The Son, a Picture of His Mother

In the decisive moment of her life, Mary put a seal on her destiny with the words “Let Your will be done!” (Luke 1:37). Jesus, when His hour arrived, sealed His destiny and the salvation of the world with the same words, “Let Your will be done!” (Mark 14:36). These words symbolize and synthesize a vast spirituality which completely envelops and contains one’s entire life with all its impulses and compromises in total harmony with the lives of The Poor Ones of God.

When Mary wants to express her spiritual identity, her “personality” before God and men, she does it with those words: “I am the handmaid of the Lord.” (Luke 1:38). When Jesus proposes Himself like a photographic image to be copied and imitated, He does it with the words “meek and humble of heart.” (Matthew 11:29) According to the exegetes, the two expressions have the same contents, once again in harmony with the spirituality of The Poor Ones of God.

 Mary speaks of the Lord who puts down the mighty from their thrones and Who exalts the humble (Luke 1:52). Jesus says that the proud will be put down and the humble will be raised up.

Mary was an excellent teacher, and her pedagogy consisted not so much in words but in living, to a high degree, a certain spirituality with which her son was impregnated from childhood. In a word, the gospel song can be sung clearly in harmony with the haunting echoes of the Mother.

Extracted from the book “The Silence of Mary” by Father Ignacio Larrañaga