Today's Daily Decade, for the Feast of S. Martina, begs the intercession of S. Joseph the Worker and S. John the Apostle for the intention of listener Apricot, whose fiancé recently took new work and who is soon to be formally received into the Holy Church.

Today's reflection is on the role of motherhood in the life and salvation of the Blessed Mother, and the model she and her Divine Son offer us.