Happy Birthday, Dear Blessed Mother!

Go on, bake a cake or something. Celebrate. Wear light blue. Do something nice for somebody. Labor in prayer for the hurricane victims, the hungry, the poor, the oppressed.

Find a lovely image, prayers and activities here and another set of readings and prayers here.

A brief history of the feast is here.

Read Pope John Paul II's homily from one year ago today.

--Sparki