Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We read today of the finding of Jesus in the Temple. It is the last joyful mystery of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Why do we pray the Rosary? We pray it to help us focus and mediate on our Lord, Jesus Christ. Mary leads us to Jesus.
A parent when they lose a child in a grocery store or a mall becomes this bastion of grief and anxiety and will stop at nothing until the child is found, hopefully safely. The bond between parent and child is so strong. Imagine that between mother and child, the child having been part of her for nine months, then the bond that is formed, especially as an infant. A mother's love has no bounds. Mary is left tormented and journeys backwards to the temple to find her son. May she be our inspiration for searching for our Lord. May we learned to love the Messiah as dearly.
How calm and assuring he is when they meet. He promises to be obedient to her. This is one of the reasons that we believe that she has his ear when we ask her to intercede on our behalf to her son. He so loves her just as he loves us, but he honors her especially as his mother.
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