May Mother

O Mother Mary in your month of May,
who prays for us and tries to keep us good,
may I ask you this month of Mother’s Day,
who would pass up the chance at motherhood?

Madonna-Child, most rendered work of art,*
a portrait of the strongest human bond,
we consecrate to your Immaculate Heart**
our world, ourselves, of whom you are so fond.

Mother of God, both earth and heaven’s Queen,
you bore God’s Son as spouse of God above,
with visions and miracles you intervene
to save your children with maternal love.

O Dearest Mother Mary, Mother mine,
lead me, as always, to your Son divine.

* Art historians say Madonna and Child is
the most rendered and popular image in art.

** In response to Our Lady of Fatima’s request to
convert Russia and the world from communism,
Pope John Paul II consecrated the world to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1984, several years
before communism died in the Soviet Union.

                          by Pete Voelz     5/5/14