Our Lord's Virgin Mother

Mary sits with clasped hands among four disciples gathered around a low table in a sunlit room.
Steadfast love stays close in prayer.

We turn in all our needs to Christ's blessed Mother, Mary, because we know that our Lord, as her obedient and loving Son, can refuse her nothing.

Hence, we turn with confidence to our blessed Lady as "comforter of the afflicted," "the help of Christians," "health of the sick," and "Virgin most powerful."

Our Virgin Mother still stands by us as she stood faithfully by the foot of the Cross, and as she remained praying with His apostles and disciples. So, too, will she be close to us when we turn to her in our necessities.

Further reading

This reflection remembers Mary beside the Cross and among the praying disciples. Fulton J. Sheen’s The World’s First Love offers a devotional portrait of her life and motherhood, giving readers a wider setting for that confidence and affection.

The World’s First Love: Mary, Mother of God by Fulton J. Sheen (second-edition paperback) on Amazon (paid link)