Theres Something About Mary! I believe I was being tested yesterday...I may have failed. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IT WAS! I spent the day at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament at the Spiritual Motherhood Retreat, led by Fr. Joseph Aytona. It was so awesome but I am on information overload with so many ideas and plans...thats the secular world me...today I am going to focus on what part of yesterday GOD wants me to focus on, because I clearly cant do it all, so I am going to start with a public confession and prayer :) The test - as Carolyn, Michele and I went to sit down at lunch, a woman, who was alone, came and sat across from us. She was a middle aged woman in simple clothing and hair pulled back, looking very different from the rest. When she began to talk, she was less than articulate and had a lot to say. We sat there and listened to her tell us of her problems in life, including her Bi Polar disorder, her experience of a nervous breakdown in Walmart and about how she grew up in a Lutheran church. We sat there and acted interested, b/c the others around us were ignoring her and I didnt want to be rude, but to be honest, on the inside, my patience was wearing thin. I tried to think of ways to dismiss myself and I am sure I seemed very uninterested in her life. I even giggled afterwards...you know what I mean...oh my gosh, I thought she would never be quiet. I came home and in a group text with some of my favorite people (my cousins) shared, in a laughing matter, the typical bless her heart (oh to be from the south), but not as compassionate as I should have been, about mine and Micheles day with Mary. As Becca Boo typed theres something about Mary (Becca Boo always being the most kind of the bunch), it hit me...my day was so beautiful and so awesome learning about our Holy Mother Marys Yes and how we as women, beautiful women, share in the spiritual Motherhood of Christ! We are to model Mary in answering our call to holiness, our dignity and vocation. I realized...Jesus put yesterdays Mary in front of us. He was testing us with this precious being, who was seeking information to help her grow in her faith just like we were. She WAS Jesus and we may have TOPICALLY treated her O K, but did we go the extra mile, ministering, loving, encouraging, as God calls us to do? How many of you see a Mary in your every day life? Do you go the extra mile? I have realized that the virtue I need to work on most is patience. Patience in what another has to say, something that may be important to them, something that they feel super excited to share may not be important or exciting to me, but if I am to answer my call, I have to pray to increase my faith and to have more patience and that the HOLY SPIRIT fills my heart with love for ALL human beings, AND I ACCEPT IT, no matter what! Although we sat there, we listened and we even extended a hand to Mary when it was over, our hearts were less than patient. Thank you Mary for opening my eyes and heart to the wonders of the human being, no matter what they look like, how they speak, or how they act. I am no better than anyone and EVERYONE deserves the love of Jesus Christ, through my actions and my words. As I prayed last night, I prayed for Mary, with thanksgiving, for God sending her as an instrument on my journey with Christ. Lord, God Almighty, you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day. Defend us today by your mighty power, so that we may not fall into any sin, and that all our words may so proceed and all our thoughts and actions be so directed as to be always just in your sight. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. (Spiritualmaternity.org)
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:44:55 +0000
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