The Yes That Stands: Four Postures for the Month of May, by Dr. Pamela Mandela

By Dr. Pamela Mandela, Catholic Stand, May 17, 2026

Dr. Pamela Mandela Idenya is a teacher, motivational speaker, inspirational writer, resolute intercessor, spiritual mentor and published author. This cradle Catholic actively practices the Faith at the Consolata Shrine Parish in Westlands, Nairobi (Kenya), where she serves as lector. She is also a member of the Vincentian Ministries in Kenya. …

May: The Month of Mary

Mary is the month of May, and the faithful who wish to live in her must be like May flowers (St. Louis de Montfort).

For centuries, the Catholic Church has set aside the month of May as a special time to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary. This tradition, which fully blossomed in the nineteenth century, invites the faithful to crown statues of Our Lady, pray the Rosary, and set up small “May altars” in homes and parishes. It is a month of flowers, filial love, and gentle devotion. It is a time when even the most distracted Catholic pauses to remember the Mother of God.

But there is a danger in any long-standing tradition: we can mistake the gesture for the grace. We crown Mary with roses, yet fail to ask what made her worthy of the crown. We recite Hail Marys, yet never contemplate the interior dispositions that made her full of grace. We honour her from a distance, as if she were a statue in a niche—beautiful yet remote, perfect yet unreachable. …

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