“Let it be done unto me accordingly to thy Will”

“Let it be done unto me accordingly to thy Will”  Today, with the universal Church, we affirm our belief that Mary, the Mother of God is the perfect model of Christian life; who was preserved from the corruption of the grave and who is the Queen of Heaven and Earth.

On this Solemnity, we are also reminded that our destiny lies beyond the grave and each day we are being called to eternity. 

We cannot assume that we will go to heaven.  We must strive daily to cooperate with the Lord’s grace so that we may be prepared on the day He calls us to Himself.  Mary shows us the way:  Like her, we must, proclaim the goodness of the Lord and rejoice in God our Savior.  Like her, we must with profound trust say daily:  “Let it be done to me according to your word.”  In other words, as humble and faithful disciples our souls must magnify—not ourselves, but the One is Lord, the Son of God, the Son of Mary.

How blessed are we that from the Cross he gave Mary to us as our Mother to guide us on our earthly journey and to the ultimate goal for which we long.  We should let ourselves be guided by Mary ‘an example’ and rest quiet and secure in her interceding for us.  She will watch out for us; provide for us; pray for our needs of body as she did at Cana .

Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth, pray for us sinners today and always.  Amen.