the saints was I detained. I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, and as a cypress in Mount Sion; I have stretched out my branches as the terebinth, and my branches are of honor and grace." Thus was she

first moment of her conception. This action of God reminds us of two important truths – truths which have been obliterated in the rationalist, secular-humanist modern world. The first is that God is alive

and perhaps, we too might feel like that as well. More of a mother than a queen. But of course, we have to understand what is meant when we say Mary is Queen. As queen she's not someone who's removed because

sustain the still-smoldering wick in our souls. This is why the devil has made such war against it. … I have great hope that the day will not be long in coming when the prayer of the Holy Rosary will be declared

on 21, and "all I knew was that I was madly in love with God and Our Savior… I don't remember ever having said a prayer in my life," he said of his return to his room. "I looked at the book, the six children