The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In honor of Mary’s birthday make time to recognize the lessons her life taught us and how she is guiding us still today.
Our Blessed Mother taught us to:
1. Share the joy of Christ with others.
2. Do not let adversity give you the excuse to give up.
3. Step up and help those in need with compassion, like a gentle mother.
If you feel you are lacking the courage to do what is right, or are struggling with knowing what you can do, trust in the Lord like Mary, to guide your steps, Pope Francis said.
St. Alphonsus Liguori said Mary’s love of God and compassion for all is immeasurable. Look at her as the ultimate example of how to love.
“Think of what the Saints have done for their neighbor because they loved God. But what Saint’s love for God can match Mary’s? She loved Him more in the first moment of her existence than all the Saints and angels ever loved Him or will love Him!
“Just as there is not one among all the Blessed who loves God as Mary does, so there is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does. Furthermore, if we heaped together all the love that mothers have for their children, all the love of husbands and wives, all the love of all the angels and Saints for their clients, it could never equal Mary’s love for even a single soul.”
Saint Maximiliam Kolbe said, “Never be afraid of loving Mary too much, you’ll never love her more than Jesus did.”
Hail Mary, Mother of God, conceived without sin, pray for us!
