We missed the drama of the meeting that year but in subsequent years we rejoiced in the beautiful symbolic scene being enacted early Easter Sunday morning. Jesus came forward robed in white and Mary came to her son, motherly arms outstretched but still wearing her black veil. Jesus took his mother into his arms, then gently removed her black veil and replaced it with a beautiful flowing white veil. Perhaps only in symbol, endeavoring to touch the hearts of the beholders. This significant drama helped one to come to a new appreciation of the special place that Mary, as the chosen mother of the Son of God, has in our redemption.
Every journey has an end.
We look ahead, there is Jesus coming to meet us. Of course it is his mother. That was the beginning of the human journey of the Son of God. Mary was there. Now, he has arrived in glory, Mary is there.