The month of October each year is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. The Rosary is the classical form of devotion to Mary. It has been described as an excellent prayer by Leo XIII, a compendium of the entire Gospel by Pius XII, and a beautiful garden of flowers by St. John XXIII. Inviting us to pray the Rosary, Pope Francis tells us that “The Rosary is a simple and effective prayer.”
The Hail Mary while claiming Jesus’ mother as our own, honors her and her Son, proclaiming her the Mother of God and concretizing our total consecration to her.
Marian devotion sets the tone for the “Litaniae Lauretanea” art exhibition that was inaugurated last Saturday at Rua Formosa. The exhibition is one of the initiatives that the Macau Catholic Culture Association will promote until the end of the month as part of the celebrations of May, the Month of Mary.
That Jesus gave us Mary to be our mother, is a grace and privilege in itself. Without Mary, her humility and forbearance, we would not find our path to the Savior. She is the beloved spiritual Mother who gently ushers us toward her divine Son.
Let us understand the beautiful dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which gives us the gift of Mary, the Theotokos. Her role as the Mother of God is the precise reason why God deigned to bestow upon her the gift of being conceived without the stain of original sin.