"Mary is blessed because she has faith..."

Mary is blessed because she has faith, because she believed, and in this faith she received the Word of God into her womb in order to give him to the world. The joy born of the Word can now expand to all those who, by faith, let themselves be changed by God’s word.  ~Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini, #124

Holy Mary, Mother of the Incarnate Word and Cause of our Joy, pray for us!