{"id":147,"date":"2020-08-22T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T13:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2020-09-07T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T14:42:05","slug":"our-lady","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">O Mary, Immaculate Virgin,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pure crystal for my heart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You are my strength, O sturdy anchor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You are the weak heart&#8217;s shield and protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Mary you are pure, of purity incomparable;<br>At once both Virgin and Mother,<br>You are beautiful as the sun, without blemish,<br>And your soul is beyond all comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Your beauty has delighted the eye of the Thrice-Holy One.<br>He descended from heaven, leaving His eternal throne,<br>And took Body and Blood of your heart<br>And for nine months lay hidden in a Virgin&#8217;s Heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">O Mother, Virgin, purest of all lilies,<br>Your heart was Jesus&#8217; first tabernacle on earth.<br>Only because no humility was deeper than yours<br>Were you raised above the choirs of Angels and above all Saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">O Mary, my sweet Mother,<br>I give you my soul, my body and my poor heart.<br>Be the guardian of my life,<br>Especially at the hour of death, in the final strife.&#8221; (Diary, 161)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/003eb8abd51b245f948cdc048a117b93.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/003eb8abd51b245f948cdc048a117b93.jpg 450w, https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/003eb8abd51b245f948cdc048a117b93-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cross-and-wooden-rosary-on-stone-background-michal-bednarek.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cross-and-wooden-rosary-on-stone-background-michal-bednarek.jpg 900w, https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cross-and-wooden-rosary-on-stone-background-michal-bednarek-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saint-faustina.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cross-and-wooden-rosary-on-stone-background-michal-bednarek-768x682.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Like many of the great saints that went before her, St. Faustina had a great devotion to the Blessed Mother. She turned to her in her hours of need and always found comfort and assistance. Oblates are encouraged to pray the rosary every day. Our Lady can be a great advocate and ally for us during this spiritual journey of our lives. Let us never forget we have a holy mother waiting to assist us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/prayers-and-devotions\/rosaries\/how-to-pray-the-rosary\">link<\/a>&nbsp;to learn how to Pray the Rosary!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Mary, Immaculate Virgin, Pure crystal for my heart, You are my strength, O sturdy anchor! You are the weak heart&#8217;s shield and protection. Mary you are pure, of purity incomparable;At once both Virgin and Mother,You are beautiful as the sun, without blemish,And your soul is beyond all comparison. 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