Ave Maria Meditations
Many people do not realize that May 13th, in addition to being the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, is also the Feast of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament!
Blessed are you, Mary, exalted Daughter of Sion! You are highly favored and full of grace, for the Spirit of God descended upon you.
We magnify the Lord and rejoice with you for the gift of the Word made flesh, our bread of life and cup of joy.
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, our model of prayer in the Cenacle, pray for us that we may become what we receive, the body of Christ your son. Amen
And this is the novena prayer of Pope Benedict XV prayed just before the end of World War I and just before Our Lady’s first appearance at Fatima on May 13, 1917: To Mary, then, who is the Mother of Mercy and omnipotent by grace, let loving and devout appeal go up from every corner of the earth – from noble temples and tiniest chapels, from royal palaces and mansions of the rich as from the poorest hut – from blood-drenched plains and seas. Let it bear to Her the anguished cry of mothers and wives, the wailing of innocent little ones, the sighs of every generous heart: that Her most tender and benign solicitude may be moved and the peace we ask for be obtained for our agitated world.
