Let us call upon this gentle mother, invoke her maternal love.

According to Saint Francis de Sales, the Virgin Mary, “this gentle mother,” can be called upon at any moment with a child’s trust, and imitating her gentleness and humility is a way of loving her. Today, in a moment of difficulty, simply confide in her, as a child does in its mother, then try to imitate one of her virtues: gentleness, listening or quiet service.