Thomas Griffin 8/16/26 (For The Daily Signal)
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Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is the most important woman ever to live, and she is desperately needed in our culture.
The Christian faith holds that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—one God, three persons. God is a relationship of perfect communion. God the Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit, took flesh and became man. He was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Therefore, the role of Mary in salvation history is crucial.
On Aug. 15 and Aug. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates Mary, the Mother of God. Aug. 15 commemorates her Assumption into Heaven, body and soul. Aug. 22 commemorates her as Queen of Heaven, highlighting the importance of her place in salvation history and her maternal intercession for our needs.
Throughout Christian history, the faithful have always imagined what it would have been like to have been present at scenes detailed in the Gospels. St. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote that at the moment the angel Gabriel asked Mary to be the Mother of God, all of heaven held its breath, awaiting the response from this lowly virgin. In the gap of silence between Gabriel’s invitation and Mary’s fiat (yes), the world awaited the fulfillment of its redemption.
Thomas Griffin writes from Long Island where he lives with his wife and three children. He is the Founder and President of Empty Tomb Project, Inc, a non-profit evangelization company. Thomas is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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