LaPetiteSoeur Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I'm bored, so I thought I'd ask! I am torn between Our Lady of the Assumption (patronness of Acadien people) and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. What about all of you?
MargaretTeresa Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Mary, Queen of Apostles. I really feel called to spread the Good News, so there yuh go.
Sarah147 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) I think the Brown Scapular and the Rosary. Powerful indeed! Edited April 26, 2011 by JoyfulLife
OnlySunshine Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I have three favorites. 1. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (or Miraculous Medal; I am consecrated to Our Lady under this title) 2. Our Lady of Guadalupe 3. Our Lady of the Assumption (I was baptized on her feast day in 1983)
CatherineM Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Knock. I carry a medal on my wallet. That way every time I open it, I have to think about what I'm spending money on. My great-grandmother immigrated right after then with nothing in her pocket.
Pax_et bonum Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and Mount Carmel because I always wear my Miraculous Medal and Brown Scapular
TeresaBenedicta Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Our Lady of Grace (miraculous medal) is probably my favorite title of Mary. My favorite devotion is the consecration to the Blessed Mother according to St. Maximilian Kolbe. Other favorite titles: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Sorrows
MargaretTeresa Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Isn't Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Our Lady of Prompt Succor the same? Just outta curiosity...
Nunsense Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Our Lady of Mt Carmel and the Rosary although I do like Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (especially when I pray for the unborn)
InPersonaChriste Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 The Immaculate Heart of Mary is one image that has been close to myself. it is also because I was born on the feast day of the Sacra Cor and they basically go hand in hand.
Margaret Mary Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I like Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady of Fatima.
Antoniette Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Absolutely, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. My home parish is Mt Carmel in East Harlem, the original Italian national parish in the USA. Papally crowned Madonna, Latin Tridentine Mass, kinda on hard times now, but still pulls off a glorious Feast each July with Novenas, processions and Masses. Then the thousands return. Oh did i mention a couple of Carmelite nuns in Brooklyn, Dallas, St. Helens England, Philadelphia and Buffalo? No contest. Even one of the old Supremes is buried in Mt. Carmel cemetery in Detroit
JenDeMaria Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 I CHOOSE ALL -- I mean, I'm with St. Therese. Because, really, how could I pick just one Marian devotion? It's like -- well, actually, it is -- picking just one favorite thing about my Mother. Yet, I want to be devoted to her [i]entirely[/i]. Having said that, when it came time to pick our patron saints at the end of RCIA as we were making our day of recollection, our parish vicar asked who I had chosen to be my own patron saint and, partly because I was distracted I simply said "Mary". "Oh, he said "you mean Mother Mary?" and I cringed inwardly and nodded because I had just been reading about this "seer" who had visions of a Mother Mary who urged the use of contraception, condoned abortion, etc. So when they passed around the official form I wrote down, in large, flourishing, protesting script "Mary, Mother of God" -- not realizing I'd just chosen her oldest, most venerable title, or even thinking that there might be a difference between choosing Mary, Mother of God rather than the Blessed Virgin Mary or Our Lady of the Rosary, etc. But now I keep January 1st, the feast of Mary, Mother of God, as a kind of special day when I celebrate her patronal role in my life and devote the year ahead to her safekeeping. But then... I could list countless other examples, too. I have consecrated myself to Our Lady using the de Montfort method and the Annunciation is the pinnacle feast of the Association of Our Lady, Queen of All Hearts. I made my consecration on the feast of the Visitation, May 31st. I made the decision to become a Catholic on the feast of the Assumption and each year in the weeks leading up to August 15th I have a little mini-Lent the celebration feels like a personal homecoming. I am devoted to Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady's Immaculate Heart, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady Rosa Mystica, Our Lady of Grace, Our Lady Stella Maris, Our Lady Help of Christians... But then, all these devotions are related to each other and, taken as a whole, they complete a glorious and still only partially glimpsed understanding of who Our Lady really is -- in very much the same way that each day in the liturgical year provides a focused glimpse into the depths of the mystery of the Church. I meditate on them through the day and through each year like mysteries of the rosary -- savoring, considering and moving on to the next, then returning.
Indwelling Trinity Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 Our Mother of Carmel And the Solemn Salve chanted after Compline!
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