In these “islands” could be found the living presence of Jesus, Von Balthasar said, among his disciples who bears witness to God, and expressed in the “living prophetic Marian dimension in the Church.” (8)
Si Maria ay tinagurian ng ating mahal na Papa Juan Pablo II bilang “Tala ng Bagong Pamamahayag ng Mabuting Balita”. Wika niya: “Si Maria ay maningning na bukang liwayway at tiyak na gabay sa bawat hakbang” (NMI, 58).