Ave Maria Meditations
Queen of Virgins, Queen of All Saints: Pray for us!
The Virgin Mary is resplendent at the center of the Assembly of Saints. By putting our hand in hers, we feel encouraged to walk more enthusiastically on the path of holiness.
Pope Benedict XVI
Saints enjoy the eternal presence and love of God in heaven, who for his loving reasons, allows His Church to hold up particular persons as examples of cooperation with His love. These, and all the other holy men and women who have lived from all time become a, “cloud of witnesses,” who intercede to God on our behalf.
Because Mary holds the highest honored position among those in God’s favor by her position as the Mother of God, she is the closest to God among his friends. She can truly be said to be, “Our tainted nature’s solitary boast.”
