LIFE AT NAZARETH
3. Intimate Life.
Finally, as regards this maternal function of Mary, think also that all the circumstances of Her life contributed as we can imagine to render it closely intimate. Since the Holy Family were poor, they could afford no servants; consequently, Mary Herself had personally to look after Her Son, even to the most minute details. God's providence did not want any other hands save the immaculate hands of Mary to handle the body of Christ. Consider how Her life and His were entwined. All Her moments are for Him. She spares no troubles or fatigues to tend Him. She feeds Him, She clothes Him, She washes Him, She carries Him in Her arms. She did everything for Him nor did She ever call on anyone for assistance or help of any kind. And verily, who could have done it as well as She?
And because She was Mother of God, Our Lady cooperated and took part in all the mysteries of Christ's hidden life. No detail escaped Her; She observed everything attentively. As the Gospel tells us, She imprinted everything in Her heart. And when alone, She would meditate and ponder over all that She had seen and heard and from all the actions and teachings of Jesus She would derive fruit. How deep would She penetrate into all those mysteries! How many delightful hours of spiritual enjoyment She would spend meditating on the childhood and on the hidden life of Jesus! How much She knew! Of how many things was She the only witness! If the heart of a mother remembers the most insignificant details of the life of her children, how would Mary guard all those treasures in the treasury of Her heart?
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
3. Intimate Life.
Finally, as regards this maternal function of Mary, think also that all the circumstances of Her life contributed as we can imagine to render it closely intimate. Since the Holy Family were poor, they could afford no servants; consequently, Mary Herself had personally to look after Her Son, even to the most minute details. God's providence did not want any other hands save the immaculate hands of Mary to handle the body of Christ. Consider how Her life and His were entwined. All Her moments are for Him. She spares no troubles or fatigues to tend Him. She feeds Him, She clothes Him, She washes Him, She carries Him in Her arms. She did everything for Him nor did She ever call on anyone for assistance or help of any kind. And verily, who could have done it as well as She?
And because She was Mother of God, Our Lady cooperated and took part in all the mysteries of Christ's hidden life. No detail escaped Her; She observed everything attentively. As the Gospel tells us, She imprinted everything in Her heart. And when alone, She would meditate and ponder over all that She had seen and heard and from all the actions and teachings of Jesus She would derive fruit. How deep would She penetrate into all those mysteries! How many delightful hours of spiritual enjoyment She would spend meditating on the childhood and on the hidden life of Jesus! How much She knew! Of how many things was She the only witness! If the heart of a mother remembers the most insignificant details of the life of her children, how would Mary guard all those treasures in the treasury of Her heart?
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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