In 2007, Benedict XVI celebrated Our
Lady’s birthday at the famous pilgrimage site of the Basilica of Mariazell.
There he asked her to allow us to gaze upon Christ.
Let us join with him in asking this of Our Lady, on
her feast.
“Show us Jesus!” Let us make this prayer today with
our whole heart; let us make this prayer above and beyond the present moment,
as we inwardly seek the Face of the Redeemer. “Show us Jesus!”
Mary responds, showing him to us in the first
instance as a child. God has made himself small for us. God comes not with
external force, but he comes in the powerlessness of his love, which is where
his true strength lies. He places himself in our hands. He asks for our love.
He invites us to become small ourselves, to come down from our high thrones and
to learn to be childlike before God. He speaks to us informally. He asks us to
trust him and thus to learn how to live in truth and love. …
“To gaze upon Christ”: let us look briefly now at
the Crucified One above the high altar. God saved the world not by the sword,
but by the Cross. In dying, Jesus extends his arms. This, in the first place,
is the posture of the Passion, in which he lets himself be nailed to the Cross
for us, in order to give us his life. …
“Show us Jesus!” … And we know that Mary hears
our prayer: yes, whenever we look towards Mary, she shows us Jesus. Thus we can
find the right path, we can follow it step by step, filled with joyful
confidence that the path leads into the light – into the joy of eternal Love.
Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment