“Dona Lucilia faced the state of Matrimony with candour and clear sightedness. With an elevated spirit, she put herself under the care and protection of the Blessed Virgin in fulfilling her duties as wife and mother with perfection. A prayer copied in her own hand not long after her marriage provides a glimpse into the sublimity of her dispositions. She made a habit of reciting it by heart, keeping the text carefully in a drawer.
🔷 Prayer of a Wife and Mother to the Blessed Virgen Mary
“O Mary, purest and immaculate Virgin, chaste Spouse of Saint Joseph, most tender Mother of Jesus, perfect model of wives and mothers; I turn to thee filled with respect and confidence. With the deepest sentiments of veneration, I cast myself at thy feet to implore thy aid. Behold, o purest Mary, behold my needs and the needs of my family. Heed the desires of my heart, for it is to thy most tender and kind heart that I entrust them.
“I hope, through thine intercession, to obtain from Jesus the grace of conscientiously fulfilling my obligations as a wife and mother. Obtain for me a holy fear of God, a love for work and good deeds, for holy things and for prayer, sweetness, patience, wisdom – all the virtues that the Apostle recommends for Christian women, and that constitute the happiness and adornment of families.
“Teach me to honour my husband as thou didst honour St. Joseph, and as the Church honours Jesus Christ. May he find in me a wife according to his heart, and may the holy union we contracted on earth endure eternally in Heaven. Protect my husband and guide him along the path of goodness and justice, because his happiness is as dear to me as my own. I also entrust my poor children to thy maternal heart. Be their mother; incline their hearts to piety, do not allow them to stray from the path of virtue, and grant them happiness. Remind them to pray to God for their mother and father after our deaths; may they honour our memory with their virtues. Tender Mother, make them devout, charitable, and always good Christians, so that their lives, filled with good works, will be crowned with a holy death. O Mary, grant that all of us may one day be reunited in Heaven, there to contemplate thy glory, celebrate thy gifts, enjoy thy love, and eternally praise thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.”
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, Dona Lucilia. pp. 106-107
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🔷 Prayer of a Wife and Mother to the Blessed Virgen Mary
“O Mary, purest and immaculate Virgin, chaste Spouse of Saint Joseph, most tender Mother of Jesus, perfect model of wives and mothers; I turn to thee filled with respect and confidence. With the deepest sentiments of veneration, I cast myself at thy feet to implore thy aid. Behold, o purest Mary, behold my needs and the needs of my family. Heed the desires of my heart, for it is to thy most tender and kind heart that I entrust them.
“I hope, through thine intercession, to obtain from Jesus the grace of conscientiously fulfilling my obligations as a wife and mother. Obtain for me a holy fear of God, a love for work and good deeds, for holy things and for prayer, sweetness, patience, wisdom – all the virtues that the Apostle recommends for Christian women, and that constitute the happiness and adornment of families.
“Teach me to honour my husband as thou didst honour St. Joseph, and as the Church honours Jesus Christ. May he find in me a wife according to his heart, and may the holy union we contracted on earth endure eternally in Heaven. Protect my husband and guide him along the path of goodness and justice, because his happiness is as dear to me as my own. I also entrust my poor children to thy maternal heart. Be their mother; incline their hearts to piety, do not allow them to stray from the path of virtue, and grant them happiness. Remind them to pray to God for their mother and father after our deaths; may they honour our memory with their virtues. Tender Mother, make them devout, charitable, and always good Christians, so that their lives, filled with good works, will be crowned with a holy death. O Mary, grant that all of us may one day be reunited in Heaven, there to contemplate thy glory, celebrate thy gifts, enjoy thy love, and eternally praise thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.”
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, Dona Lucilia. pp. 106-107
https://donalucilia.com/week-6/
Dona Lucilia
Week 6
AUDIO A Counter-Revolutionary Perspective Week 6 Questions Please share your thoughts at the bottom of the page in the Discussion Forum. Question 1 Dona Lucilia saw her father as an instrument of t…
⚜ 50 years ago, on September 13, on a property built by the Benedictines of São Paulo, Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira and the then Mr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, today Msgr. João, began the community life that would be the root of the way of life of the Heralds of the Gospel: the Hermitage of Our Lady of Unpretentiousness and Holy Prowess, commonly known as Hermitage of São Bento, was founded.