Fr. Josémaría M. Barbin, F.I., is the U.S. Vocations Director for the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate and author of Beloved Disciple: Living Out Your Marian Consecration Daily. Based at the friary in Griswold, Connecticut, he guides men discerning religious life while promoting deeper devotion to Our Lady. He also contributes to Missio Immaculatae magazine, writing on Marian spirituality and even the Marian themes in J.R.R. Tolkien’s work.

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00:00 Intro
04:01 Why we need Mary
07:45 Misconceptions about Mary
10:10 Why we always talk about Mary
13:30 The Immaculate Conception
23:26 St. Maximilian Kolbe’s devotion
31:03 Saints and Mary
35:19 The importance of Mary
38:03 Mary’s role in the Church
41:50 How Mary attends to everyone at once
46:24 Mary’s role in grace
49:08 Holding onto the reality of Mary
52:59 St. Louis de Montfort
1:03:23 Could Mary have sinned?
1:04:32 Mary’s role in exorcism
1:10:00 St. Dominic receives the Rosary
1:15:46 Praying the Rosary as a family
1:23:08 How to pray the Rosary well
1:31:12 Life of St. Josemaría
1:34:24 Benefits of the Rosary
1:38:38 Marian devotions
1:47:23 Consecration to Mary
1:54:12 Faith in mental prayer
1:56:42 Why ask saints to pray for us?
2:03:35 Did Mary know she was Immaculate?
2:05:13 Building a relationship with Mary
2:07:20 Religious art
2:11:15 Seeing devotions rightly
2:13:30 Christ first, then Mary
2:14:32 Do Catholics worship Mary?
2:16:13 The Beloved Disciple
2:17:40 Entrusting things to Mary
2:20:46 Wearing chains of consecration
2:22:10 Deep devotion
2:25:30 Wrap up