Crusade Magazine, Vol. 192, November/December, 2024 - Holy Intransigence: an Aspect of the Immaculate Conception | Marian Piety, the Key to Victory - Piety is the key issue in the life of the Church. Properly understood, piety should not be the routine and sterile repetition of formulas and acts of worship. A gift descended from Heaven, true piety is capable of regenerating and leading souls, families, peoples and civilizations to God.
Now, in Catholic piety, the key issue is devotion to Our Lady. For if she is the channel through which all graces come to us, and it is through her that our prayers reach God, the great secret to total victory in the spiritual life consists in being intimately united to Mary.
Thus, there is no work that is more essential, no task more fruitful and no greater glory than the spreading of Marian piety. The Pontificate of Pius XII was all resplendent in this glory. In the rich, tragic and exciting years of his Pontificate, he had many opportunities to provide remarkable benefits
