This section has items dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Gospel reveals her as being chosen by God to be the mother of the Messiah and speaks of her as listening to the word of God and treasuring it in her heart. The Angel Gabriel addresses her as “full of grace”, her cousin Elizabeth calls her “blessed among women”. The Gospel tells of a sorrowful mother watching her son die on the cross. Mary is child of God, mother of Jesus, blessed among women, and after Jesus’ ascension into heaven Mary is seen as a woman of prayer alongside the disciples of Jesus.