A Message from Deacon Ed for May 2008...
DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER CURSILLISTAS
OUR HOLY FATHER'S SPECIAL INTENTION FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2008 ASKS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER. WE ARE ASKED TO PRAY THAT THE VIRGIN MOTHER, STAR OF EVANGELIZATION AND QUEEN OF THE APOSTLES, MAY STILL GUIDE MISSIONARIES WITH MATERNAL AFFECTION, JUST AS SHE ACCOMPANIED THE APOSTLES IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE CHURCH. AS MISSIONARIES IN THE CURSILLO MOVEMENT, WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO BRINGING OTHERS TO CHRIST, AND HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY HOPE TO SUCCEED IN OUR EFFORTS IF WE DON'T SEEK THE MATERNAL AFFECTION AND GUIDANCE OF THE VIRGIN MARY. AS FAITHFUL CURSILLISTAS WE BEGIN EACH DAY OF OUR LIVES BY RECITING THE MORNING OFFERING, "O JESUS, THROUGH THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, WE OFFER YOU OUR PRAYERS, WORKS AND SUFFERINGS OF THIS DAY........" HOW APPROPRIATE THAT WE CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY, AND HOW BLESSED ARE WE TO SHARE THE LOVE OF OUR MOTHERS AND THE MATERNAL LOVE OF SO LOVING A MOTHER IN THE PERSON OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, THE HEAVENLY MOTHER OF OUR EARTHLY MOTHERS. AS WE COMPLETE ANOTHER BLESSED EASTER SEASON, I PRAY THAT, THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF OUR BLESSED VIRGIN MOTHER, MARY, THE JOY OF THE RISEN CHRIST MAY REIGN IN YOUR HEARTS, AND THAT THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH DESCENDED ON THE FIRST APOSTLES ON PENTECOST, MAY DESCEND UPON EACH ONE OF YOU AS WELL, TO FILL YOU WITH WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, FORTITUDE, KNOWLEDGE, PIETY AND FEAR OF THE LORD, FOR THESE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE SORELY NEEDED IF WE ARE TO FAITHFULLY SERVE JESUS IN BRINGING OTHERS TO CHRIST.
DE COLORES DEACON ED