490. To become the mother of the Savior, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role". The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as "full of grace".

MARY: TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN "Mary has gone to heaven in both body and soul, and the angels rejoice. I can imagine, too, the delight of St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse, who awaited her in paradise.

The Cajuns of south Louisiana trace their ancestors to the French Acadians exiled from Nova Scotia around 1755. By the 1800s, thousands of Acadians had settled in the rural areas west of New ...