By Br. Damian Day, O.P., DominicanFriars - As it is with our earthly mothers, so it is with our heavenly mother. At the foot of the cross, Our Lord gave us his mother, the Mother of God, who now, from heaven, smiles down on all her children... The French spiritual writer, Fr. Pierre Descouvemont, characterizes true devotion to Mary primarily as “getting into the habit of living under the smile of Mary”.. Stories from the lives of two famous saints of the nineteenth century illustrate the joy of living under Our Lady’s smile.