Behold your
Mother Tip s f o r g r o w ing in o ur d e votion to t h e Bl e s s e d Vir g in Mar y.
by Father Meinrad Miller What does it mean to be Christian? Obviously the easy answer is following Christ – Mary was the first to know who Jesus was, and not only that, she carried and bore the Son of God! Scripture doesn’t say all that much about Christ in his youth, what must that have been like? Being a parent is hard enough, but to be the Mother of God, that is a separate challenge unto itself. On the Cross Christ turned to the beloved disciple and said “behold your mother!” It was in this moment that Christ acknowledges Mary, not just as his earthly mother, but indeed as the mother of the whole Church – and of each person who is a part of that Church. When we’re growing up, indeed it is our mother who we depend upon first. In this same way, Christ is telling us to turn to Mary when we are in need. People are always asking, “why do Catholics worship Mary.” Of course the answer is that we don’t worship her. But we do acknowledge that as the Mother of Jesus, she is also our mother. How do we allow our love for Mary to also increase our love in her Son, Jesus Christ? Here are six tips to grow closer to Mary, your mother.
Hailing from the small Western Kansas town of Leoti, Fr. Meinrad Miller became a monk of St. Benedict’s Abbey in 1986. He currently serves as an instructor of Theology at Benedictine College and also serves the Abbey as Choirmaster.
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