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May, the Month of Mary Garland of Flowers with the Madonna and Child Christiaen Luyckx [ Web Gallery of Art ] You can also find this painting on Wikipedia  here . O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today! Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May. Bring Flowers of the Rarest (Queen of the May) Composed by  Mary E. Walsh , sung by  Frank Patterson Bring flowers of the rarest bring blossoms the fairest, from garden and woodland and hillside and dale; our full hearts are swelling, our glad voices telling the praise of the loveliest flower of the vale! Refrain: O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today! Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May. O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May. Their lady they name thee, Their mistress proclaim thee, Oh, grant that thy children on earth be as true as long as the bowers are radiant with flowers, as long as the azure shall keep its bright hue Refrain Sing gaily in chorus; the bright ange...

  The Blessed Virgin Mary  Mother of the Church Monday After Pentecost Sunday Pentecost El Greco [ Web Gallery of Art ] The disciples devoted themselves with one accord to prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus  (Cf Acts 1:14; Entrance Antiphon). In 2018 the Church established the  Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church  to be celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost Sunday . Please continue at Bangor to Bobbio .

Garland of Flowers with Madonna and Child Christiaen Luyck [ Web Gallery of Art ] Bring Flowers of the Rarest This hymn, very popular in Ireland particularly in May, was written by Mary E. Walsh in the late 1800s. The words are  here . It was sung by the late Irish tenor Frank Patterson at the  Faith of Our Fathers  concert in Dublin in 1997. Frank was a deeply committed Catholic and died in 2000 at the age of 61. May he rest in peace. Continue at Bangor to Bobbio .

    The Little Fruit Seller Murillo [ Web Gallery of Art ] Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland) Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel    John 15:9-17     (English Standard Version, Anglicised) Jesus said to his disciples: As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.   If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.     These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.   Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.   You are my friends if you do what I command you.   No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his m...

Garland of Flowers with Madonna and Child Christiaen Luyck  [ Web Gallery of Art ] Bring Flowers of the Rarest This hymn, very popular in Ireland particularly in May, was written by Mary E. Walsh in the late 1800s. The words are  here . It was sung by the late Irish tenor Frank Patterson at the  Faith of Our Fathers  concert in Dublin in 1997. Frank was a deeply committed Catholic and died in 2000 at the age of 61. May he rest in peace The Virgin and Child in a Garden of Flowers Rubens  [ Web Gallery of Art ] Missa IX, Cum Jubilo This Gregorian chant setting of the Mass is sung on Solemnities and Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is sung here by the  Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis, Milan. Virgin and Child in a Stone Niche, Surrounded by Garland of Flowers Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder   [ Web Gallery of Art ]