Anchoring Ourselves To The Two Pillars

As this month of April comes to a close, we end the month dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament and May begins the month dedicated to Our Blessed Mother. In thinking about this, I was reminded of the dream of John Bosco about the two pillars. In his dream he sees two majestic pillars, on one stands a large Host with the words "Salvation for the faithful" beneath it, and on the other pillar is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the words "Help of Christians" beneath it. This is all happening in the midst of a sea battle in which the Pope finds himself in the middle. He is escorted by other smaller ships and in the course of the impending attack from the enemy ships, he attempts to consult with the captains of the smaller ships. This Pope is eventually fatally wounded and the captains immediately elect a new Pope who guides the ship between the two pillars and anchors the ship to them. It is at this point the enemy ships are scattered and flee. (I have given only a very sketchy synopsis of John Bosco's dream, click the link above for the full story.)

I took being reminded of this dream as a reminder that Our Lady, help of Christians will lead us to her Son who is salvation for the faithful. We, like the Pope in John Bosco's dream, need to anchor ourselves to these two mighty pillars. Devotion to Our Lady will bring us closer to Our Lord. Fr. John Corapi has often said that praying the Rosary is praying the Gospels. How true this is. If we stay close to Mary, she will teach us how to love her Son more and better, and what better way to show Him that love by spending time with Him before the Blessed Sacrament?
I am not someone who finds praying the Rosary an easy thing, but I know the power of it, so do my somewhat weak best to say it often. Today is the feast of Pope Pius V. If anyone knew the power of the Rosary, he did. When a Muslim fleet threatened Christendom, he entrusted the Christian fleet to Our Lady. On October 7, 1571, the Christian fleet won the Battle at Lepanto. Pius V called the feast that would be celebrated each year on this date the Feast of Our Lady of Victory; two years later Pope Gregory XIII would change the feast's name to Our Lady of the Rosary because the battle was won through the praying of the rosary.
So as the month of the Blessed Sacrament comes to a close, let us enter the month of May with a renewed sense of devotion to Our Blessed Mother. For my part, I am going to do my very best to say a rosary every day. Anchoring myself to Our Lady with my rosary will keep me anchored to Jesus.