Dec 12 Thu
What is the bond between the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary?
The Blessed Mother shows us Jesus. She always opens the doors for us! Mary takes us to Jesus by the hand. Thus, our devotion to the Blessed Mother reminds us that she takes us by the hand to her Son, and enables us to see Him.
Among the various means by which the Holy Spirit implements His work of sanctification in the Church – the Word of God, the Sacraments, and prayer – there is one in entirely particular, and it is Marian piety.
Go to Jesus through Mary. Our Lady never points to herself, Our Lady points to Jesus. And this is Marian piety: to Jesus by the hands of Our Lady.
Saint Paul defines the Christian community as “a letter of Christ administered by us, written not in ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.” Mary, as the first disciple and figure of the Church, is also a letter written with the Spirit of the living God. Precisely for this reason, she can be “known and read by all,” even those who do not know how to read theology books, those “little ones” to whom Jesus says that the mysteries of the Kingdom, hidden to the wise, are revealed.
By saying “Yes, let the Lord’s will be done,” Mary accepts to be the mother of Jesus – it is as though Mary said to God: “Here I am, I am a tablet to be written on: let the Writer write what he wants, make of me what the Lord of all wishes.”
At that time, people wrote on waxed tablets; today we would say that Mary offers herself like a blank check on which the Lord can write whatever He wants.
Thus, the Mother of God becomes an instrument of the Holy Spirit in His work of sanctification. She utters a few words that everyone can say on any occasion: “Behold, here I am” and “Let it be done”.
Mary said “Yes” to the Lord. Through the Blessed Virgin's example and intercession," he continued, "she encourages us to also say our own 'yes' to Him whenever we face a call to obedience or a challenge to overcome."
Therefore, this is how, he said, the Mother of God is an instrument of the Holy Spirit in His work of sanctification.
Our Lady is the Daughter and handmaid of the heavenly Father, the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Spouse and Temple of the Holy Spirit.” The unique relationship between Mary and the Trinity could not be illustrated in simpler words.
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