Today is the feast of the Assumption of Mary (Not a holy day of obligation this year because it falls on a Monday as Monsignor explained to us at Mass. No Monday Holy days- it seems!) While some Catholics embrace Mary with a fervent devotion, I have never been one of those people. I remember feeling shocked (Shocked! I tell you.) when my first grade teacher, Sister Inella, announced to the class that Mary was our mother. What?? What about my mommy? Who was she then? For a few years after that I viewed Mary as someone who was trying to take my attention and love from my mother. (Thanks Sister Inella!) As I matured I realized that Mary wasn't trying to 'horn in' on my affection for my mother- that's not what Sister Inella meant (sorry Sister!), but that Mary is our heavenly mother who would help us as much as she could, who would plead our case to Jesus for us, and who, most important of all, is constantly pointing the way to Jesus and asking us to follow Him.
Read this, Our Lady of the Lost and Found, by Diane Schoemperlen (a non-Catholic no less!) for a wonderful week-long visit with the Blessed Mother.
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