It matters. It really matters. We want a Mary of flesh and blood, no empty symbol. We don't want a "Mother God." We want the mother of Jesus Christ--mother according to His humanity--to be our ...

to be our mother also. Like her, and under her loving care, may your Church grow day by day, rejoice in the holiness of its children, and so attract to itself all the peoples of the earth.

St. Augustine of Hippo On a different level, close to our own concerns and spiritual endeavor, here is what St. Silouan had to say about Mary's love of God: We cannot fathom the depth of the love of ...

There, these fresh young voices sang the Litany of our Lady. The next day, the little group, followed by other children, again gathered at the feet of the Mother of God. Next came their mothers ...