Saint Joachim and Saint Anne with the Child Mary
Feast Day: July 26
Patronage: Grandparents, Holy Families, and Marriages
Saint Joachim and Saint Anne are the parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim, whose name means “Yahweh prepares”, was from Nazareth and probably rich. He married St. Anne from Bethlehem and Mary was promised to them by an Angel. They are honored as role models for parents.
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Saint Anne!
AHHHH which one??? If you're talking about the grandmother of Jesus, she'd be in the traditional saint bracket. It's already going on so she wouldn't make the bracket.
Got another St Anne for us??
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Happy Feast Day
Saint Joachim and Saint Anne with the Child Mary
Feast Day: July 26
Patronage: Grandparents, Holy Families, and Marriages
Saint Joachim and Saint Anne are the parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim, whose name means “Yahweh prepares”, was from Nazareth and probably rich. He married St. Anne from Bethlehem and Mary was promised to them by an Angel. They are honored as role models for parents.
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(via Charlemagne and the Finding of the Body of St. Anne)
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ST. ANNE ❤️🔥
9 days ago i started my FIRST NOVENA. (Feast Day: July 26)
I had been following - praymorenovenas - on instagram for a while, but actually never felt drawn close enough to pray one. These past weeks i was feeling empty, lonely, stuck in life. I was in a hole that just kept going deeper and deeper. I kept thinking about when will i get a house? When will i have children of my own? When will i get married? What if i never make it? What if im stuck in the single life, in a one bedroom apt?? Questions, doubts kept flooding my mind, one after the other.
Then on July 13 i saw the post about starting the novena to St Anne. I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHO ST ANNE WAS! And that’s embarrasing, i know! The post read “St Anne is known for her intercessory prayers for those looking to meet their future spouses.— prayers for healing,— for growing in faith and patience…”
Future spouses?? Healing?? Faith and patience?? I NEEDED THAT!
And so i gave it a try.
First day went normal, just short prayer… second day went well too. THIRD DAY! Oh Lord! I was balling my eyes out!!
“It is easy for me to forget about the beauty that does exist in my life while i focus in what is lacking” (St Anne’s novena. Day3)
That hit me at the bottom of my heart. What was i complaining about?!! Why was i praying for more blessing that those i already had?? Why did i want to have everything at once without savoring the joys of the present??
“Please pray that i will not turn away from God during this time of waiting for my answered prayer.” (Day4)
“It is too easy for me to be lured and tempted by the things of this word, and sometimes, even by the things in my heart desires most.” (Day5)
“I come to you today with my heartache and pain. It hurts right now to not have what i most desire. It hurts to feel as though God has forgotten me in my waiting” (Day6)
Every single day of this novena it was like what i was feeling this whole time was put into words. There is no other way i could explain the void i was feeling, and the shame of not be trusting God fully. Every single day got me down to earth more and more. I would be crying like a baby throughout and after praying.
“…please pray that i will learn in this waiting to trust in Him alone. Please help me to remember God’s mercy and His love for me, and please help me to pray, “Jesus, I Trust In You,” every singe day.” (Day8)
“Today, i ask you to help me remember to come back to Him —always, and to thank Him. Even when He doesn’t answer my prayer in the way that i had hoped. Even when i don’t understand His plan. And even when i don’t feel very grateful.” (Day9)
I had started this novena broken, and desperate to have the life of my dreams NOW.
Didn’t even need to wait for the ninth day to realize how blessed i’ve been. And how much God has shown me his love for me.
I don’t have a husband, i dont have children, dont have a house, dont even have a job that can pay rent.
I have a Church that offers Latin Mass❤️🔥🇻🇦 and that i can visit within 5 minutes from my apt. I have a roof over my head, i have two jobs that pay for it. I have a loving dog that enjoys spending time with me. I have friends that are always inviting me to hang out (and i choose to stay at home…) i have my mom that lover her Only child. I have my oncology patients that show me Every-Single-Day what it’s lke to be grateful with what you have cause there’s no guarantee it’ll always be there.
I have so many blessings!
And now i find myself looking for a medal of St Anne… Virgin Mary’s mother… patient and trustful St Anne.
O St Anne, please pray for me🙏🏼❤️🔥
(P.S. that’s is not my image. I do not own the rights. It is my Favorite image i was able to find on google.)
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The interior of Hawksmoor’s St Anne’s church in Limehouse
I am ashamed to say I had never been inside until now (November 2022) despite St Anne’s being one of my go-to places for AnEverydayThing if I’m lacking time or inspiration. Here, here and here are some examples of the outside from AnEverydayThing.
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