Devotion to Mary

Many people don't understand the Catholic Church's devotion to Mary. It's simple to those of us who already understand that Jesus came to earth through Mary, therefore Mary knows Jesus more than any of us.

So, as we all know from basic scripture the angel Gabriel came down from heaven and told Mary she would concieve a child who shall be called Emmanual. From her birth Mary was special. God, the Father, made Mary specifically knowing that she would carry His only begotten Son in her womb. She would become the Mother of Christ. Mary has the love of Jesus a mother has for a child and because of her fiat, her yes, to the Father she was greatly rewarded in heaven and is our queen, just as Christ is our King. We are the children of Jesus Christ and Mary.

It is often said that Mary draws us closer to the Sacred heart of her Son, which is our true home. There is a special place in the heart of Jesus for each one of us and when we are not there he knows it. He misses us. He calls for us to return to him. Mary can help us do this, if we ask for her help. She will give us the graces we need to complete our daily task and give God our fiat, our yes to his will each day!

Today, as I was meditating over a reading from True Devotion to Mary I realized that Jesus and Mary come hand in hand. You can't truly know one as you should without knowing the other. Mary helps you to know her Son. She intercedes for us to the Father, she gives us graces, she is our Queen and our Mother, she loves us as if we are her children. Jesus loves his mother. She carried him in her womb and raised him from his birth. In today's gospel we are able to know when Christ gave his mother to be the mother of all heaven and earth:

John 19:25-27
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary Magdalene.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved
he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son."
Then he said to the disciple,
"Behold, your mother."
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

And so, we can not truly know Jesus without knowing His mother and vice versa. Jesus gave us his mother because we need her help so do not be afraid to ask our Blessed Mother, Mary for help when you struggle for she is our queen and our mother and she wants to help us in our struggles.

God Bless
Keep Praying!

In Jesus&Mary,
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