Love, learn from Mary this May
May 11, 2022 at 2:01 p.m.
Christianity has loved Mary the Mother of God since the Lord Jesus’ final moments on the Cross when he said to John the Beloved Disciple, “‘Behold your Mother.’ From that hour onward, the disciple took her into his care (John 19: 27).” And so, he did. And so have we. Mary was God’s most precious, most perfect gift to Jesus, and Jesus’ most precious, most perfect gift to the Church.
Since the 13th century, the entire month of May has been set aside by the Church for loving devotion to Mary the Mother of God – and for good reason.The darkness of winter has passed, beautiful flowers are in bloom, the Easter Season is well underway and new life is all around us. What better time could there be for loving and honoring the one who was given to us because she has given us her Son – the Light of the World, the Source of all Beauty and Goodness and Truth, the Newness and Fullness of Life. Mary is the Mother of God and, as the Second Vatican Council proclaimed, she is also the “Mother of the Church.”
--Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.
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Christianity has loved Mary the Mother of God since the Lord Jesus’ final moments on the Cross when he said to John the Beloved Disciple, “‘Behold your Mother.’ From that hour onward, the disciple took her into his care (John 19: 27).” And so, he did. And so have we. Mary was God’s most precious, most perfect gift to Jesus, and Jesus’ most precious, most perfect gift to the Church.
Since the 13th century, the entire month of May has been set aside by the Church for loving devotion to Mary the Mother of God – and for good reason.The darkness of winter has passed, beautiful flowers are in bloom, the Easter Season is well underway and new life is all around us. What better time could there be for loving and honoring the one who was given to us because she has given us her Son – the Light of the World, the Source of all Beauty and Goodness and Truth, the Newness and Fullness of Life. Mary is the Mother of God and, as the Second Vatican Council proclaimed, she is also the “Mother of the Church.”
--Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.