Guided by Mary

The First Saturday of the month is a day when the Church honors Mary, not under any particular title, but simply because she is the Mother of God, the First Disciple, and certainly a model for us to imitate.  From her willingness to accept her role as mother of the savior to the pain she experienced at the foot of the cross, she exemplifies the faith, hope, and love we all need.  We feel the pressure of decisions, of disappointments, of frustrations, of fatigue, when it seems we can't go another step without collapsing.  Yet, Mary was "there" , did not falter, and can help us through the hoops in which we find (or put) ourselves.  Each time we pray the Hail Mary, we ask her to pray for us, NOW, as well as at the hour of our death, when we might feel the weakest.  We say the Hail Mary so often, that we don't even think of what we are saying, but in truth we are asking her to guide us in the way that brought her to Jesus:  a willingness to do God's will before hers.  This readiness is ours for the asking.
Bro. Rene