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“One should chant the Holy Names of the Lord as if he is reading a letter from his beloved, whom he has been separated with for a very long time.”

"He [Jesus] was born of a Mother whom He chose before He was born. It is the only instance in history where both the Son willed the Mother and the Mother willed the Son. And this is what the Creed means when it says 'born of the Virgin Mary.' She was called by God, as Aaron was, and Our Lord was born not just of her flesh but also by her consent. Before taking into himself a human nature, He consulted with the Woman, to ask her if she would give Him a man."

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I like the awkward young priest in Grand Torino, who works earnestly to save Clint Eastwood’s soul after making a promise to his wife on her deathbed.

Non-fictional ones…

There Be Dragons reminds me of another by the same director: Jeremy Irons in The Mission.

“For us, adorers, there is still something more in the mystery of the Immaculate Conception. If God thus preserved Mary, it was because He wished to dwell in her. He wished to descend into a holy dwelling-place pure and perfect. The Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit purified Mary only to make of her a worthy tabernacle for the Divine Word. He had to create a new heaven for Him, one entirely pure. To receive Him into her bosom, Mary had to be immaculate. The Immaculate Conception is the remote preparation for Holy Communion. With what happiness the Word contemplated that dwelling which He had prepared for Himself.”

When we praise and bless Our Lady by saying the Angelic Salutation [Hail Mary], she always passes on these praises to Almighty God in the same way she did when she was praised by Saint Elizabeth.