There’s Something about Mary
May 4, 2011
Mother’s Day is coming up. Mark your calendar. This Sunday I get to share with the Sororitas girls about our blessed Mother.
Here are a few things I know:
1. Salvation was born in Mary’s womb. Because Mary consented to the divine will of God, she became the mother of Jesus. That is to say she is the Mother of God.
2. Her consent was no small thing. Mary is the new Eve. Eve asserted her will against her heavenly Father and said no to His will. Eve died that day. And she gave birth with the seeds of original sin that damn every one of us. Mary submitted her will to her Father’s and said yes to His call. Entirely. Mary was able to completely receive the love of God and surrender her entire being to Him. Mary birthed Love that redeems every one of us.
3. And so we honor her. We pray for the grace to be like her. To say “Yes!” to the will of the Father with all that we are.
