What is your relationship like with the Blessed Virgin Mary?

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I love her, I pray for her intercession a lit but she feels so far away from me.

What about you?

Did you ever feel this way and it changed?
 
I have grown so close to Mary in recent months. Sometimes, I feel ashamed for loving Mother Mary more than my own Mother. I feel I can run to her arms in times of trouble.
 
Yes, but having Protestant parents, I don’t think they understand very well how you can love someone you’ve never met.
 
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she feels so far away from me.
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I was raised Protestant, am not quite Catholic, and used to have the usual misgivings about Mary that most non-Catholics have. I no longer do and understand very well the relationship between her and the Church. But that doesn’t really affect me in any way at all. Despite my regular recitation of the Rosary, I can’t honestly say I feel any closer to her than I ever did, nor do I feel it’s all that important. We can’t force feelings as they then become artificial. So I just think of Mary as a great lady whom I look forward to meeting one day. There’s no rush for anything more if that’s the way one feels. 🙂
 
Our Lady is close to my heart. I wear the Miraculous Medal and a medal of Our Lady of consolation. My relationship with Mary changed a lot over time. I used to be Anglican and had several misgivings about her. I love knowing that she is always there for me, always praying for me, always loving me. I love praying the Rosary and I say the Memorare quite often, particularly when I’m upset.
 
Catholics venerated Mary as Our Lady of Consolation as early as the second century and the Litany of Loreto mentions it. It is one of my favorite Marian titles.
 
I was raised irreligious in Protestantism, though when I started attending Mass less than 1 and a half years ago, my dad asked how I feel about Catholicism worshiping Mary, which since I intended to enter the Church, I explained they don’t.

For awhile, I didn’t understand the Marian dogmas. But slowly they came to me; first the assumption, then motherhood of God, perpetual virginity, and finally immaculate conception. Ober time I have come to LOVE Our Lady! Me and my biological mother have spoken since I was 11 (6 years) and our Lady truly is my mother. I know with surety that Christ gave her to all Christians as a mother and an intercessor.

I am very much simple, In my devotion to her. I try to pray the Rosary daily, and I do ask her intercession every day, and express my love of her after I pray to God and adore Him. Sometimes, when I’m up late due to being a very anxious person, I like to pretend that Christ is laying next to me, with my head on one of His Shoulders and Our Lady’s on the Other; one of my hands clasps Christ’s, and the other, The Blessed Mother. This may be ridiculous, but I enjoy it and it helps me turn to God When I am anxious.
 
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I am currently reading “Total Devotion to Mary” by St Louis de Montfort. Mine is a long and complicated story, but it involves coming back to the faith after many years of living a sinful life. My reversion to the faith has been the result of an incredibly difficult attack of the enemy. Through much prayer, many Rosaries, and constantly seeking the intercession of Our Blessed Mother, I know that the Lord has me on the right path. It is still a day to day trial, but I know for certain that Our Blessed Mother will NEVER turn away any sinner, no matter how terrible, who seeks Her intercession, and devotes his life to Her and Her mercy. The ultimate devotion, of course, is always to Our Lord Jesus, and Mary is that sure path to Her Son. Blessed be His holy name, and blessed be the name of Mary, ever virgin, our Mother.
Ave Maria
 
She saved me from myself and brought me back to God. I was at my absolute broken lowest and asked for her help.
 
Used to be better, not so great right now. It’s my fault. I’m working on it.
 
Nelka said:
I love her, I pray for her intercession a lit but she feels so far away from me.

What about you?

Did you ever feel this way and it changed?
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Like many here I wasn’t reared Catholic so the whole notion of her as my mother was new to me. I have dived into the Church’s teachings on her though, and I don’t ever feel far from her. Like someone else mentioned, I love her “more than” my own mother, but not at all in any kind of disrespectful way, but more like, Mary is my mother’s mother too—not just mine. She is the mother of the Church, the mother of us all, and most pointedly recently, I’ve really appreciate more and more than she is the mother of our Lord Jesus.

Here, she is depicted as comforting the Lord when the archangels informed him as a boy, of Our Father’s plan for Him when He grew up:

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What is your relationship like with the Blessed Virgin Mary?

Child like. I love that August Princess! I find it very difficult to find the right words to describe just what she means to me. When something comes up, I immediately turn to her. When someone slights her, whether here on a thread, or elsewhere, I’m very, very defensive of her. Next to Our Lord, she is absolutely tops! There are images and statues of her everywhere in my home, iPhone and on my person (medals, scapular etc.) She is one of the most beautiful aspects of my Catholic Faith. Someone once rightfully said; “A Christian without the Virgin is an orphan!”
 
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