Marian Prayer Center

THE QUESTION!   April 9th 2023 HE IS RISEN!  Alleluia!

“But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.” 1Cor 15:12-19

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April 25th, 2023 Message 

“Dear children! I am calling all of you to be carriers of the peace and joy of the risen Jesus for all those who are far from prayer; that the love of Jesus, through your lives, may transform them to a new life of conversion and holiness. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

JESUS - LORD purify us in Our Lenten Journey - Soon Passion Week and Then You are RISEN!

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We celebrated at the Marian Prayer Center on Thursday March 23, 2023 The Feast of our Lady's Annunciation with Fr Maxy and our many friends.

Joyce got us a wonderful cake for our Lady's day.  All for the love of GOD!

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POPE Emeritus, Benedict XVI has passed - Dec 31, 2022

With deep sorrow we inform you that our Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today, Dec 31, 2022 at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican, Roma” the Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni said. 

The funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on Thursday Jan 5 in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City at 9:30 a.m. local time, Bruni said. The funeral will be led by Pope Francis. The former pope’s body will lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican from Monday for the faithful to bid farewell, Vatican News reported Saturday. As per the wish of Pope Emeritus, his funeral will be “simple,”   

Born April 16, 1927 - passed December 31, 2022, 96 years age. 

Here is a current EWTN Live on Pope Benedict recorded today, Dec 31, 2022.  There are many others on youtube.

February 25th, 2023 Message

Dear children!

Keep converting and clothe yourselves in penitential garments and in personal, deep prayer; and in humility, seek peace from the Most High. 

In this time of grace, Satan wants to seduce you; but you, little children, keep looking at my Son and follow Him towards Calvary in renunciation and fasting. I am with you because the Most High permits me to love you and lead you towards the joy of the heart, in faith which grows for all those who love God above all. 

Thank you for having responded to my call.”

January 25th 2023 Message

“Dear children!

Pray with me for peace, because Satan wants war and hatred

in hearts and peoples. Therefore, pray and sacrifice your days

by fasting and penance, that God may give you peace.

The future is at a crossroads, because modern man does not want God.   That is why mankind is heading to perdition. You, little children, are my hope.   

Pray with me, that what I began in Fatima and here may be realized. Be prayer and witness peace in your surroundings, and be people of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

Jan 5th, Thursday 2023, Monsignor John Cihak visited our Center and Blessed it. We gather around and prayed with him and had a few refreshments. It was a busy day, given that Jan 5th was also the day of Pope Benedicts funeral in Rome as well as other activies in remembrance of our Holy Father in our Portland Diocese.   We would like to thank Monsignor Cihak for coming and Blessing the Center!

As most of you know the Center was under water for several weeks and shut down. It had one of the walls completely replaced. With the help of many volunteers the Center is now back together.  Here are few pictures of those that were at the Center for the Blessing.  Thank you again for all that participated, who prayed and help!

           Pray & Protect us Mother of God. 

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Praise GOD.  We celebrate St Michael the Archangel Angel's feast day on September 29th.  Please join us in praying the Chaplet of St Michael the Archangel.  We are so challenged at this time in our world and in our Church.  Pray the Chaplet daily with deep faith that Saint Michael will come to the rescue of our families our Church and world.  LORD JESUS COME!

Here is link that will help you pray the Chaplet:  History & Chaplet

Here is a video also:  Video Chaplet

Peace be with you! In Christ through the Love of Mary our Mother and St Michael.  

September 15th, Thursday 2022, We celebrated OUR LADY of SORROWS at the Marian Prayer Center. We held this inside starting with the 7 Sorrows of our Blessed Mother Rosary at 2:30, followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Holy Mass celebrated by our Father Maxy D'Costa.  Of course we had some wonderful refreshments and fellowship with all present - about 17 joined us.  

Link to the History & Chaplet

Video to the Chaplet

Aug 23, Tuesday 2022, We celebrated The Queenship of Mary. We held our celebration inside.  Started with the Rosary prayer at 6:00 pm and Holy Mass at 6:30 with Fr Maxy D'Costa.  Our Lady is our Queen. And yes, Jesus is our KING.  Fr Maxy provide a wonderful homily on our Lady - as he always does.  Thank you Fr Maxy.  There was 18 of us (alone with Our Lord & His Mother) and we sang, Hail Holy Queen twice, for our gathering song and sending forth in honor of our Blessed Mother.  

Pope Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But Mary’s queenship has roots in Scripture. At the Annunciation, Gabriel announced that Mary’s Son would receive the throne of David and rule forever. At the Visitation, Elizabeth calls Mary “mother of my Lord.” As in all the mysteries of Mary’s life, she is closely associated with Jesus: Her queenship is a share in Jesus’ kingship. We can also recall that in the Old Testament the mother of the king has great influence in court.

The Marian Prayer Center visited Mater Dei Radio on July 26, 2022 the feast of St. Ann, to record the Chaplet of St. Michael, to be put on the Hail Mary Media app in the Prayer section. We expect it to be available by the feast of St. Michael, September 29. 

It was a great experience and we enjoyed visiting their new location on Sylvan Hill and the tour they gave us, Thanks to Pat Ryan and his staff. 

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May 31, 2022, Visitation of Our Lady

We celebrated the Feast of the Visitation at our Prayer Center. We prayed the Rosary and Divine Mercy at 2 and Celebrated Holy Mass at 3 with Father Maxy D'Costa.   Our Lady continues to call each of us to Her Immaculate Heart - She takes us to Her Son's Sacred Heart where we can grow and find Peace in our challenging world.  We continue to pray for each of your many needs.   

