It is a long-standing devotion to crown statues of Mary with a laurel of flowers for the month of May. This Sunday following the 11:30 Mass, join us at our Marian shrine for this opportunity to show honor to the one we rightly call “the highest honor of our race” (Judith 15:9). This ceremony has a lesson to teach us about the Gospel: that the greatest in the kingdom of heaven are those who are foremost in serving and in love.
Our Lord Himself came to serve, not to be served; He drew all things to Himself when He was lifted up from the earth, and He reigned from the Cross by the power of gentleness and love.
And Mary, whose glory we proclaim today, was the humble servant of the Lord when she was on earth: she gave herself utterly to her Son and His work; with Him, and under Him, she was an instrument in our redemption.
Now, in the glory of heaven, Mary is still the God-bearer to us, Christ’s brothers and sisters: she cares about our eternal salvation; she is minister of holiness and queen of love.
David J. Conrad
Our Lord Himself came to serve, not to be served; He drew all things to Himself when He was lifted up from the earth, and He reigned from the Cross by the power of gentleness and love.
And Mary, whose glory we proclaim today, was the humble servant of the Lord when she was on earth: she gave herself utterly to her Son and His work; with Him, and under Him, she was an instrument in our redemption.
Now, in the glory of heaven, Mary is still the God-bearer to us, Christ’s brothers and sisters: she cares about our eternal salvation; she is minister of holiness and queen of love.
David J. Conrad
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