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If we have this filial contact with Mary, we won’t be able
to think just about ourselves and our problems. Selfish personal problems will
find no place in our mind. Mary brings us to Jesus, and Jesus is “the firstborn
among many brothers.” And so, if we know Jesus, we realize that we can live
only by giving ourselves to the service of others. Christians can’t be caught
up in personal problems; they must be concerned about the universal Church and
the salvation of all souls.
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If we are imbued with
this spirit, our conversations with God eventually aid other people, even
though they may begin on an apparently personal level. And if we take our
Lady’s hand, she will make us realize more fully that all men and women are our
brothers and sisters – because we are all children of that God whose daughter,
spouse and mother she is.
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Be daring. Count on the help of Mary, Queen of Apostles.
Without ceasing to be a mother, our Lady is able to get each of her children to
face their own responsibilities. Mary always does the immense favour of
bringing to the Cross, of placing face to face with the example of the Son of
God, those who come close to her and contemplate her life. It is in this
confrontation that Christian life is decided. And here Mary intercedes for us
so that our behaviour may lead to a reconciliation of the younger brother – you
and me – with the firstborn Son of the Father.
Many conversions, many decisions
to give oneself to the service of God have been preceded by an encounter with
Mary. Our Lady has encouraged us to look for God, to desire to change, to lead
a new life. And so her counsel “Do whatever he tells you” has turned into real
self-giving, into a Christian vocation, which from then on enlightens all our
personal life. C
PRAYER Mary, who brought Jesus up and accompanied him
through his life and is now beside him in heaven, will help us recognize Jesus
as he crosses our path and makes himself present to us in the needs of our
fellow men. Sancta Maria, spes nostra, ancilla Domini, sedes sapientiæ, ora por
nobis!, Holy Mary, our hope, handmaid of the Lord, seat of wisdom, pray for us!
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