Monday, September 12, 2016

The Holy Name of Mary

September is "Mary Month", no, not like the month of May traditionally dedicated to Mary, but the month of three Marial Feasts: the Nativity of Mary, the Holy Name of Mary and Our Lady of Sorrow's on Thursday. Today we focus on her name, one that must cross our lips dozens of times in the course of a day if we pray the Rosary, the Memorare, the Angelus, or the Hail Holy Queen...so often that it can become a victim of rote.  To make this day different, we might make a conscious effort to say the name slowly, with reverence and reflection on what it signifies:  the union of God with the human race, the woman whose face and attitude before God we attempt to assume as our own:  our model in faith and discipleship.  And as Marists, the name we too proudly bear.  Indeed, the Marist Missionary Sisters celebrate this as their patronal feast.  Happy feast day, Sisters, and happy feast day to all who aspire to follow Marist Spirituality and bring all to Jesus through Mary.
Bro. Rene.

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