Dear Friends,
The Catechism says, “After her Son’s Ascension, Mary ‘aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers… we also see Mary by her prayers imploring the gift of the Spirit, who had already overshadowed her in the Annunciation.’” (CCC 965)
Throughout the month of May, we focused as a Church on the role of the Blessed Mother in the story of salvation. Among her many virtues, we speak of her fidelity, her humility, and her presence in the early Christian community. I often go back to Luke chapter 2: “But Mary kept all these things in her mind, pondering them in her heart.”
There is a beautiful scene in the 2012 movie Mary of Nazareth by Ignatius Press, where the Holy Family has left the temple after Simeon’s prophecy, and Joseph questions Mary’s prolonged silence. He asks her what the holy man said to her, and Mary’s response was, “Words I don’t understand yet.”
I have often meditated on this scene. Mary did not possess all the answers, but she had great faith in God’s promises. That faith gave her quiet confidence that God’s revelation doesn’t always come at once but is revealed over time.
In those moments when we are not sure what God is asking of us, let us turn to the Blessed Mother and ask her to lend us her heart that we might have the quiet confidence to live into the answer.
Yours in the Heart of Jesus,
Donna
