“Who is Mary, what is her role in my life and what could I do to get to know her better?”

Everything that she was, formed who he became.

Whatever else the virgin birth may be, it doesn’t represent the domestication of the divine.

The pope appealed to Our Lady to teach people to care for others “without egoistic interests or hypocrisy.”

Confidence in God makes Jesus sinless for us. Hope in humanity, in ourselves, does the same for Mary.