O Mary, you are praying for us...

O Mary, you are praying for us, you are always praying for us. We know it, we feel it. Oh what joy and truth, what sublime glory, in this heavenly and human interchange of sentiments, words and actions, which the rosary always brings us: the tempering of our human afflictions, the foretaste of the peace that is not of this world, the hope of eternal life! ~Blessed John XXIII, 1881-1963

Ave Maria! I find great comfort in thinking that Mary, Christ's mother and ours, is always praying for me and for all of us. Always! And along with comfort, I discover that joy, truth and sublime glory of which Pope John XXIII spoke. There's no magic in these beads that we so often pick up and pray, but there's a tremendous amount of love -- the love of a mother for her children, of the Mother for her Son, and of the Son for us. Overflowing love, abiding love, enduring love! Love that will never let us go! Mother most wonderful, to you I come...