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Devotion to Mary

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Stained glass depicting the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of the Church and therefore the example, as well as the guide and inspiration, of everyone who, in and through the Church, seeks to be the servant of God and man and the obedient agent of the promptings of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, as Pope Leo XIII reminded us, is the soul of the Church: All the activity and service of the members of the Church, beginning with the supreme participation of the Blessed Mother in the work of the Church, is vivified by the Holy Spirit as the body, in all its activities, is vivified by its soul. The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, Advocate, and Comforter which Christ Himself sent to be our consolation in the sorrowful mysteries of life, our source of moderation in the joyful mysteries of life, our added principle of exaltation in the glorious mysteries of life. So He was for the Blessed Mother; so also He is for the least of us; so also He is for the rest of the Church, even for those who are its unconscious but conscientious members. Wherever there is faith there is the example of Mary, because she lived by faith as the Scriptures remind us….

If, then, piety is the virtue which binds us to the sources of all life, to God, to our parents, to the Church, to Christ, certainly Christian piety binds us, in grateful love, to Mary — or our acceptance of Christ and of the mystery of our kinship with Him is imperfect, partial, and unfulfilled. — Cardinal John Wright

Filed Under: DD May 2019 Headlines, DD May 2020 Headlines, DD May 2021 Headlines, Monthly Devotions Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary for England, Cardinal John Wright, Paul VI: Encyclical on the Month of May no. 1, Pius IX, Pius VII, Regina Caeli, The Litany of Loretto

About Fr. Marcin Drabik

Reverend Marcin Drabik is the Parish Priest of Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun's Parish. He was ordained in 1999 and has been a parish priest in the Diocese of Portsmouth and Portsmouth pastoral area. He is also a member of the Diocesan Council of Priests.

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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ we invite you to join our weekend masses.
Today (June 18th 2022 ) we invite you to Vigil Mass at 6:00pm at OUR LADY OF LOURDES EASTNEY
Tomorrow - Sunday June 19th 2022 ST SWITHUNS RC CHURCH
8.30 - Holy Mass(in English)
10.15 - Holy Mass (in English)
12.00 - Holy Mass (in English with Polish readings)
with blessings to all Father Simon and the Parish Team. Why not sign up to our E-Newsletter via our website.
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ we invite you to join our weekend masses.
Today (June 18th 2022 ) we invite you to Vigil Mass at 6:00pm at OUR LADY OF LOURDES EASTNEY
Tomorrow - Sunday June 19th 2022 ST SWITHUNS RC CHURCH
8.30 - Holy Mass(in English)
10.15 - Holy Mass (in English)
12.00 - Holy Mass (in English with Polish readings)
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