Far From the Madding Crowd?
The bells have rung in the New Year and Catholics have throughout the world attended the Mass in honour of Mary The Mother of God. It is a momentous opportunity for all within the Church to once more acknowledge Our Blessed Mother as the paragon of virtue, recall her submission to Divine Will and look to her as comforter of the afflicted. Over the centuries Our Blessed Mother has time and again affirmed that, like her beloved Son, she thirsts for souls and will do all within