“Anglican convert Blessed John Henry Cardinal Neumann described Mary as our “happier world”. By leading her children to her Son, the Blessed Mother helps “them to regain that which has been lost through the fall and sin. She rids us of false teaching. Far from a saccharine devotion, Mary burns through the vices of the cynic, the jaded, the angry, the agitated and the hopeless. In their place, she plants the gifts of peace, order, hope, strength, goodness, and creativity.”
