The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Year of Saint Joseph

Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"

Month of May Dedicated to Our Lady and a “Marathon” of Prayer to End the Pandemic 

Other saints: Our Lady, Help of Christians, National Patron of China; Blessed Louis-Zepherin Moreau (1824-1901); Saint Aldhelm (7th-8th century); Translation of Saint Dominic (800th anniversary of his death)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 5:14-19

Mass: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14; Resp Ps 87; Jn 19:25-34

And he who established her is the Most High Lord.

BEHOLD, YOUR MOTHER.

(Jn 19:27)

Let's join the disciples and devote ourselves to prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus. We pray especially for all the faithful of the Catholic Church of China. Pope Benedict XVI declared May 24 as a Day of Prayer for the Church of China in a 2007 Letter. He began the Letter by praying with the words of Saint Paul: "We always thank God, the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus in the love that you have for all the holy ones because of the hope reserved for you in heaven ..." (Col 1:3-5, 9-11). United, then, with the Church of China, in faith and prayer, we turn to Our Lady, help of Christians. Pray for us. 

Mary is the Mother who watches over us, her children, on our journey through life, often weary and in need, anxious that the light of hope not fail. For that is our desire: that the light of hope never fail. Mary our Mother looks to this pilgrim people whom she loves, and who seek her in the silence of their hearts amid all the noise, the chatter, and the distractions of the journey. Under the gaze of our Mother, there is room only for the silence of hope.

(Pope Francis, Christus vivit Christ is alive, 48)

MARY, MOTHER OF HOPE,

MARY, SOLACE OF MIGRANTS,

MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY,

BLESSED LOUIS-ZEPHERIN MOREAU,

SAINT ALDHELM,

SAINT DOMINIC,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: You saw this image not long ago. Still, it is fitting for today's memorial. Our Lady of the Sign, through the hand of Sister Suzanne, ocso.

© Gertrude Feick 2021