Treating Mary and our moms like queens
Responsorial Psalm PS
45:10, 11, 12, 16
R. (10bc) The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in
gold. The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir. R. The
queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. Hear, O daughter, and see;
turn your ear, forget your people and your father’s house. R. The queen stands
at your right hand, arrayed in gold. So shall the king desire your beauty; for
he is your lord. R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. They
are borne in with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the king. R. The
queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
It was wonderful to welcome
everyone back to school a couple of days ago.
I especially enjoyed watching the interaction between the parents and
the children: some parents walked their children to class, others took pictures
– Mrs. B and I got our 15 minutes of fame on Facebook – some parents and kids
hugged, others kissed on cheeks, and some gave fist-bumps. I have a good friend who always makes a cross
on her kids’ backs when she hugs them, like she’s asking Jesus to protect them
and watch over them. Pretty cool.
I also noticed, however, that for
some of our older students, they didn’t like hugging or kissing their mom or
dad. It seemed uncool, or something for
little kids. One high school student
told his mother, “Please drop me off two blocks from the school so my friends
don’t see you dropping me off.” Now,
that’s a normal part of being a teenager, but be careful. Even though you don’t do all the mushy stuff,
it’s always cool to hug your mom and dad and tell them you love them. No matter how young you are or how old you
are, you must always find ways to tell you mom and dad you love them.
Do you know there was one Son who
always loved his Mom? Can anyone guess
who that was? Exactly: Jesus. When Mary walked Jesus to school, he never
told her, “Can you drop me off two blocks from school so my friends don’t see
you?” Mary was with Jesus throughout his
whole life, all the way to the Cross.
And then when Jesus went to heaven, guess what happened? He missed his mom! So, he raised her to be in heaven with
him. That’s why Psalm 45 said, and we
repeated: “The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.” Today’s feast of the Assumption is about
Jesus taking his mother Mary to heaven, to be with him. You see, Jesus always found a way to show his
Mother how much he loved her, no matter how young he was, and no matter how old
he was.
Boys and girls, do you love
Mary? Yes, of course you do! Do you love your mother? Yes, of course you do! But sometimes, it can be easier to love Mary
than our own mothers. We pray the
rosary, we say Hail Marys (especially when we’re losing football games!), and
we light candles to Mary. But our own
moms sometimes embarrass us, and they cramp our style, and they annoy and
bother us as they get older and it gets hard to love them. Today’s feast of the Assumption reminds us
how Jesus treated his own Mother, and how we should treat our moms. We should always want our moms to stand
besides us, as queens, arrayed in gold!
That’s how we should love our moms!
No matter how young you are, and no matter how old you are, you must
always find a way to show your mother you love her.
Praised be Jesus
Christ!
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