Per Mariam: Mater Dolorosa

Per Mariam: Mater Dolorosa

MARY'S MONTH OF MAY AND HER TITLE OF HELP OF CHRISTIANS

Mary takes care of all, even of sinners; indeed she glories in being called in a special manner their advocate

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Michael Haynes
May 22, 2022
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The month of May is also home to the feast of Mary Help of Christians, a title included in the Litany of Loreto and made the subject of popular devotion in recent times by St. Don Bosco.

Pope Pius V added this title of Mary to the Litany of Loreto, after the miraculous victory which she wrought over the Moslems at the battle of Lepanto in 1571. Pius VII …

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