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Montfortian Consecration to the Virgin Mary and Prayers with Requests?
I am consecrated to the Virgin Mary through Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort's method. Although I have read his treatise on the matter, I find myself in a situation that I hadn't considered when ...
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Does Our Lady purify our intentions?
Does Our Lady purify our intentions?
For example, if one says a Hail Mary with mixed intentions (e.g., with the intention to please himself, though also with a virtual intention to please God), does ...
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What is the purpose of the ten Hail Marys in the Rosary if you should not focus on them?
Many Catholics pray the Rosary every day. This is very good. They are meditating on the holy Mysteries. What I don't really get is the ten Hail Marys. I am not saying that it's vain repetition. That's ...
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How to pray and meditate while saying the rosary?
What to think about when praying the rosary? If one thinks about the mystery (e.g. sorrowful mystery) while praying, then one can not pay attention to the words of Hail Mary but if one concentrates on ...
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Is the prayer "Mother of Perpetual Help" blasphemous?
O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of all the goods which God grants to us miserable sinners, and for this reason, has He made thee so powerful, so rich, and so bountiful, that thou ...
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Why do Catholics venerate Our Lady? [duplicate]
This is a simple question. Why do Catholics venerate and pray to Our Lady?
God says not to do it.
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What was the Angelic Psalter that Our Lady told St. Dominic to preach?
In St. Louis de Montfort's The Secret of the Rosary he quotes the Blessed Virgin Mary talking to St. Dominic:
"I want you to know that, in this kind of warfare, the battering ram has always been ...
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What is the earliest known instance of a petition directed to Mary?
A recent answer on this site says that "People have always prayed to Mary as a chief intercessor on their behalf." Such a statement will surely seem excessive to Protestants, who would normally ...
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What are the theological implications of "pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death"?
Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou
among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of ...
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Praying for Jesus? [closed]
I'm trying to understand the meaning of prayers, But not just to see it as a communication with God, but more as a unity with Him.
That's why I would like to ask if Jesus' mother Mary, or His ...
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Variations in the Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina) prayer
In praying the "Hail Holy Queen" at the end of the Rosary with my Parish, there is a bit strangeness in the terms used.
For one, some people say
Mourning and weeping in this vale of tears
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What exactly is a "Hail Mary"?
The practice of a saying a "Hail Mary" is often referred to in colloquial speech, sometimes as a way to caricaturize Catholics. References to the practice instantly conjure up images of Catholicism, ...
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Praying to people outside the Trinity?
I understand that the Catholic Church direct some prayers to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. For me it would be strange to address my prayers to anyone outside the Holy Trinity. Do Catholics pray to any ...
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