J.M.J. Each Saturday is dedicated to Our Blessed Lady. The Dictionary of Mary (New York: Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1985), in an entry entitled, "Saturday of Our Lady" by Anthony Buono, asserts: "The practice of dedicating Saturday to Mary is very old. (. . . .) On the Saturday after Christ's death and His disciples' abandonment of Him, Mary was the only one to preserve intact her faith in the Divinity of her Son." (page 306)
"(. . . .) Today, the strongest trace of Mary's relationship with Saturday occurs in the Liturgy. Saturday is dedicated to Mary by a Mass or Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through these liturgical acts, Christians exalt the person of Mary in the action that renews the sacrifice of Christ and in the action that prolongs His prayer." (ibid.)
"(. . . .) Today, the strongest trace of Mary's relationship with Saturday occurs in the Liturgy. Saturday is dedicated to Mary by a Mass or Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through these liturgical acts, Christians exalt the person of Mary in the action that renews the sacrifice of Christ and in the action that prolongs His prayer." (ibid.)
Thank God and His Mother for Saint John Paul II (1978-2005), who bequeathed to the Church The Missal of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which derives from the Marian Year of 1987-1988 and contains forty-six Marian Masses.
Parishes that continue to have the Saturday morning Mass in honor of Our Lady are often blessed with vocations to the Holy Priesthood. This is not surprising, for wherever there is tangible devotion to Mary, priestly vocations are sure to bloom.
Our Lady is the Ever-Virgin Mother of the Great High Priest!
O Lady, Our Lady, pray for us!
O Lady, Our Lady, pray for us!
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