The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-29
IN HER OWN SPECIAL sEAaoNg

There is an old proyerb in Irish
that says, God is strong and He has
a good Mother, and am afraid all OF
us, priests and people, forget that say
ing sometimes, and overlook the
force and truth Oft, With the month
of May coming. on pow,-I think Gods
holy Mother. ifbeHei only coax and
plague and harass her with prayers
especially her own favorite, the
Rosary-Will do more for you than
all the specialists in the world. Well
send up a regular hurricane of pray
ers to her during the month, and she's
not the sweet and gracious friend she
used to be if she turns a deaf ear to
them ALL" @ -
These words are part of dialogue
between the parish priest and one Of
his flock in little story printed in
the, Irish Messenger for May. To the
young wife and mother, in the first
stages of what is feared to be incur
able blindness, the priest addresses
these inspiriting words, and he goes
on in the same strain until peace and
cheering hope reign once more in the
young woman's heart. She follows
her good pastors counsel and the end
of May brings the cure besought.
And from that day forth never a
single evening passed but the family
Rosary went up in a happy and bright
| little home at the foot OF Knockmore,
from hearts overlooking with love and
gratitude towards Mary, the Help of
the Weak, the Solace of,ahe Afflicted,
our glorious and powerful Lady of
Lourdes., ef So SIS ttfi 5laf-'s
God is strong and He has a good
Mother" How 7typicaIly Irish, 2a1id
Catholic is that expression. Many a
time in our. lives have we had this
truth forced home. to ourselves.
When clouds overhung our pathway
wien trials and sorrow and disap-
pointment seemed to dog.us with re-
lentless persistence, We gave way to
depression, bordering on despair. We
were tempted to give up prayer al
together. Then a visit to the Blessed
Sacrament, another round of the beads
when we suddenly found Tin some
Hail Mary sweet relief" a sentence
heard in sermon, flashed from the
printed page or dropped from the lips
of a friend, rekindled our hope and
confidence. We redoubled our efforts,
our prayer, our entreaties to Our
Blessed Mother. And in time our
prayer was heard; the calamity that
we dreaded was averted; our burdens
grew lighter, the clouds melted, the
sun shone once more. How grateful
we were-for a.time; but maybe we
have not been faithful in the love and
service we pledged to the Sacred
Heart and Our Blessed Mother
May comes to remind us Of our
duty and to bring us again to the feet
of Our Heavenly Queen. Once more
we are as little children, kneeling
before her fower-decked shrine to of.
fer our hearts devotion and to plead
with her for our necessities, spiritual
and temporal; to recommend to her
our hopes, our desires, to beg her
blessing, on ourselves and those. we
love. These May days are previous
days. Mary, we. are sure inclines her
ear to the praises and prayers of her
world-scattered children She Williob-
tain from her Son a miracle. Ii it be
necessary, for our well-being, as she
did at the wedding of Csnas but .sle
says to each of her clients What
ever He shall say to you do ye.
There is no real devotion to Mary
that does not begin with Jesus and
end in jesus. II we do our part we
may safely leave our case IN Mary &
hands. God is strong and he has .
good Mother" s