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A Letter from Mary to Moms
Thy Kingdom Come!
Everest
Academy, Lemont
May 9, 2014
Dear moms,
You have a beautiful gift and vocation in your motherhood; it is
your very path to fulfillment in this life.
Just as each one of you treasures your children, so I treasure you,
for you are my daughter and I am your mother.
Just as I was concerned for the couple at Cana
when they ran out of wine, so I am concerned for everything that happens in
your life. Wine represents joy, and when
you run out of joy in your life and in your house, I am concerned; I want you
to be joyful. Yet I know that the things
of this world will not make you joyful, but only my son.
The wine also represents the Eucharist, the blood of my son. At Cana he took ordinary water and
transformed it into wine, and so one day, through the power of the Holy Spirit,
he took my ordinary blood for his own and transformed it into divine blood –
the Eucharist. The creator became a
creature in my womb; God became flesh of my flesh; an incomprehensible gift, an
eternal source of joy for me. He wants
the same for you. It is only when he
dwells in you – in your heart, in your life, in your home – that you will be
truly joyful. I want to give you this
joy, the joy that comes from being in communion with God. When I see you lacking this wine, the wine of
communion with God, I am concerned. I
want you to be happy.
I know you, my daughter, and I know the struggles of your life. I have been with you through every single one
of them. I knew you from the moment you
were conceived. I watched you as you
were formed in your mother’s womb, and I rejoiced the day that you were born. I held you with the same tenderness with
which I held my own divine son, and I continue to gaze upon you with the same
love as I do my son. You are my daughter
and I am your mother.
I walked with you every step of your life – through your childhood
and teenage years, and into your adult life.
I covered you with my mantle, protected and nurtured you throughout
every moment of your life, and prepared you for this great vocation to become a
mother. I know the difficulties that you
faced – the times that you felt alone in this world – yet, you were never
alone; I was always there with you, leading you to my son.
I know the struggles you face in your life today; I am concerned for
you and I want you to obtain the great desire of your heart: peace, a peace
which comes from communion with God. It
is his grace that will live in you. It
is his very love, his charity, which will become an endless fountain of grace inside
of you. It is this love, the love of
God, his grace, his charity, and only this supernatural love which will give
you true happiness. Because it is only
when you love with this love that you fulfill the meaning of your
existence.
The world says you will find your happiness in the externals, in
appearances, in possessing material things, in worldly status and positions, in
recognition before the eyes of the world, in what people think of you and in
what people say of you, in a false sense of freedom and independence to do
whatever you want. But this is not true
happiness.
When your neighbor come home with a better car, faster boat, and
bigger house, remember that love is not jealous. You don’t need any of those things
anyway. I never had any of those things.
The only thing that makes you truly happy is the love of my son, when you
receive it and give it, and this he has given me at every moment of my
life. Believe in his promise.
When you have the perfect opportunity to shine before the world, or
before those few people in your little world, or maybe just in your own head,
remember that love does not put on airs, it is not snobbish or rude. I never accomplished anything important before
the eyes of the world. Let your heart
not exult in yourself or your achievements, but in God alone. May your soul proclaim the greatness of God,
for everything that you are and have is a free gift from him.
Maybe when you’re just simply feeling overwhelmed and you want to
stop trying, you want to stop giving, and just take care of number one for
once, remember that love is not self-seeking.
Life and family offer us countless opportunities to keep giving, and
only when you accept the trials of life will you be free to face them.
Just when you think you have your life and your family all figured
out and in perfect order, and then all of the sudden a serious crisis occurs,
remember that love is patient, love is kind.
Nothing in my life was ever the way I would have expected it to be: from
the moment I conceived Jesus, and Joseph did not understand, to the census, the
rejection at Bethlehem, the persecution of Herod, the exile to Egypt, losing
Jesus in the temple and ultimately on Calvary.
But God gave me the gift to be patient and persevere through all of
it.
But above all my daughter, I want to thank you today. Thank you for you generosity. Thank you for bringing new life into this
world, and thank you for the countless hidden sacrifices of daily life and
surrender to those around you. Thank you
for bringing this new life to God so that your child could be born into God
through the life giving waters of baptism, allowing him or her to participate
in divine nature. Your child is another
Christ through baptism. Take care of
your child with the same love and concern as I did for Christ.
As a mother, you have a special gift and responsibility to transmit
to your children the truths and experience of God. Imagine, God asked me to teach his own divine
son about God! I felt so incapable, yet
I trusted in his plan and lived my life before God and allowed him to lead, and
I fulfilled my mission. You have a role
in the life of your child that no one else can take. As a women you are more sensitive to the
spiritual life and as a mother only you can transmit those values to your
child. The same values and virtues I
want to transmit to you, God wants you to transmit to your children. To give them the gift of God is the greatest
gift you can give them, and the only thing that will make them truly
happy. You gave your child natural life,
and now God asks you to lead them to eternal life.
Ask God for the gift to live each day with patience, and kindness,
not seeking yourself in any way, but living for others. Ask God and he will give you his very own
love to love with. Remember, there is no
limit to love’s forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure. Love never fails. My daughter, live your vocation to love, and
you will fulfill your duties in life, and you will be happy, this is my concern
for you. Be sure of my daily prayers for
you!
Love,
Mom
St. Joan of Arc
When Joan was 17 years old, she heard a voice from God telling her to drive enemies of France away. St Joan said she was only a young girl and did not know how to do this. But she found the courage to go to King Charles and ask for an army. He granted her request.
Joan continued to stand strong and find the courage to do what she was asked. Joan prayed hard. She encouraged the soldiers. Even though it didn’t seem possible, Joan led the army to victory in many battles. France was saved!
St Joan, help me find the courage to stand strong for Jesus and enCOURAGE everyone I meet!
Copyright Catholic Kids Net 2011
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