May 13
Jasmine
The
jasmine in our garden serves to decorate arches and poll booths. It is a guarantee
for the heat of the sun during summer. It cannot stand by itself and so it
needs someone’s hand to direct it, for if not, it falls to the ground and gets
entangled with the other flowers. Its small flowers have a very strong fragrance
and its perfumes reaches very far.
Piety
We
render our parents love, honour and respect that is due to them. Let us express
our gratitude, assistance, love and honour to our parents. A tribute is due to
them in justice. For the parents a faithful son is for them a beautiful and
fresh jasmine that gives them shade in their old age with the bushy branches
and leaves; it grows in the field during summer and while they repose there
from their long race of hardships and works, the exquisite fragrance that exudes
from the bouquet of flowers comforts them.
Floral offering to Mary
My
Mother, here is the jasmine of my piety, of my love and gratitude to my
parents. I Commit myself today to love them, to respect them, to serve them, to
assist them in their spiritual and material needs. Receive my beloved gardener
these flowers gathered of my jasmine, which I place henceforth under your
direction and charge.
Recite five Hail Mary
Invitation: Today, let us reflect
on the goodness of our parents. How grateful am I to my parents? How do I
express this gratitude and respect?
Text: Mes de Maria - Francisco Palau, OCD - CM Founder
Text: Mes de Maria - Francisco Palau, OCD - CM Founder
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