瑪利亞的使徒工作更為人熟知，因為我們知道晚餐廳裡，她坐在宗徒與門徒中間，以王后的身分在他們面前祈禱，鼓勵他們懷抱希望，並相信耶穌的應許。(Pr 1, 128) Mary’s apostolate is known even better when we see her seated among the Apostles in the Upper Room and there, as Queen, preceding them in prayer, encouraging them to hope and believe in the promises that Jesus had made (Pr1, 128).

聖神必須傾注上智、明達、超見和剛毅之恩：因為若少了來自天主的光，即便是最神聖的事物，也會不被重視。(Pr 1, 116) It is necessary that the Holy Spirit infuse his wisdom, his knowledge, the gift of counsel and strength: because, when there is no light that proceeds from God, even the holiest things are little esteemed (Pr 1, 116).

她是萬物之母；她是使徒的顧問；她是安慰者，不斷地鼓勵他們：她在世的歲月裡，她真正的使徒工作是自己的聖德榜樣。她偉大的使徒工作，就是使徒和教友們從她那裡學到如何實踐和活出福音。(Pr 1, 128) She was the Mother of all, she was the counsellor of the Apostles, she was their consoler; she continually encouraged them: and her own example of her holiness, in those years as long as she remained on earth, was a true apostolate. A great apostolate: the Apostles and the faithful learned from […]