The School of Mary

So much can be gained by reflecting on the way Mary learned from Jesus! From her very first "fiat," through the long, ordinary years of the hidden life, as she brought up Jesus, or when at Cana in Galilee she asked for the first sign, or when finally on Calvary, by the cross, she looked on Jesus, she "learned" him moment by moment. Firstly in faith and then in her womb, she received the Body of Jesus and then gave birth to him. Day after day, enraptured, she adored him. She served him with solicitous love, singing the Magnificat in her heart.

...let Mary guide you as you "learn" Jesus. Keep your eyes fixed on him. Let him form you, so that...you will be able to show him to all who approach you....place yourselves in the school of Mary. Beside her you will experience for yourselves that God is love, and you will transmit this message to the world with the richness and the variety that the Holy Spirit will know how to enkindle.

Pope Benedict XVI

Teach us, dear Mary, to become more and more like you, a living sacrifice of praise, an unending hymn of thanks to the Almighty who does such great things for us.