
MARY

and the Month of
May
We
are now opening the door wide to spring-time. We are on the threshold
of the beautiful month of May.
The month of May is traditionally set aside, dedicated, by Holy Mother
Church, by the love in our hearts, to the honor of Mary Our Mother and
Queen.
The blossoming tress, the emerging spring flowers, the
singing of birds, the great surge of life within nature — all speak
to us of Mary, whose beauty is reflected with it, inviting us to seek
the
Mary, our beloved Mother, is truly the most beautiful flower
in the Garden of God. Within this blossoming Garden we find a pale reflection
of the inexpressible beauty of Mary — a suggestion only, of
the most beautiful of all God’s creation.
In the hustle and bustle of life, let us be content to
sit at times and unite our hearts to that of Our Mother, to pray to
her, to spend time in her company.
Pray that this may be for you and for your family a time
of grace, a time of seeking God and his Mother in the beauty that surrounds
us.
Many very beautiful Catholic traditions, such as building
May Altars, having May processions in honor of Our Lady, crowning Our
Lady as our Queen, are — for the moment — just living memories in our
hearts. But they are practices which can bear rich fruits for those
who are mindful of such. Perhaps you are blessed and fortunate enough
to belong to a parish where such celebrations still take place! If so,
give thanks to God! If you are not so fortunate, then for the love of
Mary, seek and find ways in which you can either, in your home, garden
or even parish, re-introduce these beautiful customs.
A May altar is usually a movable indoor structure, perhaps
in the corner of a room, or on a shelf. It is a little home made into
a shrine to Mary, where each day prayers and flowers are taken to the
Mother of God. Do you think she does not know this, see this, love this?
It is practice that can be meaningful for children and
adults alike. At some point, as the month progresses, crown
Mary as your Queen claiming her Queenship over your heart,
your family, your home. Take photographs of your loved ones to the shrine,
both living and dead, and place your petitions at her feet.
Do not think yourself too sophisticated for such innocent
and beautiful devotions. Remember that unless we become like little
children we shall not enter the kingdom of God. In doing such things
in honor of Mary we are offering a childlike trust to our heavenly Mother.
She will not be unmindful of it ...
Pray to the Holy Ghost and ask Him to inspire and guide
you through the month of May in the company of Mary.
This month, this May, is a time of conception: all nature
prepares! Let us too prepare ... our hearts and lives to receive Christ
more fully, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Hail Mary! Full of Grace!
A Poor Clare Colettine Nun
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Totally Faithful to the Sacred
Deposit of Faith entrusted to the Holy See in Rome
“Scio
opera tua ... quia modicum habes virtutem, et servasti verbum
Meum, nec non negasti Nomen Meum”
“I
know your works ... that you have but little power, and
yet you have kept My word, and have not denied My Name.”
(Apocalypse
3.8)
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