Happy Birthday to our beautiful and wonderful and heavenly mother, Mary!!! Today in the Church we celebrate the nativity of Mary. Imagine how the angels and saints and especially our Lord are singing and praising her today!!
Our heavenly Mother deserves a little love on her birthday! One of the best ways to give her this is to pray the Rosary. If you've never prayed the Rosary before or if you're asking "does loving Mary and asking her to pray for me take away from the glory and honor that Jesus deserves?" don't worry!! There are TONS of videos of people praying the Rosary on Youtube that will explain it. You can also click on the word "Rosary" to get to a website that will show you how to pray it. And the answer to the second question is absolutely not!!! As St. Maxamilian Kolbe said, “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” Mary is our Heavenly mommy. She is only there to help us and to bring us to her son.
You can also consecrate yourself to Jesus, through Mary, using St.Louis de Montfort's consecration. Find out more about it HERE. It's a great way for Catholics and Non-Catholics alike to come closer to Jesus, through the loving and Immaculate Heart of His Mother.
Along with being the greatest woman that ever lived, Mary is also a wonderful example of many things. Purity, obedience, chastity, love, mercy, faith, and those are just naming a few!! We can always turn to her and ask for her intercession when struggling to live out any of those virtues or when fighting temptations.
As some of you may know, the Catholify App has teamed up with a couple of other Catholic online ministries to pray 1 million Rosaries for Our Lady's birthday. Starting May 1st, 2020, many Catholics around the world have logged their rosaries every day. In an absolute miracle, we passed the 1 million Rosaries goal yesterday morning!! What a wonderful gift Lady and to our world! A few days ago the goal seemed out of reach, but we prayed and somehow, by the grace of God, we made it!! It just shows you how far Jesus will go to give His mother a gift! You can still log Rosaries today (September 8th) to increase the count.
So, Happy Birthday to our dear Mother!!! May she always be with us, strengthening, guiding, and interceding for us as a Mother and friend. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death!!
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