Motherhood of Mary

We will never understand Mary's role or her accomplishments if we disregard one very important aspect. Such that touches the inner depths of our human essence. If we choose to ignore it, I cannot see how we can even understand many important parts of our faith.

With Our Lady's Motherhood our own humanity begins to embrace the Scriptures and the "Promise". The experience of being a mother (not in my case), or of having a mother, and even of needing a mother, strikes a chord with the Gospel narrative about Mary's acceptance in the Annunciation and the Incarnation. Mary was to mother no mere child!

Our natural human instincts, especially the "maternal" in women, must be so mirrored in Mary's Motherhood! One wonders, if we disregard knowledge about our human nature, can we get a complete picture of Jesus and Mary? Can we truly understand the miracle of the Incarnation without understanding what humanity is, in essence? How can we discover what we are destined for, if we don't even understand our way of simply being, human?

Yarm's conclusion: Thank God for my own Mother and for all Mothers! They have given us not only life, but a better appreciation of Jesus through Mary!