The Pro Sanctity Family celebrates Mary
under the title of Our Lady of Trust and fosters devotion to
her. The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Trust is
celebrated on the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday.
Our Lady of Trust
We
venerate Mary under the special title of Our Lady of Trust, Our
lady of Confidence. Bishop Giaquinta, who studied in the
Major Seminary in Rome, had a great devotion for Our Lady of
Trust and chose her as patroness of the Pro Sanctity Family.
He taught us that Mary of Trust inspires confidence, gives us
courage, helps us understand and come in touch with the good
that is in us, in others, in the world.
He said also to
us that our charism to live personal/family/social holiness and
to spread the universal call to holiness all over the world is a
hard, demanding challenge, and only by placing trust in Mary
can we hope to pursue it. The invocation, “My Mother, My
Confidence” was often on his lips, an invocation that he learned
as a youth from Cardinal Borgoncini from Lucca.
In the Prayer to
Our Lady of Trust, Bishop Giaquinta wrote, “When sin entices
us, stay with us and be our strength; when mediocrity absorbs
us, do not leave us; when the ascent to the perfection of the
Father makes us weary, whisper a word of help, O Mary, Trust!”
All our Bethanies and Pro Sanctity centers have pictures of our
Lady of Trust.
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Our Lady of Trust
Brief History of the
picture of Our Lady of Trust
Mary's love for God and for us
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Trust
Prayer to Our Lady of Trust
Servant of God Bishop Giaquinta's
devotion to Mary, Mother of God and our Mother
Veneration to Mary of Trust
becomes veneration of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary of Trust |
