Life of Mary: Catholic Meditations for Every Day in a Month

Helping you to meditate on the life of Blessed Virgin Mary daily.

The short meditations are intended especially for the Month of May or October, though they may be used at any time with profit, particularly in connection with novenas and the celebration of the feasts of Our Lady. They are founded on the chief incidents in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary as recorded in Holy Scripture, or handed down by tradition. Each of them is broken up into three heads or points, intended to furnish, directly or indirectly, some practical suggestion to the devout servant of Mary. They are taken from "The Devout Year" (Maria Magnificata), by Rev. R. F. Clarke, S.J.

The short meditations are:

Day 1 - Mary's Immaculate Conception
Day 2 - Mary's First Graces
Day 3 - Mary's Earliest Gifts
Day 4 - God's Design in Beautifying Mary
Day 5 - The Birth of Mary
Day 6 - The Presentation of Mary in the Temple
Day 7 - Mary's Life in the Temple
Day 8 - Mary's Espousals
Day 9 - The Marriage of Mary
Day 10 - The Annunciation
Day 11 - The Incarnation
Day 12 - The Visitation
Day 13 - Mary's Time of Expectancy
Day 14 - The Nativity
Day 15 - Mary's Purification
Day 16 - Simeon's Prophecy to Mary
Day 17 - The Flight to Egypt
Day 18 - Mary's Life at Nazareth
Day 19 - Mary's Loss of Jesus for Three Days
Day 20 - The Death of St. Joseph
Day 21 - Mary at Cana
Day 22 - Mary during Our Lord's Public Life
Day 23 - Mary Meets Jesus Carrying the Cross
Day 24 - Mary at the Foot of the Cross
Day 25 - Jesus is Placed in His Mother's Arms
Day 26 - Mary Sees Jesus Laid in the Sepulchre
Day 27 - Jesus Appears to Mary after the Resurrection
Day 28 - Mary the Mother of the Infant Church
Day 29 - Mary's Death
Day 30 - Mary's Assumption to Heaven
Day 31 - Mary's Coronation as Queen of Heaven

"Oh, how powerful are the motives of this devotion, and how wonderful are its effects! If, therefore, you are tossed to and fro on the stormy ocean of this world, do not turn away your eyes from this resplendent star, lest you perish in the tempest. If the winds of temptation blow, if you are in danger of being dashed against the rocks of adversity, look at the star, call upon Mary. If the waves of pride, of ambition, of detraction, of anger, of avarice, or lust, threaten your soul, call upon Mary. If, troubled at the sight of your manifold sins, frightened at the thought of the just Judge, you begin to sink into the abyss of sorrow and despair, think of Mary. In all dangers, in all your trials, invoke Mary. Let her name be on your lips, let her memory be in your heart. If you follow her, you will not go astray; if you trust in her, you will not be disappointed; if she takes care of you, you need not fear; if she protects you. and intercedes for you, you will safely arrive at the haven of eternal felicity."

- F.X. Lasance -

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