Why is Mary so honoured? What did she do?
She had a child, she raised him to manhood. She followed him throughout his life, stood by him in his death and received and buried his lifeless body. Carrying unimaginable grief, she yet remained silent, dignified.
Given by her son to John, the beloved disciple, she stayed with and supported his followers as they sought to establish the way of life, of love and of truth that her son had shown and taught them.
She lived an entirely unobtrusive life, left us with very few words to remember her by and no great monuments and yet she has been and is revered by countless millions. She is held to be the "most blessed of all women" throughout time. She is the "highest order of our race", the epitome of womanhood.
She is a mother, the 'Mother of God,' 'Madre Dio', who loves and prays for us and holds us in her arms for all eternity. Hail Mary, obscure yet exalted, our reference, our comfort, our consolation always; given through John, the beloved disciple, to all of us.
Help me, dear God, to do all I can to emulate her loving and gracious ways and to call for her prayers when I fail yet again so that I may never give up trying.
Dearest mother, thank you for loving and praying for us always.
Amen.
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