Reflection: Holy Mary, Mother of God, teach us how to pray...

The Blessed Virgin Mary teaches us how to pray as she taught the Child Jesus how to pray. As a little boy, she held His hand and guided Him.

Mary wants to take you by the hand and guide you. Be still and reach out to her. Mary will take you into her heart, When you receive the Eucharist, ask Mary to be with you, She will wrap her mantle around you and she will hold you close to her Immaculate Heart and draw you to the Sacred Heart of her Beloved Son Jesus.

Saint Louis Marie de Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
After Holy Communion, close your eyes and recollect yourself. Then usher Jesus into the heart of Mary: you are giving Him to His Mother who will receive Him with great love and give Him the place of honor, adore Him profoundly, show Him perfect love, embrace Him intimately in spirit and in truth, and perform many offices for Him of which we, in our ignorance, would know nothing. Or, maintain a profoundly humble heart in the presence of Jesus dwelling in Mary. Or be in attendance like a slave at the gate of the royal palace, where the King is speaking with the Queen. While they are talking to each other, with no need of you, go in spirit to heaven and to the whole world, and call upon all creatures to thank, adore and love Jesus and Mary for you. "Come, let us adore."

Go to Mary and ask her to bless you, take you by the hand and teach you how to pray...

Mary will teach you how to pray:
to ponder and keep all things in your heart as she did
to listen in prayer and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus
to contemplate the mysteries of the Rosary
to reflect on the hidden life of Jesus
to contemplate His Passion and Resurrection
to treasure the Institution of the Eucharist and receive Him often
to listen and quiet your heart to hear God's Will for your life
to do whatever He tells you to do
to love Jesus with all your heart, mind and soul

Draw close to Mary and she will draw you close to Jesus, her Beloved Son.

Blessed Bartolo Longo
Just as two friends, frequently in each other's company, tend to develop similar habits, so too, by holding familiar converse with Jesus and the Blessed Virgin, by meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, and by living the same life in Holy Communion, we can become, to the extent of our lowliness, similar to them and can learn from these supreme models a of life of humility, poverty, patience and perfection.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, teach us how to pray...