In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence. I beg your pardon for my sins, and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord,

my guardian angel, intercede for me.

We are in the month of May, which is arguably the most beautiful month of the year.

It is the month when flowers blossom and the weather is nicest.

It is springtime. And it is, therefore, very appropriate for us

to celebrate this month as the month of our mother.

In fact, we celebrate Mother's Day for a very good reason in May, in the month of May.

And it is also, therefore, very appropriate for us to celebrate Mary during this month.

It is the month of Mary, the month of our heavenly mother.

Whenever our mother has a birthday, or she celebrates some important anniversary,

kids, the children usually want to give her something, maybe a flower,

maybe a rose, maybe a picture that they drew. And usually it is the kids, however, that

get a lot more on their mother's birthday than what they give.

If you think about it, the cake that is used to celebrate, the mother's feast day or mother's anniversary or mother's birthday is made by the mother herself.

And she toils all day baking this cake and who gets to eat it. It really is the kids. She's the one that bakes her own cake,

and she's the one that gives it to her children so that they could enjoy it, so that they could celebrate her.

And that's exactly what happens whenever we celebrate a feast of Mary, that she is the one that is looking out for us,

and she is the one that gives us a lot more graces than the ones that, than anything we

could possibly do for her.

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