The Final Battle: Marriage and Family
The Final Battle: Marriage and Family
In Mary’s month — in Joseph’s year — let us “Go to Joseph and Mary”
By Mark Drogin
Detail from Holy Family (the Doni Tondo) by Michelangelo
Special devotions to Mary are observed throughout the month of May; our Blessed Mother appeared on May 13, 1917, to three small children in Fatima, Portugal. She spoke to them and promised she would return; and so she returned each month until her final appearance on October 13. In this final appearance, thousands — including many nonbelievers — witnessed and testified to the “miracle of the sun”; notably, this appearance began with St. Joseph, the Husband of Mary, holding the Baby Jesus, and together Joseph and Jesus blessed the world.