Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” (Jn. 4:10)

Maria…our “solace in the midst of woe.”

When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples. to ask him, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” (Mt. 11:2-3)

Books can illumine mind, spirit, our world.

Daughter of Ann and Joachim of Nazareth, young Mary, I think, probably had that ‘girl next door’ kind of look. And sweet and unassuming, I imagine.