At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, ‘I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.’

Lord, today in a special way, we walk hand in hand with Your Mother, so that we may come to know You more deeply.
In these words, You tell us that the Spirit will guide us into all truth. And You say that He will not speak on His own authority. Is He the Holy Spirit, and yet He does not speak of Himself? Then You say that everything the Father has is Yours. Does God the Father have nothing that is His alone? And so often You tell us that You do not seek Your own will, but the will of the Father.
You—the Holy Trinity—who are God, never think of Yourselves. Only of doing the will of the Other. Only of self-giving, of loving.
And I, who am so very small beside You—how often I think of doing my will, of insisting that I am right. Of course, without Your light, I cannot truly see. I turn in on myself—and then I lose my way.
Lord, let me be like You: thinking only of doing Your will, fleeing from my own, and living only to give myself away in love.
Just as You did, Mother. You knew yourself to be so small—the servant of the Lord. And so you became full of grace. On a day like today, the 13th of May, you came down from Heaven to remind us to look to your Son—to Christ in the Eucharist—who must be the centre of our lives. And you urgently called us to a path of conversion through prayer and penance.
Thank you, Mother—lead us by your hand!

Applied to Married Life

Andrew: Do you know what day it is today? The 13th of May! How deeply God loves us—that He sent His Son to save us and reveal His infinite love, and then sent His Mother to remind us of the way.
Mary: Today is a day to prayerfully reflect on Our Lady’s message at Fatima. She saw what would come upon a world without God. Without God, we are lost—we become centred only on ourselves, living for appearances. And it’s not simply that we become unhappy; it’s how much unhappiness we spread around us.
Andrew: Yes. And our Mother, with her characteristic tenderness, urgently calls us to turn our eyes once more towards her Son, to place the Eucharist at the centre of each day. There is God—who sacrificed Himself for us, giving us life, giving us His Body every day.
Mary: And she calls us to conversion of heart—which can only happen through a life of prayer and penance. It sounds so much like what we’ve learned: Christ at the centre, led by Mary, persevering in prayer, sacrifice, and the purification of the heart.
Andrew: Of course—because it all began at Fatima, through our Mother’s loving intervention!

Mother,

a thousand thanks for leading us to your Son.  Please help us to listen to you. There is no time to lose. Help us to persevere with determination. Blessed and praised be God!