"Balthasar keeps the humanness of Our Lady in focus. [He] rightly underscores that even with her unique revelations, graces, and privileges, Mary still had to grow in faith as a disciple. [Mary for Today] places her near to us, rather than raising her to inaccessible heights."
— Edward Sri, from the Foreword

"This volume is a perfect aid for prayer and meditation. Its brief chapters provide concentrated fuel to fire our hearts and minds with the desire to enter ever more deeply, through the eyes of his Mother, into the mystery of Christ. Balthasar excels in helping us rediscover, as if for the first time, essential aspects of Mary's person and role in our salvation. Although fostering intimate Marian contemplation is obviously his goal in this little work, Balthasar's thought is always reliably rooted in historical erudition."
— Fr. Simeon Leiva, O.C.S.O., Author, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word