In a London charity-school a Protestant bishop and several other Anglican clergymen were listening to the poor orphans recite their prayers. Now, among these children, there was a Catholic lad. This boy, having said the "Our Father" began, as he had been taught, to recite the "Hail Mary".

At this, the the Protestant bishop interposed hastily, saying "No, no! We want to hear nothing about her. Go on to the next."

The lad then began the "Apostles' Creed" but when he arrived at "was conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of the -" he stopped, and looking up said, "Now, what am I to do, sir, for here she comes again."

And so it is, indeed, that it is impossible to separate Jesus from Mary, for the Blessed Virgin is irrevocably bound up with our Redemption and our religion. St. Pius X, in his very first message to the world, describes Mary as "participating in all mysteries and dispensing every grace."