Getting to Know Mary!

     It has been such a great blessing learning to pray with Mary through the rosary and consecration over the past year. It is said the best way to get to know Jesus is through the one who loves Him and knows Him best, His mother. Mary is a model for all of us with her great yes to God at the annunciation, even though she did not know all that would be included. She is gentle but shows amazing strength in seeing her most beloved son suffer on the cross. It has been such a blessing as well to help the youth come to know Mary more. She is the most perfect example of a mother and the more we grow close to her, the more we can see her as our mother too! One of the most grace filled moments on the past few months on SPIRITUS was during a middle school lock-in at my youth ministry parish. We had 2 AM adoration and the high school leadership team lead about 25 middle schoolers in the rosary. It is said every time we say a Hail Mary, it is like giving our Blessed Mother a rose. Well, she received loads of roses that night!


     -Brianna Trifiletti