All in Christ.  Lk 1:39-45

March 25, 2022, Our Lady's Annunciation

We had a blessed and wonderful celebration at our Marian Prayer Center with Father Maxy as our celebrant. We also prayed the March 25th Consecration with our Lady, in union with our entire Church for Peace in our troubled world for Russia and the Ukraine.  We will continue to lift up our prayers and sacrifices for Peace in our Troubled World to stop all wars! 

Please continue each day to pray with us!

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Here are our Marian Prayer Center Warriors with Patrick Ryan from Mater Dei Radio. The picture shows the group after recording the audio version of the 7 Sorrows Rosary for their "Hail Mary Media application - under the Prayer section of the Media application.

The entire interview, with Immaculee and the 7 Sorrows Rosary is on the Hail Mary App.  You can also hear it on the attached link on the Morning Blend show at Mater Dei Radio. 

Morning Blend  7 Sorrows Rosary Link

Recorded Feb 10 2022

Praying the 7 Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, 

as taught by our Blessed Mother in Kibeho. 

In Mary's apparition in Rwanda to the children, Our Lady of Kibeho made an

urgent appeal to pray this devotion to the 7 Sorrows Rosary for repentance

and conversion.  She said to pray it daily or at least on Tuesdays and Fridays..

But not to replace the rosary,  This is really needed for this time.

This is a perfect prayer for us as we enter 

Lent and prepare for Easter with Our Risen Lord and Savior.

Our Lady of Kibeho's Message to the World

How to Pray the 7 Sorrows ROSARY PRAYER

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Feb 17, 2022  Mater Dei Radio came to the Marian Prayer Center and recorded the 7 Sorrows Rosary with our Marian Prayer Center Prayer Warriors.  Link for this recording is coming soon!  Here are Patrick Ryan and Sarah Kuenzi that helped us!  Thank you Mater Dei for all your help in getting the message of our Lady out to make Sacrifices and Pray the Sorrowful Rosary. Blessings! 

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March 18, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! From the Parish of Medjugorje

The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years. The apparition lasted from 13:34 to 13:40:

"Dear children, With a motherly love I am calling you to—full of strength, faith and trust—look towards my Son. Keep opening your hearts to Him and do not be afraid, because my Son is the Light of the world and in Him is peace and hope. That is why, anew, anew I am calling you to pray for those of my children who have not come to know the love of my Son, so that my Son, with His light of love and hope, may illuminate also their hearts; and you, my children, that He may strengthen and give you peace and hope. I am with you. Thank you."

Dec 25 2021 Message of our Lady to Jakov 

At the last daily apparition to Jakov Colo on September 12th, 1998, Our Lady told him that henceforth he would have one apparition a year, every December 25th, on Christmas Day. This is also how it was this year. The apparition began at 2:25 pm and lasted 9 minutes. Our Lady came with little Jesus in her arms.

Through Jakov, Our Lady gave the following message:

“Dear children, You are, and you are called, ‘children of God’. If only your hearts would feel that immeasurable love which God has for you, your hearts would adore and give thanks to Him at every instant of your life. Therefore, little children, today, on this day of grace, open your hearts and implore the Lord for the gift of faith; so that you could truly become worthy of the name ‘children of God’ who, with a pure heart, give thanks to and honor their Heavenly Father. I am beside you and am blessing you with my motherly blessing”

BLESSED NEW YEAR 2022 - Jan 1st  MARY the MOTHER OF GOD

From antiquity, Mary has been called "Theotokos", or "God-Bearer" (Mother of God). The word in Greek is "Theotokos". The term was used as part of the popular piety of the early first millennium church. It is used throughout the Eastern Church's Liturgy, both Orthodox and Catholic. 

It lies at the heart of the Latin Rite's deep Marian piety and devotion. This title was a response to early threats to 'orthodoxy', the preservation of authentic Christian teaching. A pronouncement of an early Church Council, The Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D., insisted "If anyone does not confess that God is truly Emmanuel, and that on this account the holy virgin is the "Theotokos" (for according to the flesh she gave birth to the word of God become flesh by birth) let him be anathema." (The Council of Ephesus, 431 AD)

December 8th, Weds The Immaculate Conception

Holy Rosary Center and Novena Dec 8th-16th

The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic dogma that states that Mary was conceived without original sin or its stain. That’s what “immaculate” means: without stain.

Catholic Catechism 491 Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, "full of grace" through God, 134 was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854:

The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin. 135                                                  +

Our Lady of Guadalupe  December 12th   Story

Song

This appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe was very important to the history of our continent. You see, the Aztec Indians and the Spaniards were on the brink of war. The Aztec Indians’ culture and religion were very different from the Spaniards. They worshiped gods, to whom they would offer human sacrifices, often killing 50,000 people a year.

Mary’s appearance changed everything, however. It helped the Indians to embrace Christianity and it helped the Spaniards to treat the Indians with respect and as human beings. In the course of seven years, 6,000,000 Indians converted to the Catholic faith. This was the biggest conversion in the history of the Church! This is why Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas. Juan Diego, the humble man to whom she appeared, was canonized in the summer of 2002.

Our Lady of Fatima Oct 13th, 2021 Celebration

EWTN Fatima Oct 12-13 Schedule 2021

Live from Fatima recorded - video 10-13-21

Blessed day of our Lady coming to us through her Son Jesus.  She is our Mother and our Hope for Peace in our troubled World and Church.  She asks us to humbly pray the Rosary and meditate on the mysteries of Her Son, Jesus.

Fatima Story and Miracle Sun video

Jesus I Trust in You!

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee.  Blessed are thou amongst women and blessed in the fruit of thy  womb, Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.  Amen!

All Glory to You Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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8-7-21  Youthfest 2021 - Medjugorje comes alive!

Video: Overview of Medjugorje with youth and families.