9/04/2009

JENS NOWOTNY: A Marian Devotee

The family that prays together stays together.
Fr. Patrick Peyton, Roman Catholic Family Rosary Crusade

September is a month of celebration of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. As a Mother of God, we should honor, adore and give praise because Jesus also honors her. She also help us to strengthen our faith by guiding us the path towards God with suffer and comfort. We should love and be thankful to her because she loves us as she loves his Son, Jesus Christ.

A Roman Catholic Jens Nowotny has a strong devotion to Mama Mary. His first-born child was named Mia, a Scandinavian, Dutch and German diminutive of Maria. Since he was a player of Bayer Leverkusen 04 and lived near Cologne, Cologne Cathedral is one of his churches where the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of its patrons.

Our Lady of Fatima

Jen's life is very prophetic especially in the field of football. His last appearance as a footballer in Dinamo Zagreb (blue is the color of its jersey and the color of the Virgin Mary) does not mean an end of his role in football. God has a greater plan for him by changing him another path. However, he will experience many trials including his life as a prerequisite of success of his job, service and mission in football but he has a strong integrity.

Most of the avid devotees of the Our Lady of Fatima die on the first Saturday of the month because it is a day of Our Lady aside from the 13th day of May and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

He played at the FIFA World Cup once in his whole life as a footballer with the competitor of his team: PORTUGAL


A Prayer to Mother for Jens Nowotny

Our Loving Mother,
In his enjoyable comfort and inevitable suffer,
In his glorious success and unexpected failure
in his field of football since the time of his childhood,
help him in guiding and lead him his way
to God through Jesus Christ.

Love and treat him as your child
as you love and treat your Son, Jesus;
Help him to open his humble heart
to get closer to God and have strong faith
by showing a sign that he feels he is loved and not neglected
and his fall and failures are overcome to continue his mission;

Love also his family
as you love your family with St. Joseph and Jesus;
Help them also to live with happy life
and have well-disciplined and educated children;
Enjoy listening their prayer that honors God and you
and send the graces to them as a reward from God.

Recommend him to be the instrument of God. Amen

Hail Mary, full of grace,
our Lord is with thee,
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now, and in
the hour of our death.
Amen.

Gegrüßet seist du, Maria, voll der Gnade,
der Herr ist mit dir.
Du bist gebenedeit unter den Frauen,
und gebenedeit ist die Frucht deines Leibes, Jesus.
Heilige Maria, Mutter Gottes,
bitte für uns Sünder jetzt und in der Stunde
unseres Todes.
Amen

Aba Ginoong Maria, napupuno ka ng grasiya,
Ang Panginoong Diyos ay sumasaiyo.
Bukod kang pinagpala sa babaeng lahat
At pinagpala rin naman ang anak mong si Hesus.
Santa Maria, Ina ng Diyos
Ipanalangin mo kaming makasalanan
Ngayon at kung kami'y mamamatay.
Amen