A wonderful way to show our love for Mary is to plant roses in our gardens. Those roses can be placed in such a way that they form a "living rosary" and serve as a prayer garden. A bench to pray on could be placed at each decade of the floral rosary, offering a place of solitude, rest and meditation. For those without space for this type of garden, consider placing 10 potted plants (even silk roses)in a circle surrounding a chair or bench. Each plant represents one bead of the rosary. A lit votive candle and music complete the prayer atmosphere. Set aside time to pray there, to meditate on our Lord, throughour mediatrix, our heavenly Mother, the lady in blue.
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The Lady dressed in blue ... we all know her, we all love her ... you need only to walk down any street to see a statue of Mary in an alcove or surrounded by a flower garden. She is Queen of the Universe, the Patroness of the United States, and her Assumption, we celebrate this week, is said to have been a divine gift to her as the "Mother of God."
There are many titles and feast days honoring Mary, two of which fall in August. August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption and August 22 is the Queenship of Mary. She is an advocate to her Divine Son and the Heavenly Father, imploring us to increase devotion to our Lord by the celebration of Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. What better wya to show love and respect to any mother than to love her son?
