Mary

Marian Prayers: Prayers to Mary, Mother of Justice

The prayers and images found on the following pages explore the many ways in which Mary is a model of grace, hope and intercession.  Use the prayers and images for individual or group prayer,...
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Retreat

Mary as a Model of Justice

This retreat format is designed for participants to listen, explore, and discern God's call in their lives.  Various components of the retreat are designed to help explore what it means to be a...
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Prayer for Mothers Everywhere

Litany

Litany of Women Saints

This litany celebrates the lives and examples of the many women saints who continue to inspire us today. The litany is excerpted with permission from Sr. Joan Chittister's "Litany of Women for the...
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Prayer Service

Marys of the Americas

This litany, available in both Spanish and English, celebrates the images of the Virgin Mary present in many different Hispanic cultures. Images correspond to each of the prayers in the litany.

Mary's Vision: Luke 1: 26-38

For the Advent/Christmas season, two one-page reflections (with reflection questions) in this EfJ posting are based on the Gospel of Luke. In a beautiful reflection on Mary, Fr. Joseph Donders posits...
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Litany

The Marys of the Americas Litany

This litany celebrates the images of the Virgin Mary present in many different Hispanic cultures. Images correspond to each of the prayers in the litany. Because the images are picture files and take...
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Prayer

Prayer to Mary, Mother of Sorrows, Mother of Us All

May: Month of Mary, Month of Mothers

This reflection explores less traditional images of Mary, Mother of God, and of all mothers. The first section introduces Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945), a German Expressionist artist who was devoted to...
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Prayer

Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe