Today we celebrate the
Queenship of the Blessed Mother – Mary is Queen of Heaven and Earth. In the entire year we have celebrated so many
privileges, so may honors and titles, so many tributes to our Blessed
Mother. Why is she so honored, why is
she reverenced to the point that some have already called Catholics absurd in
our attitude towards the Blessed Mother?
Why. Because of what is narrated
in our responsorial psalm, psalm 84. It
begins in saying, "I will
hear what God proclaims; the LORD–for he proclaims peace." Psalm 84 says, I will listen, I will hearken
to what the Lord will say. Mary
listened. That is the greatness of our
Blessed Mother. This is why we honor her
so greatly because she listened. She
listened to the angel, she said yes to what the Lord was asking from her, she
followed although there were obviously things she could not fully
understand. She offered herself
generously. She was afraid yet she
continued to trust that the word of God would be fulfilled in her. God was allowed to do so many things in our
world for our salvation because Mary listened.
This is also the challenge for us seminarians especially every time we
are given responsibilities and chores.
When we listen to the call of God we become like Mary who allowed God to
do good things to others through her. When
we do our responsibilities in our spiritual life we allow God to do good things
to our community through us. That is
also the way of the priesthood – I allow God to speak through me, I allow God
to serve through me, I allow God help others through me. This is where greatness lies, when we listen,
when we respond to the challenge to allow God to do good things in us and
through us – like Mary.
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