The Most Holy Name of Mary

September 12, 2021

Mary!  A name so lofty, in the regal majesty of its sound and meaning – Mary, Maria, Miriam!  It is a name as familiar to us as the name of our Mother, as the bells of the church, as the peaks of the mountains which send their friendly greetings to the valleys below.  Mary!  A thousand times we have prayed, sung, wept this name, in good and evil days. Millions of women are called by that name and it weaves a golden thread around even the plainest woman.  Mary!  Holding on to this name, grope the way through the darkness of life and death.  It is the rosy dawn heralding the rising sun, Jesus, in the Gospels as well as in the hearts of men. (Read more…)