Our Lady of the New Millennium
Mother of the Redeemer, with great joy we call you blessed.
In order to carry out His plan of salvation, God the Father chose you before the creation of the world. You believed in His love and obeyed His word.
The Son of God desired you for His Mother when He became man to save the human race. You received Him with ready obedience and undivided heart.
The Holy Spirit loved you as His mystical spouse and filled you with singular gifts. You allowed yourself to be led by His hidden and powerful actions.
On the eve of the third Christian Millennium, we entrust to you the Church which acknowledges you and invokes you as Mother.
To you, Mother of the human family and of the nations, we confidently entrust the whole of humanity, with its hopes and fears. Do not let it lack the light of true wisdom. Guide its steps in the ways of peace. Enable all to meet Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Sustain us, 0 Virgin Mary, on our journey of faith and obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation. O clement, O loving, O sweet Mother of God and our Mother, Mary!
By Pope John Paul II
The photograph is a partial detail of a larger stained glass window which can be seen inside of Our Lady of Victories Church. The Catholic church is located on Fair Street in Paterson, NJ, USA.
Photograph Copyright 2010 Loci B. Lenar
