" ... CHRIST'S FINGERS hold His Mother’s right hand, yet they rest quite loosely there. In this lies another lesson. Though Mary is His Mother, He is her God. To Him she owes all her graces. This holding of hands is also a symbol of love and a union of wills. We hold the hands of those whom we love and, as St. Thomas Aquinas says: “the effect of love is a union of wills.” We see a similar joining of hands in Matrimony, where “they two shall be in…

O most Holy Heart of Jesus,

fountain of every blessing,

I adore You,

I love You,

and with lively sorrow for my sins

I offer you this poor heart of mine.

Make me humble, patient, pure

and wholly obedient to Your…