The Blessed Mother is the Queen of Heaven and earth and is the beacon of light that we all, as Catholic women, should follow.
May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary to honor her as the Mother of God and Queen of Heaven, so it is timely to reflect on the Blessed Mother — as well as some of the women I look up to most in my faith journey.
When I converted to Catholicism in 2015, one of the highlights of discovering the Church was recognizing how much this faith reveres women. We look to the Blessed Mother for counsel and intercession in times of confusion, we pray for littleness and humility alongside our heavenly friend St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and we admire present-day role models of the Church like Leah Darrow and Lila Rose so that we may be more bold in our speech and our actions.
First and foremost is the Blessed Mother, Mary. I learned how to pray the Rosary when I first became Catholic, and it was something I couldn’t get enough of. I would pray every night, and if I felt like I wasn’t praying well enough, I would start over because
