Thank you for entering into the spirit of May Sunday last week, it was good to see the Children leading us in the devotion to our Blessed Lady. Already we are looking forward to Pentecost at the end of the month, and we are told that the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room with Our Lady. From the very beginning of the birth of the Church, we find her praying away! It is good therefore to invite her to accompany our prayers, and with a special thought this week for the Children to be confirmed next Sunday that they will be great witnesses for the Lord and always sense the love of Mary, our extra special Mother. Perhaps we could pray in the words attributed to St. Bernard,
“Remember, O most loving Virgin Mary that it is a thing unheard of, that anyone ever had recourse to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, and was left forsaken. Filed therefore with confidence in your goodness I fly to you, O Mother, Virgin of virgins. To you do I come, before you I stand, a sorrowful sinner. Despise not my poor words, O Mother of the Word, but graciously hear and grant my prayer. Amen”.
“Come O Holy Spirit and renew the face of the earth.“