"Referring to the relationship of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Eucharistic faith and devotion, Pope Benedict XVI declared:
In her we find realized most perfectly the essence of the Church. The Church sees in Mary - "Woman of the Eucharist," as she is called by the Servant of God John Paul II - her finest icon, and she contemplates Mary as a singular model of Eucharistic life . . . From Mary we must learn to become men and women of the Eucharist and of the Church, and thus to present ourselves, in the words of Saint Paul, "holy and blameless" before the Lord, even as He wished us to be from the beginning." (cf. Col 1:22; Eph 1:4) [1]
[1] Mark Miravalle, Ed. Mariology; a guide for priests, deacons, seminarians, and consecrated persons. 2007. USA: Wisdom Books (a Division of Queenship Publishing). Page xix
Image courtesy of ChatGPT and CN Whittle "Mother Mary and Jesus in church"
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