Over the figures in the picture are some Greek letters which form the abbreviated words Mother of God, Jesus ... and Mary is designated by her chief title to glory: Mother of God. Our Lady ...

Help us to build a shrine in our hearts. Make it as beautiful as the one built for you on the mount of Tepeyac. A shrine full of trust, hope, and love of Jesus growing stronger each day.

Popes in my lifetime have written eloquently about Mary, many of whom had a deep devotion to the Mother of God. Pope St. John Paul II, in his encyclical “Redemptoris Mater” made this observation about ...