'MY MOTHER AND MY QUEEN' (A real Kiwi bloke comments on the BVM)

I have a dear friend, a real Kiwi bloke who's an intercessor for one of my family whose girlfriend is dangerously ill. The other day after Mass, I lent him the November 2015 issue of National Geographic with the cover story on the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Brendan (not his real name) is built like a brick shit-house and as gentle as a lamb.

‘A lot of people think Mary’s a myth,’ he said. ‘But she’s not to me. To me she’s my Mother and my Queen.’