O Virgin of virgins! how shall this be? for neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? That thing which ye behold, is a divine mystery.
From some quarters, a certain murmur arises that to turn our focus from the Lord to Mary borders of the Mariolatrous. The undisputed fact is that, until the Baby is born, we can only gaze upon the Mother. If the unborn St John the Baptist recognises the unborn Messiah despite a double barrier of flesh then we, too, gazing upon the Lowly Maiden may enjoy the presence of Christ yet veiled in His Mother's flesh.
Far from worshipping the Mother, our concerns are directed to the One who will enter into this world and spend His first years tightly embraced in her loving arms. Only she gets this honour with all its pain and sorrow.
The Lord will not return to us like this: He has already acquired His humanity through Mary's flesh and there is no need for Him to be born again. Yet when He comes again, we shall find that His Mother is there in the place where royal mothers are to be honoured. As we look upon her, our eyes will be drawn through her to her Son.
Until He is born, all we will see is Mary the ever-Virgin. We take her hand, make her comfortable and support her as she allows the Great and Mighty Wonder to occur.
We look to her precisely so that we may worship Jesus Christ Our God.
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