May

One activity that can cause family bonding or deepening of friendships is doing a pilgrimage.  May is Mama Mary’s month and we encourage everyone, all who have great affection to her to visit a shrine dedicated to her, the greatest of all of God’s creation.  After all, she is the Mother of God.  Not that one pilgrim site is better than the other which is perhaps just a mere superstition but she dispenses graces to help us sinners reconcile with God who is the source of all good.  Thus, visiting a shrine in a pilgrimage, enjoining our friends and loved ones to pray the rosary is one way to obtain blessings from her.  This is a wonderful activity for summer!

A visit to a church dedicated to a saint who had a devotion to the Blessed Mother, say, St. Anthony de Padua’s, is also timely this May.  Saints are our heroes and they exemplify virtues necessary for us most especially in the improvement of our moral life.  Thus, their intercession can also bring us closer to the Mother of God.

Finally, offering flowers to Mama Mary has been a tradition of the faithful as we celebrate the Flores de Mayo.Children can join the catechism in their parishes which culminates into a procession at the end of the month.  Viva Maria!