Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

The Virgin in Prayer Sassoferrato

The first time Mary became part of my faith, I was a sleep-deprived new mother. I hadn’t grown up Catholic and converted just a year before my son joined our family. As I nursed him in a darkened room, in the middle of the night, I realized that Mary had fed Jesus just like this. I found this comforting as I looked down at my son, his long eyelashes wet with tears from calling to me in the dark, and prayed that he too would know her Son.

Read my reflection on Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church for Loyola Press.