Marriage & Family
Christian marriage
The gift of children
NFP: The Creighton Model
NFP: The Sympto-Thermal Method
Holiness in the home?
- Holiness here and now!
- Everyday sanctity in modern life
- The challenge
- What is holiness?
- Three obstacles to everyday sanctity
- Holiness through love of God
- Holiness through the sacraments
- Holiness through heroism
- Holiness through prayer and sacrifice
- Holiness through work and love of creation
- Holiness through love of neighbour
Useful tips for the home
Helping children
Prayers every child should know
Hail Mary |
The first half of the Hail Mary is straight out of the Bible. The part before the semicolon (in the text below) is the angel Gabriel’s greeting to the Virgin Mary at the Annunciation, when he told her that she had been chosen by God to bear his Son, Jesus Christ (Luke 1,28). The words immediately following the semi-colon were uttered by Saint Elizabeth, the cousin of the Blessed Virgin, when Mary came to visit her. Saint Elizabeth felt Saint John the Baptist leap in her womb (Luke 1,42). The second half of the prayer is an invocation to the Mother of God from the depths of the heart. Since she is the Mother of God, she always hears our prayers.
Here is the prayer:
Hail Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.





