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Morning Prayer: May 24th, Fourth Day of the Novena for Vocations
With Yanie, Ervin, Aira and Nicola

prayer may 24th

This morning, Monday May 24th, we celebrate the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, a feast day that Pope Francis inserted into the calendar in 2018, and is celebrated on the Monday following Pentecost Sunday. Today is the fourth day of our novena prayer and is led by a group of young people associated with the Oblate Parish of St Mary’s Star of the Sea in Leith Edinburgh – Yanie, Ervin, Aira and Nicola.

In our reflection, we hear how praying the holy rosary is one way to honour our mother Mary and give glory to Jesus. Aira shares the importance of praying the holy rosary has been in her life, and encourages us to do them same, especially when we have fears and doubts. We pray that we too like Mary we may always be generous and responsive to God’s invitation to us for us to participate in his work.

Gospel John 19:25-34 ©

‘Behold your son. Behold your mother.’

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home.
  After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, and to fulfil the scripture perfectly he said, ‘I am thirsty.’
  A jar full of vinegar stood there, so putting a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the vinegar he said, ‘It is accomplished’; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
  It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath – since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity – the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they found he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water.

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