May Jesus Christ be praised
and may his holy Mother pray for us.
I am the first child of
my parents. My sister is two and a half
years younger. That means that I was a
two year old when my sister came to live in the house, and I was jealous. I was not jealous of her room. I was jealous because there was one privilege
that had been mine alone, and now I would have to share it with her. I would have to share with my sister the privilege
of calling my mother, “Mom.” I was
jealous because someone else could call my mother, “Mom.”
But the Lord Jesus is
not jealous. He invites us to call upon
his mother. The Lord Jesus invites us to
call upon the Blessed Virgin Mary as our dear and loving mother. He shares her with us. The Lord Jesus shares with us his own relationship
with the Father. He shares with us his
own relationship with his mother. Mary
is our mother. She loves us. She nurtures us. Mary brings us close to her Son. Mary stands with us at our own Calvary. Mary is close to us in our joys. She is close to us in our sorrows. Mary is our loving Mother. She is a gift that the Lord Jesus gives to
us. The Lord Jesus is not jealous. The Lord Jesus shares his mother with us.
With
confidence, let us call upon her. Amen.
Preached at Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church, Monroe, NC
