What does the Immaculate Heart of Mary communicate to me?Only one word – the gift of interiority – the way to growth.
Today’s gospel from Luke (2:41-52) portrays how Mary herself found it so difficult to understand the precious treasure that is Jesus her Son and God’s Son. She had to grow in listening, in understanding, in loving this Mystery presented to her.
St. Luke narrates an example in the finding of Jesus’ in the temple - When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety." And he said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he said to them. He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
To “keep in one’s heart” means to “ponder, contemplate” even to “struggle to understand.” May Mary intercede for us so that we could have a heart like hers – open to the mysteries of the Lord in our lives.
