Our Lady of Fidelity

Isn’t it a wonder that Our Lady was able to handle standing at the foot of her own son’s cross?  This was the fifth of the seven sorrows she would endure throughout Our Lord’s life and death. 

But she was not only a woman of sorrows, she was also a woman of joys.  According to http://catholicism.org/the-seven-joys-of-mary.html, “The Seven Joys of Our Lady are: (1) The Annunciation; (2) the Visitation; (3) the Birth of Our Lord; (4) the Adoration of Jesus by the Magi; (5) the Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple; (6) the Resurrection of Our Lord; (7) the Assumption of Mary in body and in soul into Heaven.”  So life balances with its joys and its sorrows, as Our Blessed Mother experienced. 

But one title I decided she is also worthy of is that of Our Lady of Fidelity.  Her faithfulness to her Son is one of trust and confidence: God is faithful to His promises.  And I see in her, especially in my enfolding vocation to religious life, an example of this faithfulness. 

How do you see Our Blessed Mother?