May Month of Mary

1st Day — Mary’s Immaculate Conception.

Mary’s Immaculate Conception. The Lord said to the serpent, I will put enmities between thee and the woman. (Gen.  iii.  14, 15.) 1.  In these words the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was announced to our first parents.  It was to be the reversal of the friendship with the serpent contracted by Eve…

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Maria Magnificata. Short Meditations for May, the Month on Our Lady’s Life.

Maria Magnificata. Short Meditations for May, the Month on Our Lady’s Life. PREFACE.  These meditations in miniature are intended for the month of May or October, or to accompany the recital of the Thirty Days’ Prayer.  They are founded on the chief incidents in our Lady’s life as recorded in Holy Scripture or handed down…

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