Pray with intention. Share the prayer. Send a card.

Pray.

Share.

Send.

Pray with intention. Share the prayer. Send a card.

As I continue to celebrate this Easter season...I can’t help but think of all the ways the Church helped me to prepare this Lent.

I asked God what He wanted from me this season?  What ways He may surprise or inspire me to go deeper?

I felt on my heart to invite!

I gathered my immediate community, the Rosary Wednesday #hitthebeads Mama Crew to come to my home once a week to pray the rosary.

Our immediate crew of mamas have been separated a bit since the powerful days of gathering from years prior... so I enticed them with coming to my home, being fed, and hearing from a guest speaker in a ministry role within our dioceses. A little mini- retreat.

We gathered, cried, shared, and prayed each Wednesday during Lent.

At the end of our prayerful evening we each received a special Rosary Card to let a loved one know that our crew intentionally prayed for them.

It said, I prayed a rosary for you.

May the intercession of Our Blessed Mother through the Rosary shower you with God’s blessings.

There is nothing more beautiful than the encouragement of love, prayer, and intention.

It is a gift of prayer.

A way to inspire.

A way to let a loved one know they are being held in prayer and never forgotten or alone.

—Adina Braatz/MSMH Mission Development