MARY: God created Mary with a mission--to be Mother of Our Lord and Mediatrix of All Graces for us. She typifies both of these roles at the crib in Bethlehem. Here she can't take her eyes off the Infant Christ, her Son and God's. Yet she does not keep Jesus to herself, even in those first moments after His birth. Instead she welcomes all visitors to see and adore Christ. Yes, she welcomes us into His presence, too. Truly she is Christ's Blessed Mother and Ours. Lord, thank You for the gift of Mary, because her "yes" gave us Our Lord. Help me to imitate her devotion and her obedience so that, I, too, may show You to others and so that Your grace may bring forth good fruit in my soul as it did in hers. Amen.
