Why is May Dedicated to Our Lady?

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A friend who practices Santeria - a syncretism of Catholicism and African-Brazilian religions - asked me the above question.

Her thoughts were that it was derived from old pagan practices of worshiping goddesses etc and a quick glance at a Catholic website indicated this to be partially true.

However, I do not want to “feed into” her Santeria practices by confirming this, SO, does anyone know of a way to tactfully explain why May is dedicated to Mary, without necessarily emphasizing the pagan origins?

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Jacqueline1966 said:
A friend who practices Santeria - a syncretism of Catholicism and African-Brazilian religions - asked me the above question.

Her thoughts were that it was derived from old pagan practices of worshiping goddesses etc and a quick glance at a Catholic website indicated this to be partially true.

However, I do not want to “feed into” her Santeria practices by confirming this, SO, does anyone know of a way to tactfully explain why May is dedicated to Mary, without necessarily emphasizing the pagan origins?

Thanks
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Yes…I’ve heard for 2 reasons.
  1. To sanctify or convert pagan fertility seasons…the Church does this deliberately to redirect our focus to the good, true, and beautiful.
  2. At least in Northern Hemisphere, spring is a reminder of life…Mary brought new life for all of us.
 
Could be as simple as the similarity between the word ‘May’ and the word ‘Mary’ 🤷
 
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