Jesus crucified did not give us in Mary an abstract idea of ​​motherhood, a symbol, but a true mother, a real mother, a maternal treasure, a sea of ​​beautiful love, something fantastic. Her motherhood surpasses even that of the mother who gave us natural life. She is a very close friend, a good mother, a loving mother, a caring mother, the best of mothers. Her most pure heart is completely maternal.

The Mother of God cooperated with her love in a completely unique way in our birth, in our supernatural life. We are all children of Mary. We are children of her immaculate heart, of her love. Her function is one of maternal love.

When Jesus Christ gave her to us as our mother, He wanted us to welcome her into our lives, to become a part of our life, of our interior. He desired that we keep her deeply within our hearts, that we love her very much. That is, that we feel like her children, true children, and live as such, that we make our pilgrimage to heaven hand in hand with such a good mother. The closer we draw to her, the more intensely she will be able to exercise her maternal role, the living desire of her heart.

Let us think, then, for a moment, about our mothers on earth. God has been very good in the design of their hearts. Indeed, a mother, after giving birth, has her heart turned toward her children, kisses them, wants to be with them, turns her attention to them, is interested in their little things, lowers herself to their level, plays with them, protects them, educates them, helps them to be good, to go to heaven.

In turn, a child, when he is small, goes to his mother to tell her his things, his little things, his joys and his sorrows. He trusts her, and in her he seeks protection. He gives her a kiss. In short, his mother is an important, daily part of his life.

When God gave us a guardian angel, he gave him to accompany and care for us throughout our lives, and to perform certain services for us toward eternal salvation. He also wants us to respect him, honor him, venerate him, and love him. He intends much more by giving us a mother, for a mother is much more than a guardian; she is related to us much more deeply.

Our mother guides us, shows us the right path. She instructs and admonishes us in Marian apparitions, such as at Fatima. She wants us to recognize her as a loving mother. She asks us to be very good, to convert, to make sacrifices and penance; that when we have to appear before the divine tribunal, we may not leave our hands empty; that we may think of the Holy Passion of Christ.

She also asks us to pay great attention to the Holy Eucharist, where we find the presence par excellence of Jesus, a true, physical, real, and substantial presence. There He is, with His body, with His blood, with His soul and divinity, whole and glorious, alive, just as He is in heaven. In the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar is all our goodness, the good Jesus, ideal Man, true and perfect God, infinite treasure and pulsating with love, Savior of the world, the one who is the summit and source of Christian life.

The true Christian pays great attention to Jesus. But we have Jesus primarily in the Tabernacle. Therefore, the Christian is a person who pays great attention to the Tabernacle. Jesus is in the Tabernacle waiting for us to visit Him. He takes great joy in the daily visit to the Most Holy Sacrament. A Christian life that is not very Eucharistic is a great inconsistency, an absurdity.

The Holy Eucharist is Him, His Person, His Love, the Love of all loves. The Christian ideal consists in living with Jesus, with God. The priest is above all for the Holy Eucharist.

It’s a shame that less and less attention is paid to the Holy Eucharist, which is the greatest treasure we possess.

Before our true mother, the glorious ever-Virgin Mary, we are like little children. She is our life. Let us tell her things, walk with her, love her, take refuge in her maternal, most loving heart. By speaking to her in prayer, we will grow in love for her. A wonderful way to grow in her love is the recitation of the Holy Rosary. The custom of pilgrimages in the month of May is beautiful.

She brings with her her exemplary life, her fragrance of holy purity and all the virtues. As the poet said: the angel, when he sees her so beautiful, says there is no other flower like her in the garden.

In the Christian life, love for the Virgin is not something accidental, secondary, but quite the opposite. Loving her helps us greatly. She is the shortcut to Jesus. To Jesus, through Mary, with Peter. Just as she formed Jesus, she must form her Jesus in us. The entire Christian journey is to imitate Christ. But Christ loved his mother most of all. We, therefore, must love her with the affection with which Jesus loved her, imitating him.