A Little Bird

Wanted to share a prayer that was given to me yesterday and some words from our Lady. 

My mom keeps this quote from our lady of Guadalupe on the fridge so I have been reading it often. Her words have been comforting me and uplifting me and I try to hold them in my heart throughout the day. It is easy for me to forget that Mary is here with me and always ready to help and pray for me, so I am grateful for the little reminders that come my way. :)

“Let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you.

Let nothing alter your heart or your countenance;

Do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain.

Am I, your Mother, not with you?

Are you not under the shadow of my protection?

Am I not you fountain of life?

Are you not in the folds of my mantle, in my crossed arms?

Is there anything else that you need?”

-Our Lady of Guadalupe 

O Mary,

bright dawn of the new world. 

Mother of the living,

to you do we entrust the cause of life

Look down, O Mother,

upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born,

of the poor whose lives are

made difficult,

of men and women who are 

victims of brutal violence,

of the elderly and the sick 

killed by indifference of out

of misguided mercy.

Grant that all who believe in

your Son may proclaim the

Gospel of life with honesty and

love to the people of our time.

Obtain for them the grace 

to accept that Gospel 

as a gift ever new, the joy of

celebrating it with gratitude

throughout their lives and the

courage to bear witness to it

resolutely, in order to build,

together with all people of good will,

the civilization of truth and love,

to the praise and glory of God

the Creator and lover of live.

Evengelium Vitae~ Pope John Paul II