“Mary’s greatness is not just found in what she says, but the fact that at every crucial moment in the life of Jesus, Mary was also present”.
In this edition of A Minute with Mary, Paul reflects on the important role of Our Lady in Scripture.
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When we read the Gospels we may be tempted to reason that since we only find recorded a limited amount of what Mary spoke, perhaps we could justify not accepting Her significance and importance. But Mary’s greatness is not just found in what She says, but the fact that at every crucial moment in the life of Jesus, Mary was also present.
In the gospels of Matthew and Luke we read about the infancy stories of Jesus. Did you ever stop to think where the evangelists sourced those stories from? The only person who was around to recall those stories was Mary! She would have had to share those events for the evangelist to even know they happened. So again we see Mary humbly, quietly in the background, living out the will of God at every moment.
The early Christians understood the importance of Mary and that’s why from 250 AD they painted Her image and recorded prayers in their catacombs, and dedicated churches to Her. It’s only been in the latter times of Christian history that protestant churches discouraged devotion to Mary.
So let us be faithful to Scripture and the 2,000 years of Sacred Tradition passed down to us from the Apostles and accept the gift – from Jesus – of His own Mother, so that we too can experience Her powerful intercession, guidance and love.
