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SAINTFeast: Sep 8

Blessed Virgin Mary

Mother of Our Redeemer Jesus Christ, Queen of All Saints, and Help of Christians

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word of God, and the supreme exemplar of faith, humility, and obedience in the history of salvation. Conceived without original sin (Immaculate Conception), she surrendered her will entirely to God at the Annunciation with her fiat: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me according to thy word." Throughout the earthly ministry of Christ, Mary kept all things pondering them in her heart. She stood faithfully at the foot of the Cross, where Jesus entrusted her to Saint John—and through him, to the whole Church—as spiritual Mother of all believers. Assumed body and soul into heavenly glory, Our Lady continues to intercede for the pilgrim Church on earth as Queen of Heaven, Mediatrix of grace, and refuge of sinners.

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SAINTFeast: Aug 27

Saint Monica

Model of Persistent Maternal Prayer and Faithfulness

Saint Monica (c. 331–387 A.D.) was a Christian noblewoman from Tagaste, North Africa, revered throughout the Church as the model of maternal patience, persistent prayer, and holy perseverance. Married to a pagan official named Patricius, Monica won her husband and mother-in-law to Christ through her gentle charity. For nearly two decades, Monica shed tears and offered daily prayers for the conversion of her brilliant but wayward son, Augustine. Saint Ambrose famously comforted her with the prophetic words: "It is impossible that the son of so many tears should perish." Her prayers were gloriously answered when Augustine was baptized in Milan in 387 A.D. Shortly before her death at Ostia, Monica told Augustine: "Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight... One thing only there was for which I desired to linger in this life, that I might see thee a Catholic Christian before I died."

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