{"id":7338,"date":"2025-01-01T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=7338"},"modified":"2024-12-31T19:11:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T23:11:18","slug":"the-beautiful-motherhood-of-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/the-beautiful-motherhood-of-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"the Beautiful Motherhood of Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"348\" data-attachment-id=\"7339\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/the-beautiful-motherhood-of-mary\/attachment\/jan1a-mary-mother-of-god\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?fit=896%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;surfer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1735592738&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jan1a-Mary, Mother of God\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?fit=625%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?resize=625%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan1a-Mary-Mother-of-God.jpg?resize=624%2C348&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cO Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cGo to this Mother of Mercy, and show her the wounds which thy sins have left on thy soul; then will she certainly entreat her Son, by the breast that gave him suck, to pardon thee all. 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Holy Spirit, Lord of light, from the clear celestial height thy pure beaming radiance give. 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