“Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases.”
– St. Rose of Lima
Mother’s Prayer to St Rose
Saint Rose, devout Virgin, fragrant rose in the garden of God, sweetly blooming amid the thorns of distressing tribulation and severe mortification, white as snow in the immaculate innocence of your heart, glowing in the love of God that consumed you.
Your devotedness to your parents was so great that you laboured night and day to relieve their poverty, and most tenderly cared for them in their sickness.
Most grateful, most humble daughter, have pity on me and my children. Teach me, by conduct truly Christian, to deserve the warmhearted gratitude of my children. Teach my children to appreciate my love and the numerous sacrifices that I cheerfully make for their sake; teach them to repay the same by filial love and obedience, and chiefly by fervent prayers for me.
Bless me and my entire family. May our hearts be intimately united even in adversity. Let us not place our happiness in temporal prosperity, but rather in the hope of a future, eternal blessedness.
Pray, likewise, O sainted patroness of America, for all Christian mothers in particular, that Christian life and sentiments may everywhere be awakened among them. May these sentiments spread far and wide, uniting all families into the one great family of God, in which Jesus Christ may live and rule with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
We’ll freeze the rest of the cupcakes to decorate for her traditional feast day next weekend!
August 23rd (New) and August 30th (Traditional)
Grace is the prettiest Rose. Thank You for sharing. Marilyn,Joan and Marion
2020-08-24 21:00:12
Ah, what a prayer! Especially, "May our hearts be intimately united even in adversity. Let us not place our happiness in temporal prosperity, but rather in the hope of a future, eternal blessedness". Where did you find this wonderful prayer?
2020-08-25 00:19:10
Just darling -always picture perfect!
2020-08-25 11:06:27
Grace looks so pretty in that dress!
2020-08-26 14:57:29
Oh my~such an adorable little Rose! She is a little doll! A very special Saint Names Day celebration for your little Grace. Thank you for sharing this lovely prayer…
2020-09-24 01:08:00