to be our mother also. Like her, and under her loving care, may your Church grow day by day, rejoice in the holiness of its children, and so attract to itself all the peoples of the earth.

Mary, our Mother, is for us both an example and a way ... Yet what of us who remain on earth? Our faith tells us that here below, in our present life, we are pilgrims, wayfarers.

Mary is often described as the Mother of God. This title refers to her ... She was with him at every stage of his work on Earth and fully supported and followed his teachings.