A Christian Voice in Your Home! Volume 14 Number 5 May 2021 Living or deceased, Radio This Mother’s Day, let Radio Maria offer Maria wants to remember your mother (grandmother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, mother-in-law, etc) on Mother’s Day, with a day of prayers. Beginning with our 8 a.m. CT Sunday Mass (9 a.m. ET), and throughout the day when we Mass & for pray the Rosary, your special mom will be in our prayers. Prayers To have a Mass and Rosary offered for your mom, May 25, 2021 Mom! please go to: Message to Marija “Dear children! radiomaria.us/prayer Today I am calling List the name(s) of those you to witness your you want to be remembered. faith in the colors of There is no limit to the names, spring. May this be a faith of hope and courage. May your faith, little children, not Witness with great boldness and vigor waver in any situation, Dear Radio Maria Family, not even in this time of trial. From the Desk of Praised be Jesus, Go courageously Mary and Joseph! with the risen Christ May has arrived, and Fr. Dan towards Heaven, this is a month when we which is your goal. I particularly honor both Fr. Dan Reehil am accompanying you Joseph and Mary. May National Priest Director on this way of holiness 1st is the feast day of St. Radio Maria and am placing all of Joseph the Worker, and you in my Immaculate all of May we honor Mary Heart. with May crownings all solely to honor him all honor His earthly parents Thank you for over the world. the more perfectly. We who so loved and cared having responded to St. Louis Marie de go to her only as a way for Him. my call.” Montfort tells us, ““We leading to the goal we In Our Lady’s most never give more honor seek - Jesus, her Son.” recent message of April Note: These messages are not yet recognized by the Catholic Church as to Jesus than when we And this of course applies 25, 2021, she stated, having a supernatural origin. honor his Mother, and to St. Joseph as well. How we honor her simply and pleased Jesus is when we Continued on pg 2 Fr. Dan Continued from pg 1 2021 Spring Mariathon May 11-15 “Dear children! Today I Every May, Radio Maria USA joins other Radio Marias am calling you to witness around the world in solidarity to continue to spread the your faith in the colors of mission of Our Blessed Mother. spring. May this be a faith of hope and courage. May It will be a Mariathon of prayer, remembering in particular your faith, little children, all the victims of this pandemic, including many of our not waver in any situation, listeners. It will be a Mariathon of witness, since in this time not even in this time of of sacrifice and suffering we have all been called to reflect trial. Go courageously with on the meaning of our life and on the values that should the risen Christ towards enlighten it. It will be a Mariathon of hope for a rebirth and Heaven, which is your a better future. It will be a Mariathon of solidarity, to help goal. I am accompanying Radio Maria continue its mission. you on this way of holiness and am placing all of you Please join us and support Our Lady’s radio. in my Immaculate Heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.” She is asking us to So we must witness with spirit of timidity), Our Lady is basically great boldness and vigor. paraphrasing St. Paul’s witness our faith in the “Preach the word, It is not a time of timidity. call to witness. We must colors of spring. To me, be urgent in season This call of our Mother to also realize that the word this means she is calling and out of season, witness reminds me of martyr comes from the us to witness NOW as convince, rebuke, a wonderful quote of St. Greek word to “witness” to spring is upon us; and the and exhort, be Paul to Timothy (who on the faith. So we must be colors of spring are colors unfailing in patience of tremendous vibrancy. occasion suffered from a 100% aligned with Jesus, and in teaching. For giving glory to The Father, the time is coming in the power of the Spirit, when people will to witness properly. YEAR OF not endure sound And Mother Mary in teaching, but having this message promises SAINT itching ears they us that she is placing us will accumulate for in her Immaculate Heart JOSEPH themselves teachers and accompanying us on to suit their own this journey of holiness to Dec. 8, 2020 - Dec. 8, 2021 likings, and will turn witness to