Growing a church and your walk with the Lord

If you want to grow your church, pray the Rosary. 

Liturgy of the Hours/Breviary

Highly recommend you all check out either a Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours or an Anglican Breviary for your devotions

Ave Maria Gratia Plena

Even at your lowest point

Mary is still your Blessed Mother, and wants you to see Jesus her Son in the way she does. She wants to teach you, to lead you to the knowledge of the truth.

A Mental Picture of the Lord's Prayer

Imagine when you are saying "thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" you are tying a lasso around one of the gates of heaven, and trying to pull it down to earth. The Kingdom will be on earth one day, a total unification of heaven and earth together. Isn't this beautiful?

winning the culture war--without leaving your house

Pray the rosary. By praying it, you are fighting the devil with the spiritual sword of the blessed Mother. There is a story of a bishop in Africa, who prayed before Mass, when Jesus appeared and gave the bishop a sword. When the bishop grabbed it, it turned into a rosary.
bishop fights boko haram with the Rosary

Why the Rosary is so Important

In the Holy Rosary, when you pray it fervently and reverently, you are alternating between bowing before the Ark of the New Covenant (with the 10 Hail Mary's) and reviewing Christ's life on earth, all while giving praise and homage to the blessed Trinity (Glory be) and our Heavenly Father (our Father).  The Rosary intertwines these amazing spiritual truths together, so that all the important mysteries of Christ are revealed, repeated, and recited.  Remember that there is a vocal component and a mental component: while one is reciting the Hail Mary's, you are focusing mentally on the 5 mysteries.

Brilliant Lecture by James KA Smith

Everyone just needs to watch this, especially those who have no liturgical background (typical Protestants). This is not to denigrate Protestants, but rather to encourage them to move "further up and further in". God bless

The Amazing Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

The mysteries of the Rosary bring you closer to Jesus our Lord.  If you think of the mysteries (without even knowing what they are yet) as a mental focus of the timeline of Jesus, Mary, and the Church, you will have a good starting place.

The 5 Joyful Mysteries are:

1. The Annunciation of the birth of Jesus to Mary, by the Angel Gabriel
2. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
3. The Birth of Jesus
4. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple as a baby
5. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple as a boy

The 5 Luminous Mysteries are:

1. The Baptism of Jesus
2. The Wedding at Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
4. The Transfiguration
5. The Institution of the Eucharist

The 5 Sorrowful Mysteries are:

1. The Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion

The 5 Glorious Mysteries are:

1. The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead
2. The Ascension of Jesus to the right hand of God the Father
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption of Mary to Heaven
5. The Coronation of Mary in Heaven

Despite the recommended schedule for which Mystery you pray during the Rosary, reflect for a moment on the ordering of these mysteries above. The Rosary focuses on the really important aspects of the life of Jesus and Mary! Imagine the fruits you would get from praying the Rosary everyday, reflecting on these mysteries.  There is a lifetime of reflection in these mysteries...

Here is an icon for you to look at--Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant.
God bless you all. Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant

Dedication of this blog to the Blessed Mother

This blog is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, may all Christians come to venerate her for who she truly is--the mother of the church, the mother of all Christians, the one who brings us to her Son, Jesus Christ.  There are two main goals of this blog: 1) Protestants would come to know her as she should be known;  2) Christians who do claim to know Mary, would grow more in Christ by greater devotion to the Holy Rosary. Ultimately, this is about recognizing this is all about Jesus Christ, and Mary our mother teaches us.

The first step in your journey, is to understand why Mary is so important!  I urge you all to watch the following videos and/or read these links:

• Why Mary is for EVERYONE.  
• How to Pray the Rosary.  
• The Rosary is a Spiritual Sword for ALL CHRISTIANS
• Mary revealed in Holy Scripture
• Champions of the Rosary
• Hail Holy Queen
• Revelation: the Mass on Earth
• GK Chesterton
• Mystical City of God

"If Jesus is the new Adam, Mary is the new Eve.  If Jesus is the new Moses,  then Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. If Jesus is the new Solomon, Mary is the new Queen Mother...the new is prefigured by the Old and the Old is fulfilled in the New...this is how the early church read their Bible, sang their hymns, read their prayers" --Scott Hahn