Devotions: Closer to the heart

Submitted on August 25, 2010
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By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com
The Martin family, members of the Oratory of Sts. Gregory and Augustine in West County, have several devotions they are drawn to, including the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of GUadalupe and the Rosary, among others. The family is shown with an oil painting their 21-year-old son, Michael, painted when he was 16. Pictured, clockwise from left, are Joseph, Jeffrey, Clare and Drs. Ann and Jeff Martin.
The Martin family, members of the Oratory of Sts. Gregory and Augustine in West County, have several devotions they are drawn to, including the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of GUadalupe and the Rosary, among others. The family is shown with an oil painting their 21-year-old son, Michael, painted when he was 16. Pictured, clockwise from left, are Joseph, Jeffrey, Clare and Drs. Ann and Jeff Martin.
Lisa A. Johnston
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Mary Myers remembers well the day her mother-in-law, Virgina, died. In 2004, Virginia Myers had fallen and broken her hip. She spent time in rehabilitation, where her family visited with her. As a family, Mary Myers said it was her children's idea to teach their grandmother how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. The devotional prayer, which focuses on Jesus' Divine Mercy for the faithful as He revealed to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska during several apparitions in the 1930s, is a popular prayer for those who are sick or dying.

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