Flowering
Prayers for the Unborn
A Prayer to God is a Prayer to God, no matter who says it, when, where, why, or how the prayer is said.
Pray every word of every prayer
carefully and thoughtfully so that the prayer becomes a flower – any flower you
choose – which every unborn child may take home to God when the child’s soul
returns home to the Heavenly Father. The
Heavenly Father will know that the child was cared for and loved no matter how
long he or she was on the earth.
For example, when you pray a Hail
Mary, note the way the prayer is composed:
Hail, Mary! – The Angel Gabriel came to ask Mother Mary to become the mother of the Messiah. Note
the very best manners of Heaven. When
the Angel Gabriel spoke to Mary in her room, in her home, he greeted her very
politely.
Full of grace – Grace
is prayer. The following paragraph
describing, in part, the Annunciation is taken from the book The life of the
Blessed Virgin Mary From the Visions of Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich,
translated by Sir Michael Palairet, First published by Burns and Oates,
Limited, London, England 1954: “Mary let
the veil fall over her face and crossed her hands (but not her fingers) before
her breast. I saw her fervently praying
thus for a long time, with her face raised to heaven. She was imploring God for redemption, for the
promised King, and beseeching Him that her prayer might have some share in
sending Him. She knelt long in an
ecstasy of prayer; then she bowed her head on to her breast.”
The Lord is with Thee – In the Old Testament of the Bible, God the Father guided and guarded all things on the earth in preparation for the coming of the Messiah, whom He had promised Adam and Eve He would send. God the Father set the prophecies in place and watched that all were fulfilled and that all was in readiness for the Messiah. “The Lord” in this prayer is God the Father, Who was present but not visible to Mother Mary at the time of the Annunciation.
Blessed art Thou among women and
blessed is the fruit of Thy womb – This is Elizabeth’s greeting to Mary when Mary
and Joseph visited her at her home in Ain Karim. This visit happened soon after the Angel
Gabriel appeared to Mother Mary and Mother Mary became the Mother of Jesus. At the time of the visit, Elizabeth was six
months’ pregnant with her child, John the Baptist, who subsequently announced
the coming of Jesus and baptized Him in the River Jordan.
Jesus – At the
name of Jesus, every head should bow and every knee should bend.
Holy Mary – Mary
was indeed Holy, having spent approximately ten years (from age four to age
fourteen) in religious service in the Temple in Jerusalem. Mary and Joseph were married in the Temple in
Jerusalem and Jesus was presented to God in the Temple in Jerusalem, all in
accord with the religious law of their time.
The thing is, if you think of Mary as a saint – instead of elevating her
to the heights of Heaven and forgetting her humanity – her actions here on the
earth become more understandable and she becomes a human being who was a very
holy woman.
Mother of God – Jesus
is indeed the Son of God. The thing is,
Mary and Jesus were both human beings when they lived here on the earth and
it’s very easy to forget their humanity when you think of their divinity.
Pray for us, sinners – What
is sin? Sin is an offense against
God. And how do we offend God? By breaking His Ten Commandments. Therefore, a sinner is one who has broken
God’s Ten Commandments. As we ask the
saints in Heaven to pray for us, so we ask Mother Mary to pray for us.
Now and at the hour of our death – We ask Mother Mary to pray for us now while we are here on the earth and during our last hour on the earth, before the soul goes home to His Heaven for the very last time. Amen
A Mother's Love
A Mother sits in the bright sun of day, sorting through her child's clothes, noting any stains, rips, or mends. Thinking: this garment will do for the next child, who will soon fit into it. I will keep this undershirt, dress, etc. for him or for her.
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