Praising Mary With A Litany of “M’s”
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Illustrated by Mary John Zore
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To My Husband Rich And my children Katharine, Christina and Anthony Medjugorje,Yugoslavia is a special Marian Apparition site where the Blessed Mother has been giving messages since the early 1980s. While visiting there as a pilgrim in 1990, I felt like a thought flashed through my mind, which I feel came from somewhere else, not me, and the thought was “Let us magnify the Lord together”. I felt this was an invitation from Mary, which she extended to me so that I could in turn extend it to all God’s children. May this book serve those who pray along with it as a means of
To Jesus Through Mary
Praising Mary With A Litany of “M’s” The illustrations for this book are copyrighted to Mary Zore, 2007. The titles in this abbreviated litany are based on an 11th century litany called the Great Mary Litany or Gaelic Litany to Mary, dated to 8-11th century Ireland. The litany in this book is abbreviated to suit a children’s prayer form. Scripture quotes from
Douay-Rheims Bible, Published by TAN, 1889 Version , 1989 printing
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Glorious Mary “And therefore the Lord Himself Shall give you a Sign Sign— — BEHOLD A Virgin shall conceive And bear a Son, And His name shall be Called Emanuel”
Isaiah 7:14,19
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Bearer Of the Word And she cried out with a Loud voice, and said; “Blessed art Thou among women And blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the Mother of My Lord Should come to me?� Luke 1: 41 41--45
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Light Of Holy Love Thou shall no more have the sun for light by day, Neither shall the Brightness of the Moon Enlighten thee, But the Lord shall be unto Thee An Everlasting Light And Thy God for Thy Glory Isaiah 60:19
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Mother Of All Disciples And Jesus therefore had seen His Mother And the Disciple standing; whom He loved, And He said to His Mother: “Woman Behold Thy Son” After that, He said to His Disciple “Behold Thy Mother” John 19: 26.27
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Mother Of Eternal Glory The Word was Made flesh And dwelt among us And we saw His Glory The Glory as if were Of the Only Begotten of the Father, Full of Grace and Truth John 1:14
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Honor Of The Heavens And a great sign appeared In the heavens, A Woman clothed with the Sun And the Moon under her feet And on her head A crown of twelve stars stars.. Revelations 12:3
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Fountain of God’s Garden My Sister, My Spouse, Is a fountain sealed up The Fountain of Gardens Well of Living Waters Which runs with a strong stream From Libanus Song of Solomon 4 : 12, 15
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Peaceful Presence I am become In His Presence As one Finding Peace Song of Solomon 8: 10
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Vessel of God’s Light Covered are the Heavens With His Glory and With His praise The earth is filled filled— — His splendor spreads like a light Rays shine forth from beside Him Where His Power is concealed concealed— — Yes, I will rejoice in the Lord And exult in my Saving God… Habbakkuk 3:1 3:1--5,18
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Gated Garden My sister, My spouse is a Garden Enclosed. Thy plants are a paradise of Pomegranites With Trees of Libanus ,Myrrh and Aloes, with all chief perfumes... Arise O North Wind And come. O South Wind Blow through my garden garden— — And let the aramatical spices flow. Song of Solomon 4:12 4:12--14, 16
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Tabernacle Of The Living God And I saw a Holy City, New Jerusalem Coming down out of Heaven From God, made ready as a Bride Adorned for her husband And I heard a loud voice from the Throne Saying; “Behold the Tabernacle of God Is among men, and He will Dwell among them.� Revelations 21: 2-4
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Jewel Of Nazareth He rose and took the child and mother And went to the land of Israel ….And because he was warned in a dream He departed for a region of Galilee So that what had been Spoken by the Prophets Might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazorean.”
Mathew 2: 21-23
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Queen Of Life Our Hope For Life was made visible And we have seen it and testify to it And proclaim it to you you— — The Eternal Life that was with the Father was made visible to us.
1 John 1: 1,2
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Creation’s Crown of Glory As a lily among the thorns, So is my beloved among women…. Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved, You are beautiful my beloved And there is no blemish in you…
Song of Solomon 2: 1; 4: 7
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Ladder Of Heaven “A stairway rested on the ground, With its top reaching to the heavens And God’s messengers were going up and down on it. … When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed, “Truly the Lord is in this spot, Although I did not know it! How awesome is this shrine! This is nothing else but AN ABODE OF GOD!” Genesis 28 :11-13, 16,17
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Mother Of God The Holy Spirit will come upon you And the power of the Most High Will overshadow you, Therefore the child to be born Will be called Holy, The Son of God‌ For nothing Will be impossible to GOD.� Luke 1: 35
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Mary, Star of the Sea Hail, you Star of Ocean! Portal of the sky, Ever Ever--Virgin Mother, Of the Lord Most High
Virgin of all virgins! To your shelter take us; Gentlest of the gentle! Chaste and gentle make us.
O by Gabriel's Ave, Uttered long ago, Eva's name reversing, Establish peace below .
Still as on we journey, Help our weak endeavor, Till with you and Jesus We rejoice forever.
Break the captive's fetters; Light on blindness pour; All our ills expelling, Ev'ry bliss implore.
Through the highest heaven, To the Almighty Three, Father, Son, and Spirit, One same glory be.
Show yourself a mother; Offer him our sighs, Who for us Incarnate Did not you despise.
Pray for us Most Holy Mother of God That we may be worthy Of the promises of Christ
AMEN The “Star of the Sea” prayer is traditional prayer for travelers to bring them safely to their destination. Our ultimate destination is heaven and so we add this prayer here as part of the Catholic traditions asking for Mary’s assistance to reach God.
Sub Tuum Praesidium WE fly to your patronage, O Holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our need, but deliver us always from all dangers--O Glorious and Blessed Virgin. Amen. Latin: Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen. (This is an ancient prayer dated that goes back as far as the 3rd century. It is a prayer that can be used to end Litanies to the Blessed Mother and so it is included here at the end of our book . According to the Roman Breviary, Raccolta #333. (Ind. April 5 1786, S. P., There is a partial indulgence for all the faithful who recite it.) Traditional prayers can be used by the Catholic faithful without copyright infringement because they belong to all of us as part of our traditions.
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M This book was inspired by Titles from an ancient Irish Litany To the Blessed Virgin Mary. A “litany” is a list of titles Honoring the different Attributes of God, His angels and Saints. When we pray a litany We are participating in a Procession of praises. In this litany we Honor the work Of God in Mary, And in so doing we “Magnify the Lord…” Along with Mary , (Luke1) And all the Angels and Saints in Heaven.