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They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 3 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 3

The evening of June 8, 1985 was a memorable one for Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. With her community of Carmelites, Saint Thérèse listened to the obituary of Sister Anne-Marie of Jesus, a fellow Carmelite Sister in a neighboring monastery.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 2 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 2

Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy. // Hebrews 10:23 Hope and trust. These two words roll off...
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 1 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 1

Happy new year, friend! As we still soak in the Christmas season while looking ahead to the dawn of a new year, we are thrilled to be stepping into 2022 with you, in prayer.
They That Hope // Join Us for the 2022 Prayer Pledge - Blessed Is She

They That Hope // Join Us for the 2022 Prayer Pledge

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By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 31 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 31

At the beginning of this new year, at the dawn of our time together in this year's Prayer Pledge, we contemplated this quote about the Rosary from Blessed Bartolo Longo:
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 30 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 30

Saint Josemaria Escriva said: "The Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you’ll be amazed at the results."
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 29 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 29

I have been a faithful Catholic since I was baptized as an infant and, as difficult as it might be to believe, prior to my invitation to travel to Lourdes, France, I had never heard of Our Lady of Lourdes. I never knew that the Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette in 1858, identifying herself as the Immaculate Conception, and revealing a spring of healing water that has led millions of pilgrims to travel to France praying to be healed.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 28 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 28

I can still recall the first time I made my Saint Louis de Montfort Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary. In the summer of 2008, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and the ministry I worked for invited me to travel to Lourdes, France in the hopes I would be miraculously healed in the bathes of Lourdes.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 27 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 27

As a former youth minister, I have witnessed thousands of teenagers receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. So when I became a college campus minister, I wasn’t expecting anything out of the norm on Easter Vigil when over twenty college students entered the Church. Uproarious joy, clapping, and hymns were audible after each catechumen was baptized.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 26 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 26

About twelve years ago, I lost my vision for a week’s time. I wasn’t completely blind, more like a “Claritin†unclear commercial. At first, I was scared, then a peace rushed through my soul as I recalled Romans 12:12, “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.â€
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 25 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 25

In imaginative prayer, I often return to an undocumented moment in Jesus’ life: Jesus visiting Mary after His Resurrection.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 24 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 24

In a small living room, my mom and dad’s closest friends from their “Marriage Encounter†days back in the '80s gathered to pray a Rosary like they had every Monday night for years. But this night, it was different.