The Ascension of Christ, Detail of Christ and Musician Angels, Upper Right Section, 1495-98
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Means to Obtain True Devotion to Our Lady
- To make mental prayer on the mysteries of her life, and in her relationship to us.
- To read books written in her praise, and to spread them among others, or to distribute her images or beads.
- To recite her Little Office, Rosary, or any chaplets in her honor.
- To invoke her daily at the Angelus, and by frequent ejaculations, but especially by the Hail Mary.
- To wear one or more of her scapulars, or an image or medal of her.
- To visit her altar, and to pay special reverence to her images.
- To offer Mass or Communion in her honor, or to give alms for a Mass to be said for the same purpose.
- To keep with great devotion her principal feasts, their novenas and octaves.
- To gain indulgences for the soul in Purgatory most devoted to her in life.
- To practise some mortification in her honor, especially on Saturday.
- Above all, to imitate her virtues, without which true devotion to her is impossible.
-- Bowden, Miniature Life of Mary
Friday, May 2, 2008
Devotion to Mary
"True devotion" as we read in The Little Book of Our Lady, "comes from God and leads to God. The fundamental rule in regard to the homage which we offer to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints is, that it must ultimately be referred to God and our eternal salvation. Our devotion to the Blessed Virgin would be of no avail if it did not tend toward our union with God, toward possessing Him eternally."
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Mater Mea
Pray for a true devotion to our blessed Lady. Make one act of mortification to speed your prayer on its road.
-- Madame Cecilia, Mater Mea
-- Madame Cecilia, Mater Mea
