In January: Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners

On January the 16th, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Refuge of Sinners. St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787) wrote quite a bit about the manner in which Our Lady is a refuge for sinners in his book The Glories of Mary. It is never tiresome to read of this glory of Mary; the…