Filipinos are known all over the world for their strong faith in God and for their deep love and reverence for our Holy Mother Mary, who we call Mama Mary. It is in the Filipinos’ destiny to be OFWs ...

490 To become the mother of the Savior, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role." 132 The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as "full of grace".

"Immediately after the narration of the Annunciation, the evangelist Luke guides us in the footsteps of the Virgin of Nazareth ... she greets Mary with a loud cry: ‘Blessed are you among women ...

We see Mary now, not as that ordinary woman in Nazareth town, but one to be venerated as the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through her prayers of intercession we too can reach Jesus just as she offers on ...