“Most blessed are you among women” (Luke 1:42).
Spoken perfectly to Mary, God’s Word speaks also to us. Through Mary, God speaks to the best that is in us.
We are called to bless God and to bless all life. Mary perfectly – immaculately – displays this. As the sign of divine blessing, Mary is all that we want to be. She is all that we want others to be. She is all we want our culture and world to be.
Making our way to Mary, we ask her to pray with us and for us that everything that is good in us will grow. We pray that this good – grace – will spread. We pray that Christ’s very presence and power – peace – will increase and be given to others.
May our lives joyously exclaim, “O Mary, you truly are most blessed among all women! Make me share in your blessing. Permit me to feel how much there is in me which can become part of your blessing.”
