"Behold your Mother"

[MariaChristi]

I read a lovely thought from Father Ignace De La Potterie, in his book, The Hour of Jesus. Pondering Jesus’ words to the disciple on Calvary, Father wrote:

…“The disciple opened himself to the gift Jesus gave him. In an attitude of faith, he welcomed from that hour the woman who up till then had been the mother of Jesus; he welcomed her as his own mother. In itself, the meaning is quite simple, but how are we to translate it? We propose this: “From that hour the disciple welcomed her into close intimacy.”

Indeed what a gift Mary is to us! May we grow as St. John grew in close intimacy with her, welcoming her, and loving her as Jesus did.

Jesus, thank you for the gift of Mary to be our Mother.
St. John, pray for us that we may learn from Mary as you did, to love God and all His children as Jesus loved us.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

Something else occurred to me. I don’t even know if it’s culturally correct but I never thought of it before so I’ll throw it out there:

Not only was it a gift to us, it was a gift to Mary. She was now to be a widow, which was a very difficult thing to be, and Jesus fixed it so she’d never be a widow.

So it was another form of a gift from Jesus, giving of Himself, to the both of them.

Alan

 

[cradlecatholic5]

So glad He gave Her to us. She’s my go-to person.

 

[Jeanne_S]

Amen to all of the above,Love you Mama Mary!

 

[Nigel7]

After what our Lord said while hanging on that cross then how could any Christian not welcome Mary into their home and call her their mother? She is so awesome. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for this wonderful gift in our lives!

Hail Mary, full of Grace.

 

[Waiting]

Something else occurred to me. I don’t even know if it’s culturally correct but I never thought of it before so I’ll throw it out there:

Not only was it a gift to us, it was a gift to Mary. She was now to be a widow, which was a very difficult thing to be, and Jesus fixed it so she’d never be a widow.

So it was another form of a gift from Jesus, giving of Himself, to the both of them.

Alan

I don’t think you meant that Mary became a widow with the death of Jesus. She became a widow with no visible means of support. St. John took on the position of son, thereby becoming Mary’s means of support.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

I don’t think you meant that Mary became a widow with the death of Jesus. She became a widow with no visible means of support. St. John took on the position of son, thereby becoming Mary’s means of support.

Yes, you are right. You have worded it as I intended to, but didn’t.

Thank you! :tiphat:

Alan

 

[MS_SURVEYOR]

***Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Amen

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[MariaChristi]

***Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Amen

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Dear Ms_Surveyor, and all who have posted on this thread,

In his book, The Hour of Jesus, before the his words which I quoted to begin this thread, Father writes that it was more than merely the “human” touch of a Son being sure that His widowed mother would be taken care of, after His death, although it was that, it was far more. Mary was given as Mother to all of us; her motherhood became universal.

In the order of Grace Mary’s motherhood embraces all of us. How important it is then, that we recognize, that we truly “Behold” the gift Jesus has given us and treasure her, in the intimate relationship of loving child to loving mother!

 

[HillbillyHermit]

John 19:27 and this from Luke…

43 And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke (RSV) 1)

God’s generosity…mind-blowing.

 

[MariaChristi]

John 19:27 and this from Luke…

43 And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke (RSV) 1)

God’s generosity…mind-blowing.

Dear HillbillyHermit,

Thanks for your reply. I used both Scriptures in my presentation today on “Mary, Mother of Faith and Star of the New Evangelization”. Yes, a thousand times Yes, God is never outdone in generosity ( nor is our Mother!)

 

[HillbillyHermit]

Hopefully she will teach me how to evangelize. I probably couldn’t give a good definition of the word, but I think Mary gives great examples to follow in the 2nd and 4th Joyful Mysteries.

39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,
40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.
45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” (Luke (RSV) 1)

25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27 And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,
28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
29 "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;
30 for mine eyes have seen thy salvation (Luke (RSV) 2)

Her strong desire to help others, her humility, and the joy and peace of Christ that she gives to those she meets…

 

[MariaChristi]

Hopefully she will teach me how to evangelize…

Dear HillbillyHermit,

Mary summarizes for me the evangelization which we are called to: Mary received Jesus, with the obedience of Faith : “Be it done to me, according to your word.” She then “went with haste” to bring him to others. The Church exists to evangelize – we are to receive Jesus and bring Him to the world so much in need of Him.

Mary is called the “Star of the New Evangelization”, but each of us can also be a “little star”, each in our own unique way letting our light shine, leading others to know, love and serve Him.

Thanks for your reply. The more we listen to God’s Word, the more we hear. The more we pray the Rosary, with attention and devotion, the more we learn how to live as Jesus and Mary lived on this earth.