Fr. Manelli is Founder and Minister General of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. He is well known in Italy as a distinguished preacher and writer. His biblical Mariology has recently appeared in English under the title: “All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed.” Introduction Every truth of our faith has its origin in divine Revelation, whose two primary sources are Sacred Scripture and Tradition. Both sources are guaranteed by the Magisterium of the Church whose duty it is to guard the deposit of faith and “confirm” believers in their faith according to the word of Jesus (cf. Lk 22:32). Thus, the truth of the “maternal Mediation” of Mary, to use the happy phrase of Pope John Paul II,1 has its origin in Sacred Scripture, and is then developed in Tradition, sustained and guaranteed by the living Magisterium of the Church, nourished by the “lex orandi, lex credendi” of the Liturgy, and by the sensus fidelium ever present in the holy people of God.2 READ...