When I find myself in times of trouble,
“Mother Mary comes to me,
“Speaking words of wisdom . . .
“Let it be, let it be.”
— Paul McCartney and the Beatles
Mother Megan and babe.
I’ve been reading and mulling on the life and the story of Mary the Mother of Jesus this week, influenced as I’ve been by the presence of my daughter and her newborn babe.
The story of Mary is the story of the ultimate in a loving and nurturing mother, of course. But of course it’s also the story of the ultimate woman of God, devoted to service to God and others.
Note how Mary is always thinking of others as when she goes to see her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1: 39); how she worries over her son lost on a pilgrimage (Luke 2: 43); how she considers the others who have no wine at the wedding at Cana, where her son performed his first miracle (John 2:3).
Jesus’s homeboys all tucked tail and ran when the going got excruciating for Jesus, but it was Mary (and other women, of course) who stayed in full, loving connection with him.
The story of Mary as the ultimate mother is a story of ultimate service to God and all God’s children. She’s the bright, shining star who guides all, male and female, through the ages.
Let it be.
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