[Siobhan]

Alleluia!
As dew was falling gently
over the city of Ephesus
Saint John wrote to its people.
He instructed them to celebrate
the memory of the Blessed Mary,
three times each year:
In January, during the time of planting of the seeds;
in May, during the time of harvest;
and in August, during the time of the grapes.
For the mysteries of life are prefigured in these months.

[Mrs. Don-o]

This is wonderful. Send more whenever you can!

[NYer]

He instructed them to celebrate the memory of the Blessed Mary, three times each year: In January, during the time of planting of the seeds; in May, during the time of harvest; and in August, during the time of the grapes. For the mysteries of life are prefigured in these months.

During the offertory in the Maronite Catholic Church, we sing:

Halleluia!
I Myself am Bread of Life
the Lord declared.
From on high I came to Earth to give the world
Life from the Father
True word without flesh and like a grain of the finest wheat.
Mary's womb became for me a fertile garden.
Now priests carry me aloft up to the alta.r
Halleluia! Accept our offerings!