Pray for Mercy & Peace!
Find Hope in Contemplating the Seven Sorrows of Mary
With Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR & Susan Groeschel Lovelette
Developed in response to the need to pray in the wake of 9/11 and the continuing tragedies, terrorism, atrocities and disasters here at home and around the world, the program offers the following opportunities:
- Learn from Mary, the perfect disciple of her Son, how to bear your own struggles and support others in their sorrows;
- Let the Word of God enter your heart in the hearing of scripture;
- Receive again the timeless wisdom of Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR, as he speaks of the Seven Sorrows of Mary;
- Experience the love of the Holy Spirit as Susan Groeschel Lovelette prays in song with power and expression;
- Encounter the beauty of God in both well-know and rarely-heard classical music by the likes of Schubert, Verdi, Mascagni, Luzzi,
- Sing the Stabat Mater, the Prayer of St. Francis
- Join in communal prayer for all categories of those suffering in the world;
- Offer personal petitions
- Leave renewed, trusting in the love and hope in her Son and we are never alone.
- offer petitions
- Her journey reveals the inner peace and joy we all can know when we trust that love "bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails!" (1 Cor 13: 7-8) Find out more here.
Presentation Options:
Suggested Dates:
- Every day is a
Available for booking now is Pray for Peace!, a musical journeythrough sorrow to hope, at the feet of Mary. For As an offering for your Diocese, Deanery, Parish, Retreat or Order, it would be relevant especially during the Marian months of September and October and throughout the season of Lent. At all times, it would be an effective response in prayer and compassion for ourselves and all those suffering the effects of tragedies, atrocities and disasters. There is an option to offer this as a fundraiser for organizations that assist the suffering.The Calendar is open! Consider booking on or near the following:
Let Mary's example as the perfect disciple of her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, lead you back to the joy of confident hope and trust.
Saturday, September 15, the Memorial to Our Lady of Sorrows
Sunday, October 7, usually celebrated as the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary (if not on a Sunday)
Any time during Lent, including the Friday before Palm Sunday - the other option to celebrate a Memorial to Our Lady of Sorrows.
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The programs are designed to introduce or reinvigorate the timely use of powerful devotions and prayer practices from the traditions of the Church, ever ancient and ever new.