Happy Birthday Mary!

Happy Birthday Dear Mother Mary!

Today our Kindergarten class all brought at least one flower from home for the Virgin Mary's Birthday! It was very sweet and you could see the smile on the Virgin's face as the children brought her flowers! We collected two vases and one small vase worth of flowers. We also made her a paper crown with flowers on it for her birthday and the kids sang Happy Birthday to her. We all celebrated at snack time with a cookie!

It's in these small things that I know Mary and Jesus truly adore about us, especially the children. Their love is so pure and full of hope! I'm sure this is what God must have been thinking about when He created Mary as the New Eve.
Who else could have carried Him? Surely not someone who would or could be defiled in any way! She had to be the most pure of lillies and as I heard last night, someone who could love Him back as He loves us.

Their mother-son relationship was a mystery in itself. Look at the Mysteries of the Rosary, Mary was invlolved in quite a few of them and if not I'm sure Stood by the cross. Think of those words "Stood by the Cross!" Would any of us have the strength to stand under the cross of our son? Mary Magdelane was weeping under the cross but Mary, The mother of our Lord, was standing! Can you imagine the unbearable sorrow she must have felt and had the strength to stand?! If this is not proof enough that She is a pure vessel, I don't know what would convince anyone! Her Fiat or Yes changed the world! So Mary, Here's my small pitiful Thank you to you, for being who you are and standing for us, and your son at the foot of His cross and ours!

I love you Mary! Help us to love Jesus More! Bring us closer to your Son under watchful eye, as only a Mother can have.
I give you my everything to present to your Son,Jesus!
Ask Him to make us as holy as He intended and to have perpetual Mercy on us!
Continue to pray for us Mary, our world is in need of your graces!
Please give us the graces we don't know to ask for and tell Jesus we adore and love Him!

Your loving daughter in Christ,
Erin