Eucharist as recited to Sister Agnes by her Guardian Angel 

image of Sister Agnes courtesy of Father Elias Mary, taken during his 2023 pilgrimage to Akita, Japan 
prayer text
as quoted in “Akita: The Tears and Message of Mary” by Father Teiji Yasuda

At some time in our lives, when circumstances cause us to become fearful, the best solution is to run into the arms of our mother Mary.

In the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, we see Jesus with a frightful look on His Face. That is because He foresees a vision of the Passion. In His mother’s arms, Jesus finds comfort.  Mary is holding His hand, letting Him know she will be at His side, supporting, consoling and loving Him.

That is what our Mother will do for you, when you implore her aid. 

Have you submitted your intentions for Three Holy Masses, invoking Our Mother of Perpetual Help, from June 25-27, which includes the feast day?

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Caffrey: Arguing Upward

Underneath my 1974 high school senior yearbook photo I wrote the following caption, “Fear is the enemy, trust is the armor!”, after hearing that expression by Shaolin Temple Master Po to his student Kwai Chang Caine during an episode of the popular television series “Kung Fu.” My photo is very forgettable, but that phrase has stayed with me for almost fifty years. I loved that program, as I had great interest in martial arts and the Eastern philosophy behind it. Only one other phrase from that program has stayed with me all those years, that one spoken by Master Kan to the same young Caine: “Sometimes a stranger known to us for a moment can spark our souls to kinship for eternity.”

Father Higgins: Frere André, the “Miracle-Man” of Montreal

Compiled and reposted with permission from Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish, Newton MA Part I – Who Was Frere André? “Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.”  St. James “For the continual prayer of a just […]

Father Higgins: Saint Joseph, Terror of Demons

At a time when folly has reached such a level that there are people who would actually use ritual satanism as a way to épater la bourgeoisie (that is, doing things to shock conventional people), it is a solace to us to consider the Patronage of Saint Joseph under his title Terror of Demons. Historically, […]

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