Children of Mary

July 11, 2009

Feast Day of St. Benedict Feast of Our Lady of Clery (near Orleans, France, 15th C.)

Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Benedict (c. 480-544). The Holy Father Benedict XVI took his name for the Papacy from St. Benedict. Legend has it that the Rose Garden in Sabianio, Italy was planted by St. Benedict. St. Francis of Assisi visited the garden in 1216 and the bed of thorns which Benedict had used to mortify his flesh was transformed into a bed of roses. Back at the beautiful shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Statue of Mary

Grotto of Lourdes,

Emmitsburg, Maryland

Spring Water

Emmitsburg, Maryland

Flower of the Day

Rose (white) Rosa Symbolizes Mary’s purity

The Rose symbolizes Mary herself, she is known as the “Mystical Rose” We pray for the virture of purity: Prayer to the Blessed Virgin which Our Lady taught St. Gertrude O most chaste Virgin Mary, I beseech thee by that unspotted purity wherewith thou didst prepare for the Son of God a dwelling of delight in thy virginal womb, that by thine intercession I may be cleansed from every stain of sin. O most humble Virgin Mary, I beseech thee by That most profound humility whereby thou didst merit to be raised high above all the choirs of the angels and the saints, that by thine intercession all my negligences may be expiated. O most loving Virgin Mary, I beseech thee, by That ineffable love which united thee so closely and so inseparably to God, that by thine intercession I may obtain an abundance of all merits. Amen.

Ave Maria!

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