A beautiful article on Mary can be found here by His Grace the Archbishop, Most Reverend Anthony Pantin. I have included some of the text below that is worthy of reflection.
“God the Holy Spirit can look upon Mary and say: “It is in you that I formed Jesus Christ, first spiritually and then physically and it is through you that I shall continue to form him spiritually in men until the end of time.”
“a mother will always be a mother and we don’t have to offer anyone any explanation why we love our mother. In fact, we would feel offended to have to prove that we should love and venerate our mother.”
“First of all, because of all human persons, no one fitted more perfectly into God’s plan than Mary. So that every single one of us can see in her the supreme example of what all of us are called to be: an element in the whole process of renewing the face of the earth. Mary became truly involved – to use popular terminology – in the renewal of mankind through the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ. True devotion to Mary must therefore necessarily consist in imitating her in this involvement. This is why the externals of devotion – pilgrimages, novenas, hymns and prayers – can easily remain separated from the really interior work which God wishes to accomplish in our hearts and minds.”
“Our Divine Saviour gave us all that He was and all that He had, and this gift included his blessed Mother. To each one of us Jesus is still saying: “This is your Mother.” And He wants us to do what John the beloved disciple did: He wants us to make a place for her in our home. He wants to see her gentle influence in our minds, our hearts, our lives.”
“For her part, Mary waits like a true mother. She does not force herself on us. She waits patiently, even for those who seem to have little time for her, for they are her children too. She waits and she prays: the Refuge of sinners, the Comforter of the afflicted, the Help of Christians. She stands there waiting to come to our assistance as soon as we say the word. So let us say the word, let us all with joy, with gratitude, with confidence, with love, let us turn to her and cry out from the very depths of our hearts: Mother! Mother! Mother!”
