“Know that the Blessed Virgin Mary is well aware of your tiredness” - A Moment with Mary

* June 5 – Our Lady of Help (Italy, 1611)  * “Know that the Blessed Virgin Mary is well aware of your tiredness” --- An initiative of the Association Mary of Nazareth  June 5 – Our Lady of Help (Italy, 1611)  “Know that the Blessed Virgin Mary is well aware of your tiredness” Eighteenth-century painting of God fashioning the image public domain The tiredness of priests! Do you know how often I think about this weariness which all of you experience? I think about it and I pray about it, often, especially when I am tired myself… Our weariness goes straight to the heart of the Father. Know that the Blessed Virgin Mary is well aware of this tiredness and she brings it straight to the Lord. As our Mother, she knows when her children are weary, and this is her greatest concern. “Welcome! Rest, my child. We will speak afterwards…” “Whenever we draw near to her, she says to us: “Am I not here with you, I who am your Mother?” (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 286). And to her Son she will say, as she did at Cana, “They have no wine” (Jn 2:3). Let us never forget that a key to fruitful priestly ministry lies in how we rest and in how we look at the way the Lord deals with our weariness… Is the Holy Spirit truly “rest in times of weariness” for me, or is he just someone who keeps me busy? Do I know how to spend time with Jesus, with the Father, with the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, with my patron saints, and to find rest in their demands, which are easy and light…? Pope Francis Holy Chrism Mass, Holy Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 w2.vatican.va Let’s pray together  Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.   . Share A Moment with Mary and give your loved ones the opportunity to discover a new aspect of the mystery of the Mother of God each day.