{"id":35449,"date":"2019-04-30T07:32:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T11:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=35449"},"modified":"2019-05-03T07:17:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:17:12","slug":"may-crowning-2019-at-monastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/may-crowning-2019-at-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"May Crowning 2019 at Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On May 4, at 3pm, join the Dominican Nuns and many others as they pray the holy rosary, sing Vespers and crown the Blessed Mother with flowers. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, too.<\/p>\n

Father Isaac Morales, OP, celebrant and preacher<\/p>\n

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Our Lady of Grace Monastery
\n11 Race Hill Road, North Guilford, CT<\/p>\n

Why crown Mary?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe queen symbol was attributed to Mary because she was a perfect follower of Christ, who is the absolute \u2018crown\u2019 of creation. She is the Mother of the Son of God, who is the messianic King. Mary is the Mother of Christ, the Word Incarnate \u2026 \u2018He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; the Lord will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there will be no end.\u2019 Elizabeth greeted the Blessed Virgin, pregnant with Jesus, as \u2018the mother of my Lord.\u2019 Mary is the perfect follower of Christ. The maid of Nazareth consented to God\u2019s plan; she journeyed on the pilgrimage of faith; she listened to God\u2019s Word and kept it in her heart; she remained steadfastly in close union with her Son, all the way to the foot of the Cross; she persevered in prayer with the Church. Thus, in an eminent way, she won the \u2018crown of righteousness,\u2019 \u2018the crown of life,\u2019 \u2018the crown of glory\u2019 that is promised to those who follow Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

(St. John Paul II, Order of Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1987)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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