our faith. What away from listening a wonderful promise! Prayer to St. Joseph to the truth and We are so blessed to wander into myths. be alive in these exciting Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, As for you, always times, and to have Our Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. be steady, endure Lady present to us in To you God entrusted his only Son; suffering, do the work her apparitions, always in you Mary placed her trust; of an evangelist, fulfil drawing us to her Son, with you Christ became man. your ministry.” (2 Jesus. Let us spend May Tim. 4:2-5) coming closer to Jesus, Blessed Joseph, to us too, This Word is for us in Mary and Joseph and to show yourself a father this time. By virtue of our give a great witness of the and guide us in the path of life. baptism, we are all called love of God. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, to evangelize the world; to and defend us from every evil. Amen. bring everyone to Jesus. God bless you all. And the fastest way to At His service and yours, Jesus is through Mary. Fr. Dan Ten ways to celebrate May, the month of Mary By Fr. Ed Broom,OMV Paul VI Marialis Cultus, Catholic Exchange which clearly explains the May is the month presence of Mary in the of Mary. Mary is the liturgical calendar. daughter of God the 8. Learn about Mary -- For Father, the Mother of God a well-formed and integral the Son and the Mystical Mariology, we should Spouse of the Holy cultivate both doctrine Spirit, the Queen of the and devotion. Why not angels, saints, of heaven read the Apostolic Letter and earth. St. Louis de of St. Pope John Paul II Montfort acclaims her as Blessed Virgin Mary and hours through the holy more closely and finally to the Queen of all hearts the Rosary. Or listen and sweet presence of imitate their good qualities and God’s masterpiece of to the following Marian Mary. that we call virtues. St. creation. programs on Radio Maria: Louis de Montfort in his Here are some ways 3. Consecrate the Mary, Queen of classic True Devotion that we can manifest our Home and Family to Peace, hosted by Fr. to Mary gives us a list of love and devotion to Our John Fletcher the Immaculate Heart the ten principal virtues of Blessed Mother: Marian Apparitions, of Mary. -- Prepare for Mary: 1. Consecration -- The hosted by Mary Pyper, the consecration by Her deep humility, first gesture we should Wednesdays, 10 a.m. a nine-day novena of lively faith, do every morning is The School of Mary, Rosaries and prayers blind obedience, prayer — a prayer of hosted by Depalma, and culminate with the unceasing prayer, consecration to Jesus Thursdays at 10 a.m. priest blessing the image constant self-denial, through the Immaculate Marian Studies as well as the home surpassing purity, Heart of Mary. and Spirituality, Marian and family members. ardent love, St. Mother Teresa Library at UD From this blessing and heroic patience, moved by great love for Mary, Mother and consecration, God the angelic kindness, Mary said: Queen of the Divine Will, Father will shower a and heavenly wisdom! “Mary, give me your hosted by Cynthia Zack, deluge of blessings upon 6. Temptations? Call heart: so beautiful, so you and every member in Laura Riccardi and Br. pure, so immaculate; on Mary -- Our life is a Nickolas Ricardi your family. constant combat zone, your Heart so full of love 9. Marian Apostle -- 4. Consecration of until death! We should and humility that I may Become an ardent and the Self -- Go through not fight alone against be able to receive Jesus fervent and passionate the formal process of the devil, the flesh and in the Bread of Life and Apostle of Mary. One consecration of your the world. Rather, in the love Him as you love of the most famous whole being to Jesus heat of temptation, when Him and serve Him in the modern Marian saints through Mary. You can all seems to be lost, call distressing guise of the is St. Maximilian Kolbe. choose various forms: upon the Holy Name of poor.” Try becoming a modern Kolbe, or St. Louis de Mary; pray the Hail Mary! 2. Angelus/Regina Caeli. Marian apostle today, Montfort, or the modern Traditionally this prayer 7. Mary and the Liturgical following in the footsteps one done by Father is prayed at noon, but Year. -- Mary has a special of Kolbe. Michael Gaitely — 33 it can be prayed at any place in the liturgical year. 10.