Dear Mama Mary, our Blessed Mother,

As we honor you today as the Mother of the Church, help me to remember that I am the mother of my own little domestic church!  Just as you never cease to shower your children with blessings that fall from the heavens like sweet roses, ask our dearest Jesus to grant me the grace to bless my family as you do — with the aroma of my sweet-scented words, the delight of my loving gazes, the melody of my joyful laughter, and the warm embraces that can only come from a Mama’s arms.