"Throughout her life and until her last ordeal when Jesus her son died on the cross, Mary's faith never wavered. She never ceased to believe in the fulfillment of God's word. And so the Church venerates in Mary the purest realization of faith" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 149).
Always remember the beauty of Our Blessed Mother' s faith and discipleship. For she is, as the angel Gabriel states, ". . . full of grace." The virgin Mary's model of discipleship is found in her fiat to God's word at the annunciation, her neighborly love and devotion to St. Elizabeth at the visitation, her giving flesh to the Incarnation of Our Lord, her submission to the purity laws of the Temple, her intercession at the wedding feast of Cana, her motherly loving and guidance in raising Jesus, and her faithful obedience and sorrow during the Jesus' Passion and at foot of the Cross. Our Lady, according to St. Josemaria Escriva in Christ is Passing By, ". . . lived [her faith] sincerely, unstintingly fulfilling its every consequence, but never amid fanfare, rather in the hidden and silent sacrifice each day." We, too, are called to "hear the word of God and keep it" in our daily lives, living the faith and discipleship modeled by The Virgin Mary, our mother in heaven.
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