{"id":5323,"date":"2020-05-01T23:25:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T23:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/?p=5323"},"modified":"2020-05-01T23:36:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T23:36:04","slug":"may-mary-queen-of-the-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/may-mary-queen-of-the-may\/","title":{"rendered":"May – Mary Queen of the May"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We have just begun a new month, the month of Mary. This month sees a continuation of the lockdown because of the Coronavirus COVID-19. However time continues and we can use this month to develop the great tradition of the rosary. There are plenty of resources online but the rosary is still the simplest prayer of all in our christian tradition. Each decade begins with the Our Father, 10 Hail Marys and concludes with the Glory be.<\/p>\n

Traditionally the rosary is recited while reflecting on different aspects of our Lord. Glorious Mysteries: Sunday & Wednesday; Joyful Mysteries: Monday & Saturday; Sorrowful Mysteries: Tuesday & Friday; Luminous Mysteries: Thursday. (In some places on Sundays during Advent & Christmas the Joyful mysteries are recited and during Lent the Sorrowful Mysteries are recited).<\/p>\n

The “Queen of the May” is a very popular hymn for this month. Different versions can be found on Youtube. Canon Sydney MacEwan, Frank Patterson, James Kilbane and Maureen Hegarty are among those on a quick search. (Also on search is a beautiful version uploaded by Eamonn Monson. Lovely pictures!) One could spend happy hours listening online. Many other Marian hymns are also available.<\/p>\n

Prayer of Pope Francis for the month of May<\/strong><\/p>\n

O Mary, you shine continuously along our journey\u00a0as a sign of salvation and hope.\u00a0We entrust ourselves to you, health of the sick,\u00a0who at the cross were near to the pain of Jesus, keeping your faith firm.\u00a0You, Salvation of the Roman people, know what we need,\u00a0and we trust that you will provide for those needs so that,\u00a0as at Cana of Galilee, joy and celebration may return\u00a0after this moment of trial.<\/p>\n

Help us, Mother of Divine Love,\u00a0to conform ourselves to the will of the Father\u00a0and to do what Jesus tells us,\u00a0He who took our sufferings upon Himself,\u00a0and took up our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross,\u00a0to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen<\/p>\n

We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God.\u00a0do not despise our please \u2013 we who are put to the test \u2013\u00a0and deliver us from every danger,\u00a0O glorious and blessed Virgin.<\/p>\n

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“As I Kneel before You”<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/07-As-I-Kneel-before-You.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n

“Luminous Mysteries” Introduction only…<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-The-Mysteries-of-Light.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n

“Glorious Mysteries”<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-Glorious-Mysteries.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n

“Sorrowful Mysteries”<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-Sorrowful-Mysteries.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n

“Joyful Mysteries”<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-Joyful-Mysteries.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have just begun a new month, the month of Mary. This month sees a continuation of the lockdown because of the Coronavirus COVID-19. However time continues and we can use this month to develop the great tradition of the rosary. There are plenty of resources online but the rosary is still the simplest prayer … Continue reading May – Mary Queen of the May<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5323"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5327,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323\/revisions\/5327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}