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+Third Sunday after Easter+<\/p>\n
The following was sent to me by my daughter, Aimee, mother of five and a fervent pro-life activist. Like me she loved being pregnant and always felt there was a special, mysterious symbiosis between mother and child that she could never quite explain. Finally, she found research that provided the perfect explanation for it, as expressed below.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen pregnant, the cells of the baby migrate into the mothers bloodstream and then circle back into the baby, it\u2019s called \u2018fetal-maternal microchimerism.\u2019\u2060<\/p>\n
\u201cFor 41 weeks, the cells circulate and merge backwards and forwards, and after the baby is born, many of these cells stay in the mother\u2019s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the mothers tissues, bones, brain, and skin, and often stay there for decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery single child a mother has afterwards will leave a similar imprint on her body, too. Even if a pregnancy doesn’t go to full term or if you have an abortion, these cells still migrate into your bloodstream.<\/p>\n
\u201cResearch has shown that if a mother’s heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the site of the injury and change into different types of cells that specialize in mending the heart. The baby helps repair the mother, while the mother builds the baby.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow cool is that? This is often why certain illnesses vanish while pregnant.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s incredible how mothers bodies protect the baby at all costs, and the baby protects and rebuilds the mother back – so that the baby can develop safely and survive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink about crazy cravings for a moment. What was the mother deficient in that the baby made them crave?<\/p>\n
\u201cStudies have also shown cells from a fetus in a mother\u2019s brain 18 years after she gave birth. How amazing is that?\u201d<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re a mom you know how you can intuitively feel your child even when they are not there\u2026 Well, now there is scientific proof that moms carry them for years and years even after they have given birth to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
I find this to be so very beautiful.<\/p>\n
Prayer Intention and checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n My apologies for not posting this sooner! Website revision has kept me very busy. Here is the intention for this month, in Honor of Our Lady\u2019s Queenship May 31:<\/p>\n \u201cQueen and Mother of Christendom hear our prayers, and by thy peace make happy a world shaken by hate.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Pius XII, Ad caeli reginam, <\/em>1954)<\/span><\/p>\n Month of May<\/p>\n 8 Sunday 3rd Sunday after Easter<\/p>\n Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 9 Monday<\/p>\n St. Gregory Nazianzen<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 10 Tuesday<\/p>\n St. Antoninus; Sts. Gordian & Epimachus<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 11 Wednesday<\/p>\n Octave Day of St. Joseph<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 12 Thursday<\/p>\n St. Nereus & Comp.<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 13 Friday<\/p>\n St. Robert Bellarmine<\/p>\n ? Abstinence<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n ? Spiritual Mass and Mortification for the intentions of the Society<\/p>\n ? Renew consecrations to SH and SIH to promote their interests and intentions<\/p>\n 14 Saturday dedicated to Our Lady<\/p>\n St. Boniface<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Berthe Petit\u2019s Consecration<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH with the intention to renew oneself in the spirit of the Society<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 15 Sunday 4th Sunday after Easter<\/p>\n St. John Baptist de la Salle<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 16 Monday<\/p>\n St. Ubaldus<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 17 Tuesday<\/p>\n St. Paschal Baylon<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 18 Wednesday<\/p>\n St. Venantius<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 19 Thursday<\/p>\n St. Peter Celestine, St. Pudentiana<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 20 Friday<\/p>\n St. Bernardine of Siena<\/p>\n ? Abstinence<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n ? Spiritual Mass and Mortification for the intentions of the Society<\/p>\n ? Renew consecrations to SH and SIH to promote their interests and intentions<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 21 Saturday dedicated to Our Lady<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Berthe Petit\u2019s Consecration<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH with the intention to renew oneself in the spirit of the Society<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 22 Sunday 5th Sunday after Easter<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 23 Monday Ferial Day<\/p>\n Rogation Day<\/p>\n Lesser Litanies<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 24 Tuesday Ferial Day<\/p>\n Rogation Day<\/p>\n Lesser Litanies<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 25 Wednesday<\/p>\n St. Gregory VII, St. Urban I<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 26 Thursday ASCENSION THURSDAY<\/p>\n HOLY DAY<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 27 Friday<\/p>\n St. Bede, the Venerable, St. John I<\/p>\n ? Abstinence<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n ? Spiritual Mass and Mortification for the intentions of the Society<\/p>\n ? Renew consecrations to SH and SIH to promote their interests and intentions<\/p>\n 28 Saturday dedicated to Our Lady<\/p>\n St. Augustine of Canterbury<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Berthe Petit\u2019s Consecration<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH with the intention to renew oneself in the spirit of the Society<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 29 Sunday within Octave of Ascension<\/p>\n St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 30 Monday<\/p>\n Within the Octave<\/p>\n St. Felix I<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n 31 Tuesday<\/p>\n QUEENSHIP OF THE BVM<\/p>\n Within the Octave<\/p>\n St. Petronilla<\/p>\n ? Morning Offering in reparation for sins<\/p>\n ? Consecration by Pope Pius XII<\/p>\n ? Devotion to the SIH<\/p>\n ? Holy Rosary<\/p>\n Prayers to be Practiced in Common<\/p>\n \u25aa\ufe0eSpiritual Mass in union with all of the Sacrifices of the Mass ever offered throughout the world, preceded by the Perfect Act of Contrition and followed by Spiritual Communion.<\/p>\n \u25aa\ufe0eDevotion to the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, in favor of the many thousands of persons who die every day.<\/p>\n \u25aa\ufe0eDevotion to the souls in Purgatory.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" +Third Sunday after Easter+ The following was sent to me by my daughter, Aimee, mother of five and a fervent pro-life activist. Like me she loved being pregnant and always felt there was a special, mysterious symbiosis between mother and child that she could never quite explain. 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