Now I order you to retain this creed for your nourishment throughout life and never to accept any alternative, not even if I myself were to change and say something contrary to what I am now teaching, not even if some angel of contradiction, changed into an angel of light, tried to lead you astray. For even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which you have now received, let him be accursed in your sight. – St Cyril of Jerusalem
This depiction of Our Lady of Grace is painted on the wall and ceiling behind the altar in the church of San Giovanni Rotondo. Notice Jesus reaching for His Mother’s milk which signifies Grace! I pray often that Mother Mary will hold me in her arms and feed me with the milk of Divine Grace, the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. May our Christmas and New Year be filled to overflowing with God’s Grace through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Mother and Our Queen+ Deacon John