“The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, and she conceived of the Holy Spirit” (The Angelus Prayer; see the Annunciation in Luke 1:26-38).

“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (see the Visitation in Luke 1:39-56).

Hail, Holy Mother, who gave birth to the King who rules heaven and earth forever.

Entrance Antiphon, Mary, Mother of God

Yet Jesus Christ, the King, is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

Because she gives us Jesus, her son, Mary is Mother of God and our mother; we can entrust all our cares and petitions to her: she prays for us as she prayed for herself: “Let it be to me according to Your Word.” By entrusting ourselves to her prayer, we abandon ourselves to the Will of God together with her: “Thy Will be done.”

Catechism of the Catholic Church #2677