Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

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It is a very traditional practice of the Church to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, on Saturdays. It is in this tract that I wish to share with you some words from Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on Our Blessed Lady.



"We do not praise God sufficiently by keeping silent about his saints, especially Mary, 'the Holy One' who became his dwelling place on earth. The simple and multiform light of God appears to us exactly in its variety and richness only in the countenance of the saints, who are the true mirrors of his light. And it is precisely by looking at Mary's face that we can see more clearly than in any other way the beauty, goodness and mercy of God. In her face we can truly perceive the divine light."


--Homily on the Solemnity of the Assumption
August 15, 2006

Oh Mary, conceived without sin,

pray for us who have recourse to Thee!