Also, even though Mary's culture and life circumstances differ from that of women today, in many ways she may still be a model for them. As Pope John Paul II noted in his encyclical The Dignity and ...

the steriologically motivated relationship of all consecrated persons according to the example of St. John (VC 28); 3. Mary as role model for all people of the consecrated life. (VC 34; 97) The main ...

St. John brought people to love Christ and the Virgin Mary by speaking tirelessly about ... so the love of her heart is meant to be a model for the way we should love God. The fact that her ...