Pray in the spirit of Mary.
Oh Mary, my Mother, be the star that guides my life that, just as yours was, mine also walks between shadows and gloom. that your presence in our midst, be a lighthouse that guides us in our path.
Divine Mother, you are with us, and in this prayer today, I want to identify with you. I want to face life from you, pray from you.
To do this, I am going to imagine you in a retreat, full of silence and humility. With a total disposition of openness and availability, towards God.
Dear mother, I want at this moment to remain silent and recollection, like you: lost and found in the bottomless sea of God’s mystery.
Right now, I try to imagine what your prayer would be like. How did you unite to God, with the words of those Psalms most appropriate to your feelings and that you kept in your mind and in your heart. I want to feel what you felt when your heart, full of gratitude, says Psalm 118:
“Give thanks to the Lord always, because the Lord is good, because eternal is his mercy.
“Nothing disturbs me; I am not afraid, because the Lord is with me. What can man do to me?
“All my praise to the Lord, because He has been and continues to be my strength and
my salvation.
“The Lord is God and He enlightens us, and I tell you: You are my God, I give you.
thank you! My God, I praise you!
“Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.”
Dear mother, may I live like this, like you: trusting without any fear, surrounded by the merciful love of my Father God.
What did you feel, dear Mother, when you quoted these verses from another of the
psalms of praise, which would constantly be in your mouth? I make them mine
and I praise with you, to God the Father:
“I exalt you my King and my God and I bless your name forever.
“Great are you Lord, and very worthy of praise. Your greatness is unfathomable.
“The Lord is good to everyone and manifests his tenderness in his works.
“The Lord upholds those who fall and straightens those who bow.”
“You open your hand and satisfy everyone.
“The Lord is near to those who truly call upon him.
“May my praise always be in my mouth, Lord; and my entire being bless your holy name, forever and ever.” Amen
(Psalm 145)
Dear mother, I too want to surrender myself docilely into the hands of the Father, but I feel little, sometimes helpless, that’s why I beg you to lead me along the path of acceptance, humility, and surrender.
In my collected and silent heart, I hear your loving whisper, which tells us:
- Learn to respond with silence, to the silence of God.
- In moments of confusion and to stay on your feet, hold on to the eternal promises of our Lord.
- When events seem to contradict those promises, adhere more strongly to “His will be done.”
- Remember: those moments are transitory, promises last forever.
- The secret is in prayer and being serene, awake in calm attention to the will of God.
- And come behind me, to make the journey of life with peace and serene trusting in He who can do everything.
- And you shall be invincible!
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior, because He has looked upon the humility of his handmaiden.
Henceforth, they will call me blessed: The Almighty has done great things in me, and holy is his name. His mercy is poured out from age to age on those who feared Him. He has shown the might of his arm and scattered the proud hearted with the thoughts his heart.
He overthrew the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly. He filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He sent away empty. He has guarded his servant, remembering his mercy, as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and his offspring forever.
Magnificat P-40.
Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen. Amen.