The Feast of the Mother of God is almost upon us, and I would like to spend some time reflecting on how she is full of grace, and what I am contemplating about her. I have been trying to pray a decade of the Virtues of Our Lady (see https://marian.org/mary/prayers/chaplet-of-the-ten-virtues-of-the-bvm). I've got to admit, I love but do not currently have a big, spiritual draw to the rosary, but I like to see Mary as my mom. In praying the different virtues in this chaplet, I have been seeking to receive inspiration from her. What was she like, and how can I imitate her in faithfulness and grace?
But what is full of grace? I think, in the recent past, I associated it too closely to being graceful like a dancer. Believe me, I am not close to being there as wife and mother, and I don't think the Blessed Mother expects me to do such, gracefully! (While discerning religious life, I read that she was the perfect religious, and to strive to imitate her.... But at least I don't have to do it gracefully!).
It wasn't the way she gracefully carried herself, or gracefully wore her flowing veil, as I often picture her. It is in the virtues she depicts, and in the ongoing perfection, that she fulfilled her duties as Mother of the Most High. Now this is how I can be inspired by her! "Mother of God, (then state the virtue of that particular hail mary).)
She is all pure, as in she trusted the angel and in the Word of God, and both acted and pondered all the events of Jesus' life in her heart. True, I cannnot imitate her perfectly because she is sinless, but I can use her as a model as I too seek to follow Jesus. I hope, as I continue in meditating on her virtues, that you will join me in contemplating this grace-filled Lady, Our Mother.
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