Deacon Ward's Message of the Day 5/18/2020



~Mater Dei Parish~
St. Mary Star of the Sea / St. Edward the Confessor   
St. James the Greater   
St. Benedict Labre

J *  M  *  J

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Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
I give you my heart, I give you my life.

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Deacon Ward's Almost Daily Message 
Wednesday May 20, 2020

Happy Easter, my brothers and sisters in Christ!
Alleluia!  Alleluia!

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~Announcements for Today~


Please continue to support our parish food shelf with non-perishable food. There is a special need this week for:

 Broth / Macaroni Products / Canned Fruit

Large paper grocery bags are also needed. Thank you! 
 
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Please continue to pray for a rapid end to the coronavirus... we continue to be mindful of protecting our health, and that of all others...

 "Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good." Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC:) 2288

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    I offer you a prayer to Mary for her intercession and protection during this pandemic. To hear the prayer sung so beautifully by the monks of the Mount Angel Abby, and to hear about the origin of this prayer...a prayer specifically for the protection and end of the Black Plague...please click on the Youtube link below.
   
Thank you so much to Jayne Badano-Bidwell for finding this for all of us to share!
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...and here is the prayer in Latin and in English:

    Stella Caeli


              Stella caeli exstirpávit,

            quae lactávit Dóminum:
           Mortis pestem quam plantávit 
             primus parens hominum.

             Ipsa stella nunc dignétur

            sídera compéscere,
           Quorum bella plebem
             caedunt dirae mortis úlcere.

             O piíssima stella maris,

             a peste succúrre nobis.

       Audi nos,

       Dómina, nam filius tuus
        nihil negans te honórat.

       Salva nos Iesu,

        pro quibus virgo mater te orat.

     Star of Heaven

     Star of Heaven,

     who nourished the Lord
     and uprooted the plague of death
     which our first parents planted:

     May that star now deign

     to hold in check the constellations
     whose strife causes in people
     the sores of a terrible death.

     O glorious star of the sea,

     save us from infections.

     Hear us:

     for your Son, who honors you,
     denies you nothing.
     Jesus, save us,
     for whom the Virgin Mother prays to you.
Amen.

Until next time...
In His Peace.
Deacon Ward

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