Let us once again learn more about God through learning about the person He chose to be the Mother of His Son.   St. John Vianney:  “It is impossible to meditate with devotion upon the Mysteries of the Rosary and live in a state of sin.”

Let us continue to develop our relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Let us continue our efforts to deepen our relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Let us continue to dive deeper into our faith by diving deeper into the Church’s teaching on Mary.

The Catholic Church invites us to grow in our devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, during the month of October.  I recently discovered some beautiful quotes from St. John Vianney about the Blessed Virgin Mary and so I thought I would share a different one at the beginning of each Spiritual Ponderings.  In addition, I would like to continue to look at the role the Blessed Virgin Mary plays in the life of the universal Church by continuing to explore Ann Ball’s book: The Other Faces of Mary: Stories, Devotions, and Pictures, of the Holy Virgin around the world.  Finally I thought I would conclude each  Spiritual Ponderings with a different and unique prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.