Marian Devotions
a pattern of prayers that includes "Our Father" and "Hail Mary" in five decades with reflections on Gospel scenes or "mysteries."
What is the Holy Rosary?
title that references Mary's consecration to God and that the Holy Spirit overshadowed her during the conception of Jesus. This title is obvious during the dialogue in the Annunciation scene when we asks, "how can this be since I have no relations with a man."
What is the "Virgin Mary" or "Blessed Virgin Mary"?
He is the third person of the Holy Trinity and is the Advocate that is always with us. He is the eternal Love between the Father and Son that is Gift to humanity.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
A Liturgical Season of penance that lasts 40 days before Holy Week and Easter.
What is Lent?
normally a brown, rectangular cloth typically worn under clothes. These two small pieces of wool are connected by ribbons and worn on the front and back. "Whoever wears this shall not suffer eternal fire."
What is the Scapular?
this title is a reference to Mary's royalty derived from Jesus being "King of Kings" and where His throne is.
What is "Queen of Heaven"?
The source and summit of our Christian life. The term for this comes from the Ancient Greek word meaning "thanksgiving".
What is Eucharist?
This day is the start of Lent and reminds people of humility. The faithful traditionally wear ashes on their foreheads.
What is Ash Wednesday?
a medal fashioned after St. Catherine's vision on the instruction of Mary herself. The front shows Mary on a globe; the back includes twelve stars surrounding an "M", the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
What is the Miraculous Medal?
this title is a reference to her not having Original Sin since her very beginning. It is an infallible teaching of the Catholic Church?
What is "the Immaculate Conception"?
This is a form of reflecting and meditating on Scripture using a standard process involving reading, meditating, praying, and contemplating.
What is Lectio Divina?
This day is part of the Paschal Triduum and commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
What is Good Friday?
prayer recited every day at 6:00am, Noon, and 6:00pm. At St. Andrew's, it is prayed at Noon just before the Noon Daily Mass. It includes three Hail Marys and reflection on the Annunciation.
What is the Angelus?
this title is a reference to Jesus as fully man and fully God and His relationship to Mary.
What is "Mother of God"?
These are the 4 marks of the Church, and the faithful recite this during the Creed.
What are "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic"?
A traditional devotion during Lent where we reflect on scenes of the "Via Crucis" or the "way of the Cross". There are 14 scenes depicting Christ's path from condemnation to death, to crucifixion, to being laid in the tomb.
What is "Stations of the Cross"?
handed down by St. Bridget, this devotion involves seven Hail Marys and meditation on Gospel scenes dealing with suffering. It is said that Mary finds tears shed in compassion to her to the pleasing.
What is the Seven Sorrows of Mary?
this title is a reference to Mary being the carrier of God, who is the Word, the High Priest, and bread from Heaven. Mary is the new version of a similar carrier in the Old Testament.
What is "New Ark of a Covenant"?
These are the 4 forms that Jesus appears at Mass.
What are Scripture (Word), congregation (Mystical Body), Priest (in persona Christi), and Eucharist?
These are the three acts of penance the faithful do during Lent. They are meant to strip away those things from our hearts - namely sin and temptation - that hinder a deep relationship with God.
What are praying, fasting, and almsgiving?