The words of the Gospel of Luke particularly emphasize the interior dimension of her Motherhood. Today such words are very important for the Church. During the octave the Church has meditated upon the mystery of the birth of the Son of God at Bethlehem. Today she remembers her who was the first to meditate upon this mystery in her heart. It began in the Mother's Heart and continues there without respite.
Every mother experiences in a special way the memory of having given birth to a baby.
This birth lives in her, she keeps it in her heart. Today the Church recalls the interior dimension of that motherhood, and thus venerates together the mystery of the Incarnation and the extraordinary dignity of the Mother-Virgin. The Mystery of the Incarnation is a new beginning in the history of salvation. It is also a new beginning in the history of humanity and of creation. The birth of God is open to the people of all ages.