Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R.
As you have probably heard, the Redemptorists have a devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Pope Pius IX asked the Redemptorists to “make her known” under this title. The icon depicts the Blessed Mother’s concern not only for her Son’s future Passion, represented by the instruments of the crucifixion carried by the archangels, Michael and Raphael, but her expression also conveys her empathy for all of us, her spiritual sons and daughters. When we are mired by our own inertia and hesitancy to give God our all, Mary’s eyes can convey to us her tender concern and serenity. There was a famous…
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