We are a missionary Church.
We are sent by the Lord to spread his word and do his work.
The Christian Gospel is just not something
that we are meant to cling to for our own benefit.
Rather, it is like seed that we are meant to give away.
We do this work together, with others, in community.
We don’t go it alone.
We are sent by the Lord to spread his word and do his work.
The Christian Gospel is just not something
that we are meant to cling to for our own benefit.
Rather, it is like seed that we are meant to give away.
We do this work together, with others, in community.
We don’t go it alone.
--Bishop Robert Barron
As we celebrate our nation’s birth on July 4, it’s a good time to ask Our Lady, Immaculately Conceived, to intercede for us, all of us, from sea to shining sea. She is our mother, after all — mother for all of us: those on the left or the right, Democrat or Republican, whatever our ethnicity, race, or even creed. Our Lady is the New Eve, Mother of the New Adam, and the Refuge of Sinners; she has been given the whole human race by God.
So let us imitate God and bring her everyone we think most needs her intercession. Let us take some time as we pray for our nation to bring to mind those we think most heroic, most patriotic, and pray for them. Let’s also take some time to bring to mind those we think least patriotic, those people whom we are frightened of or feel threatened by, and let’s hand those people to Our Lady, as well. She loves everyone better than we do; she knows what we need better than we do; she is utterly trustworthy, and her intercession is powerful beyond the dreams of everyone here below.
Take all your hopes and dreams, joys and sorrows, worries and fears, and give them to Our Lady. Hand her everything, past, present, and future. She has been there for our country; she is here for our country; she will be there for our country. Light a candle before an image of her and say a prayer.
May God bless America, and may Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception, keep us all safely in her Immaculate Heart! May she intercede for the conversion of America’s enemies into America’s friends! May her prayers win the conversion of all hearts, the peace that comes from God alone, and true justice and mercy in our wounded nation.
--Chris Sparks
Quotation 1
Image & Quotation 2: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/fourth-july-call-our-spiritual-mother
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