Saint Marina

Saint Marina was a little girl, who loved Christ with all the power of her heart. She was born in 270 A.D. in a big city of Asia Minor, Antioch.

She was orphaned since little baby, because her mother died a few days after her birth. Her father, Aidesius, then gave her to a good and chaste woman to breastfeed and raise her.

That woman loved Christ and all the people very much, and that’s why she became the best example for our little Marina.

Close to this holy mother Marina became a very sweet, modest and kind lady, a real earthly angel.

The greatest power in our life

-Father, in your opinion, which is the greatest power, which could help us get through all those big problems, that we are facing today?

-It is, my child, the exact same power that makes a child happy, which makes it feel sureness and secureness, which makes it feel the love, the tenderness and the adoration.

-You mean the love it receives from its parents?

-This is, exactly! Do you know what makes a child, what a joy a child has, what a happiness a child has, when it feels the sureness and the secureness of its mum and dad? When it enters its mother’s embrace and feels her touch, her kisses, the secureness?

Lord of my heart

 

Lord of my heart and of the endless Love,
my Heavenly Father,
make my heart worthy to become the same as Your merciful One,
so that I can truly love You, worship You,
and have mercy towards all the people around me.
* * *
Flood my soul with Your divine love and help me to become worthy
of returning to You this great love in the best way.
It’s You that I recognize as my heart’s only King
and I dedicate my soul to Your only Begotten Son, Jesus,
our dearest-loved holy Infant and injured King.
* * *
Accept me in Your fatherly arms
and hide me there in Your motherly heart.
Send me Your holy angels
to guard my body, my soul and my heart
and secretly teach me the absolute adoration,
trust and obedience to Your holy Will
in order never to hurt You again.
* * *
I’m also begging appealingly Your dearest-loved daughter
and queen of Heaven and Earth, our holy mother Mariam,
to keep me under her tender protection
and teach me how I can boundless love You like a child.
* * *
Lord, I believe in You, I worship You and I love You,
Your humble child who struggles on Earth
and has a strong longing to be found again
in Your fond embrace for the whole eternity. Amen.