Dec 3 Tue
The intercession of Mary.
At the wedding in Cana, Mary realized, before anyone else did, that they had run out of wine. She helps us discover and correspond to the will of God in the hundred and one little incidents of each day.
Mary was constantly aware of her divine filiation.
As the Mother of God, she was also keenly aware of her maternal role in the service of all humanity.
Both realities are permeated by her exquisitely refined piety. She will continue to love and help us since we are her children, and a mother is always closest to her child who is most in need.
When Mary looked or smiled at Jesus, or just thought about him, she was looking, smiling, speaking to God. This is truly what it means to pray. Our Lady carried out all her actions with the express desire of pleasing her Son.
Our own daily meditation should lead us to identify ourselves fully with Jesus, and approach even the relatively unimportant details of each day with supernatural perspective. At Cana, she shows how we can petition Our Lord, through her, with delicate tact. She was his mother, and a Son loves his Mother.
She had seen him sleeping in her aims, but nevertheless she did not venture here to tell him what He should do. She merely pointed out the problem to him, convinced that whatever solution He offered, no matter what He decided to do, would be the best possible. She left the matter entirely to him, leaving him completely free to do his own Will without any feeling of obligation.
Why? She knew that whatever He chose to do, it would be the most perfect thing that could be done, and the problem would be solved in the best possible way. She did not tie his hands, so to speak, or force him to take one line of action. She trusted in his wisdom, in his wider and deeper vision of things, a vision that “saw” aspects and circumstances perhaps unknown to her.
She did not even ask whether He would think it fitting to intervene or not: She merely pointed out the problem and left it in his hands. The fact is that faith ‘puts God under an obligation’ more than the most skillful and forceful arguments. Mary teaches us to remain at the foot of the cross in silent prayer during difficult moments of our life. The last we hear of Mary in the Gospel is when she is praying with the Apostles for the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Resolutions:
- To have frequent recourse to Our Lady with aspirations.
- The Memorare Prayer.
- The Holy Rosary.
Today, bring her an iris, that is always upwards, open and directed to God and firm, which represents your faith.
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