Devotion to Mary came about around 200 AD…some think it was with St. James…She was called by the ancients, Maria Maris Stella…Mary Star of the Sea…Her intercession was experienced by early Christians in those days of persecution.
The first image of Mary and Baby Jesus is found inside the Catholic Catechism in the first part, it painted on the wall inside a catecomb, an ancient burial ground under the city of Rome.
Another interesting learn is how people developed the Liturgy of the Hours…they would pray with their arms outstretched facing east one Our Father at 9 am, then another of the same at Noon, and then the last Our Father at 5 pm, consecrating their day through prayer.
