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St. Anne giveaway #1

July 1, 2015 sanctanomina HousekeepingInstagram @SanctaNomina, St. Anne

I just posted the picture of today’s giveaway, a 24-page booklet of a 9-day Novena to St. Anne. I only have two of them, so the first two people who email me (not commenting here on the blog or on Instagram) will get them! Email me at sanctanomina@gmail.com!

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Today is the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows -- a title I know a lot of you have a devotion to Mother Mary under! Some of my favorite, unexpected finds for my book are related to this title. "The principal biblical references to Mary’s sorrows are in Luke 2:35 and John 19:26-27. The Lucan passage is Simeon’s prediction about a sword piercing Mary’s soul; the Johannine passage relates Jesus’ words from the cross to Mary and to the beloved disciple. Many early Church writers interpret the sword as Mary’s sorrows, especially as she saw Jesus die on the cross. Thus, the two passages are brought together as prediction and fulfillment. Saint Ambrose in particular sees Mary as a sorrowful yet powerful figure at the cross. Mary stood fearlessly at the cross while others fled. Mary looked on her Son’s wounds with pity, but saw in them the salvation of the world. As Jesus hung on the cross, Mary did not fear to be killed, but offered herself to her persecutors." (from https://www.franciscanmedia.org/our-lady-of-sorrows/) ((image: A dear friend of mine took this picture at a retreat she's on today❤️))

My mom @irishnannie came with me and Luke to his first doctor's appointment today and she got this photo -- I love the look on his face! 😯😂🤗

Happy feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary!! A special special feast day for this Catholic name blogger and author of a book of names to honor Our Lady!! I mentioned in my previous post the other day that I would be over the moon if my baby was born today -- God didn't see fit to have that happen, but He did allow this second best thing -- being able to announce the baby's birth today!! I'm SO THRILLED to share with all of you that my seventh BOY was born in the wee hours of September 10, and we've given him the name Luke Benedict. 😍💙 (Yes, my hubby approved me sharing his name with you, as well as this photo! 😊) I'll put up a post soon on the blog about how and why we chose his name; in the meantime, please keep Luke and I in your prayers! He's doing very well; I'm recovering from my first C-section (slow going!). ((image: youngest of seven sons, Luke Benedict, with his grandmother))

We've got well-behaved women and troublemakers and every woman in between in our roster of saints, but today we celebrate the Mama of them all and our Mother too! Happy birthday to Our Lady! 🎉🎈🌹💙 Today's the beginning of what I've been thinking of as Mary Week because there's today's feast day, then the feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary (!) on Wednesday (Sept 12), then the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows next Saturday (Sept 15). You can see why I've been praying my baby is born this week! 🙌 (Can you imagine if he or she was born on Wednesday??! This namer's dream come true!) Of course I've got #names referring to each of these feasts in my book (and yes, to answer a question a friend asked, this baby will have a #name from my book, whether boy or girl) 😊 {link in bio}. I hope you all have a wonderful feast day!! #mothermaryftw #mariannames #marianbabynames

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