Saturday is Mary's Day

Just as God’s glory and power in Jesus shine forth most clearly in his humility and lowliness on the Cross, so the marvels he worked in Mary in making her the Mother of the Redeemer are shown forth and given life most clearly in the lowliness and humility of her soul. In fact, we all know that the glory of God’s presence is always shown forth most brilliantly in a lowly and humble heart.

Saturday is Mary's Day

I am the handmaid of the Lord. This is the title Mary gives herself. All other titles are given her by others but this is the one she claims. And how revealing it is, how simple and truthful, how powerful! It describes what Mary wishes us to know about her because it perfectly describes what she knows about herself. All the rest, her great gifts and prerogatives, her high calling and destiny, all these are for Mary nothing more than the 'marvels the Almighty works for me'.

Saturday is Mary's Day

I am the handmaid of the Lord.

Mary’s greatness is really to be found in this title as the mighty oak tree is found in the tiny acorn.

As Mary said to Elizabeth: The Almighty has done great things for me. The great things done for Mary, and through Mary and in Mary were done on the solid and beautiful foundation of this humble awareness of herself as the lowly handmaid of the Lord.

The Father truly did look on his servant in her lowliness and then proceeded to do great things for her.

Mary’s lowliness actually made the great things possible. All her other titles flow out of this lowliness (filled with grace) and leave it intact. In her own eyes the Mother of God, the Immaculate Conception, the ever-virgin Queen of heaven and earth is still, and always will remain, the lowly Handmaid of the Lord.

May is Mary's Month

You may wonder at this strange little picture of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It comes from the cover of the book by Sr Natalia on Our Lady under the title of Victorious Queen of the World.

As Mary prepared the way for Jesus' arrival through his Incarnation so will she prepare the world for his arrival on the Last Day. God has given into her hands the task of preparing the world for his final coming.

O Virgin Mother, Victorious Queen of the World, show us your power.

I pray you will all have a holy May and allow her to prepare you for his coming.