MAY DEVOTION

THE ORIGIN AND DAILY DEVOTIONS

Once upon a time in Rome, around the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May, a poor child gathered his peers around him and led them to a statue of Our Lady. There, these fresh young voices sang the Litany of our Lady before which a Lamp was burning.

The next day, the little group, followed by other children, again gathered at the feet of the Mother of God. Then came their mothers, to join the little assembly. Soon, other groups were formed, and the devotion rapidly became popular. Holy souls, troubled by the disorderly conduct which always increases and becomes graver at the return of the pleasant springtime, saw in these growing practices the hand of God, and they cooperated with the designs of Providence by approving and promoting this new devotion, as a public and solemn act of reparation. So, the Month of Mary was founded.

FIRST DAY - MARY, MOTHER OF GOD

SECOND DAY - MARY, THE MOST PERFECT CREATURE

THIRD DAY - MARY AND THE BLESSED TRINITY

FOURTH DAY - MARY'S FAMILY, THE TRINITY ON EARTH

FIFTH DAY - MARY, HER IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

SIXTH DAY - THE ANNUNCIATION - THE FIRST TABERNACLE

SEVENTH DAY - MARY, OUR MODEL IN ORDINARY LIFE

EIGHTH DAY - MARY, MOTHER OF CHRIST

NINTH DAY - MARY, WELCOMING THE SHEPHERDS

TENTH DAY - MARY, PRESENTING JESUS IN THE TEMPLE

ELEVENTH DAY - MARY, WELCOMING THE MAGI

TWELFTH DAY - MARY'S FLIGHT INTO EGYPT WITH JOSEPH AND THE CHILD JESUS

THIRTEENTH DAY - MARY'S HIDDEN LIFE WITH JESUS

FOURTEENTH DAY - MARY, LOSING AND FINDING THE CHILD JESUS

FIFTEENTH DAY - MARY, AT THE WEDDING FEAST AT CANA

SIXTEENTH DAY - MARY, AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

SEVENTEENTH DAY - THE SORROWFUL MOTHER

EIGHTEENTH DAY - MARY, THE CO-REDEMPTRIX

NINETEENTH DAY - MARY, HER FAITH

TWENTIETH DAY - MARY, OUR HOPE

TWENTY FIRST DAY - MARY'S PRAYER

TWENTY SECOND DAY - MARY, EVER VIRGIN

TWENTY THIRD DAY - MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES

TWENTY FOURTH DAY - MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS

TWENTY FIFTH DAY - MARY, OUR MOTHER

TWENTY SIXTH DAY - THE WAY TO JESUS

TWENTY SEVENTH DAY - MARY, MOTHER OF FAIR LOVE

TWENTY EIGHTH DAY - THE ASSUMPTION, MARY, TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN

TWENTY NINTH DAY - MARY, QUEEN OF HEAVEN

THIRTIETH DAY - MARY, THE CHANNEL OF GRACE

THIRTY FIRST DAY - THE VISITATION, OUR LADY SINGS OF THE LOVE OF GOD

May the Lord accept our devotion to HIS mother and grant us his aid when needed. Amen.