One of the things I love most about Devotion to Our Lady is that it is always a work in progress. It is rather like climbing a high mountain and finding you have actually climbed a Mountain Range and when you get to the top you find it is not one single peak but a whole range to climb. Mary is so perfect in all the virtues; so full of Grace that there are always huge oceans of grace to discover. I would say my huge discovery these last few years has been the Sorrowful Virgin. I t has been said that the thought of her Son's Passion was never from her thoughts and prayers. This touches me deeply. Another big discovery was that the prayer, 'Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee', Is Our Lady's favourite. Since then it has never been far from my lips. The Mother Of God by William Butler Yeats The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare Through the hollow of an ear; Wings beating about the room; The terror of all terrors that I bore The Heavens in my womb. Had I not found content among the shows Every common woman knows, Chimney corner, garden walk, Or rocky cistern where we tread the clothes And gather all the talk? What is this flesh I purchased with my pains, This fallen star my milk sustains, This love that makes my heart's blood stop Or strikes a Sudden chill into my bones And bids my hair stand up?
