Saint Joseph and the Christ Child by Guido Reni, 1640 © Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. Source: Christian Art. Gospel of ...

O Virgin most pure, wholly unspotted, O Mary, Mother of God, Queen of the universe, you are above all saints, the hope of the elect and the joy of all the blessed. It is you who have reconciled us ...

Mary, our Mother, is for us both an example and a way. In the ordinary circumstances in which God wants us to live, we have to try to be like her." 33 "Mary has gone to heaven in both body and ...