The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07

This coming Sunday, being Mothers Day, Is an
apt time to think not only of our earthly Mothers
but also Of the heavenly Mother the Blessed Virgin.
Coming traditionally it does in May, Marys Month,
this day lends itself most fittingy to thoughts of
our relationship to her her children
Having so close at hand the goodness and solici-
tude of earthly Mothers, we can transfer and
amplify those qualities more easily when we apply
them to Blessed Mother. Her relationship to us
is just as real her love unfailing and her under
standing blind you might say, and as boundless.
A thousand times more so, We know in fact, remen-
bering who she is.
Our earthly Mothers with all their love and inter
est are often unable to help us. They poor
human beings like ourselves and their power to aid
is at the best limited.
We have method, to minds encompass
ment of accurately measuring Mary's power, though
We can't even hazard wild guess But there
indications indications which should make every
child of Mary rejoice on Mothers Day and renew
his filia devotion her by recalling to mind with
all vividness possible that Mary is his Mother.
One of the most outstanding of these indications
is ganered by reading between the lines" of the
Gospel account Of the Marriage Feast of Cana.
St John tells us that "a wedding took place in
Cana of Galilee and the mother of Jesus there.
Now Jesus too invited to the marriage and also
his disciples.
And the vine having run short the mother of
Jesus said to Him. They have no wine And Jesus
My hour has not yet come His mother said TO the
attendants, DO what ever he tells you
And we all know the rest OF the story. Jesus. the
Son Of God, worked His first public miracle by
changing six stone jars OF water into wine,
Now here are things that We should keep
in mind about what happened that day at Cana
The young people did not ask Mary TO ask her
Son to do something about their embarrassing Stua-
ton neither did any of the disciples or others who
were present Womanlike, she alone noticed that
there was trouble in the kitchen.
Secondly our Blessed Mother did not beg or
plead with her Divine Son TO do anything. She merely
brought il TO His attention and then left everything
up to Him. For when lie said What would You have
me to do-My hour not yet come, she turned i'm
medately TO the servants and told them TO do what
ever Jesus told them. She was that sure that He
would do something though His hour had not
yet come
Here we see the real power of Mary with her
Divine Son. lie worked His first public miracle be
fore il was time for Him to start His public ministry
for what today would seem rather trivial cause-not
to raise from the dead to drive out devils
but TO provide wine for wedding feast And for
people, so far as we know, who were relation TO
His Blessed Mother.
What would He do now. keeping in mind all the
circumstances Of the marriage feast al Cana, If Mary
came TO Him and really entreated Him TO do some
thing for one Of her children of as who are in
very fact her children? Can doubt for minute
that it would be less than He did before2
This is our Mothers Day thought: To whom could
we 90 for lasting. instant, surer help than the
Mother God gave us from the cross--Hs Mother
and our own?