It is only through a denigration of motherhood that we do not venerate St. Mary, the mother of Jesus. \u00a0It is she who carried Christ in her womb through the discomfort of nine months, gave birth to Jesus through the pains of birth, nursed God incarnate upon her breast, raised him, learned from him, watched him die, and then lived in the community of believers as a grandmother of the faith after he rose from the dead and\u00a0ascended\u00a0into heaven. \u00a0Her position in the Gospels is unique\u2013without her there would be no Jesus.<\/p>\n
As Sojourner Truth once said, \u201cWhere did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perhaps the best way to honor Mary is to reflect on the longest passage attributed to her, the Magnificat. \u00a0Spend 20 minutes in lectio divina<\/em> (divine reading) with this passage. \u00a0Read it slowly and prayerfully, listening to what God might be speaking to you through the passage. \u00a0What did you hear?<\/p>\n The Magnificat:<\/p>\n M<\/span>ary said,<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is only through a denigration of motherhood that we do not venerate St. Mary, the mother of Jesus. \u00a0It is she who carried Christ in her womb through the discomfort of nine months, gave birth to Jesus through the pains of birth, nursed God incarnate upon her breast, raised him, learned from him, watched […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,131],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lectio","tag-lectio-divina","tag-magnificat"],"yoast_head":"\nLuke 1:46-55<\/h3>\n
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