Mary’s prayer in the ‘Magnificat’ is to be ours too

In our call to prayer, we are given the powerful and provocative image of Mary of Nazareth, God-Bearer, First Disciple, and Mother of the Church. No one followed the Lord’s life of prayer better than this maid of Galilee. She stands for us as the mother of prayer and as the perfected model of holiness and of interior union with God.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us: “The Gospel reveals to us how Mary prays and intercedes in faith.” And so, we look at the written Word of God...