The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

On July 26, the Church celebrates the Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary and the grandparents of Jesus. One of the greatest burdens so many parents and grandparents in the world carry is the burden that so many of their children and grandchildren are not walking with God! On their feast day, let us all join together as one big family and pray for their intercession for all of those families who are broken and in great need of faith and love.

St. Joachim & St. Anne...

Our Lady of Emmitsburg on this great feast of her parents?

“Pray for all those in the world. Know that they are so much in need. I am so concerned about the condition of the world….Invite all people here to the Center of my Immaculate Heart. Invite them. Show them kindness. Be courteous to them. Lend to them. Give to them. Shower them with all the graces of God’s Mercy. So many people need it. The more you give, the more they desire. The more they desire, the more God will give you to give them; and things will expand and grow and grow….” (OLOE Private 07-26-04)

Our Lady of Emmitsburg July 26, 2004...

Prayer to St. Joachim and St. Anne

Great and glorious patriarch, St. Joachim, and good St. Anne, what joy is mine when I consider that you were chosen among all God’s holy ones to assist in the fulfillment of the mysteries of God, and to enrich our earth with the great Mother of God, Mary most holy. By this singular privilege, you have become most powerful with both the Mother and her Son, so as to be able to obtain for us the graces that are needful to us.

With great confidence I have recourse to your mighty protection, and I commend to you all my needs, both spiritual and temporal, and those of my family. Especially do I entrust to your keeping the particular favor that I desire and look for from your intercession. (Express your intention here)

And since you were a perfect pattern of the interior life, obtain for me the grace to pray earnestly, and never to set my heart on the passing goods of this life. Give me a lively and enduring love for Jesus and Mary. Obtain for me also a sincere devotion and obedience to Holy Church and the sovereign Pontiff who rules over her, in order that I may live and die in faith and hope and perfect charity. Let me ever invoke the holy Names of Jesus and Mary; and may I thus be saved. Amen.