A Catholic friend once said to me, “The Virgin Mary has absolutely nothing to do with my salvation.” Her point: “I don’t owe Mary anything.” Certainly, Mary did not die for our sins. She did not open the gates of Heaven for humankind. She did not save us. No, Jesus did all that. He carried that cross and hung upon it. He laid in that tomb and walked out of it. He and He alone died that we might live. But... He did it in a human body... a body that grew inside the womb of Mary