Mothers And Sons
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 under Mary | 1 CommentI am Catholic; my daughter-in-law is not. Not long ago she asked me the reason for praying the Hail Mary and the Rosary. I explained that we do not pray to Mary as we do to Jesus. Rather, we ask Mary to intercede for us. Catholics believe in the intercession of Saints.
When I was reading my Bible yesterday, it became a little more clear to me. I read John 2 about the wedding in Cana, attended by Jesus, his disciples and his mother.
When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
“Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied, “My time has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
John 2: 3-5
We all know what happens next – Jesus performs his first miracle. He changed the water into wine, simply because his mother asked him to do it. That is what any good son would do for his loving mother.
I don’t mind that some Christian denominations don’t share my beliefs regarding the intercession of saints. I understand that not all Christians honor Mary the way we Catholics do. For those who always wondered about this, though, this is how this Catholic views the mother of Jesus and why I pray the Rosary. I talk to Mary mother to mother, woman to woman. I ask her to intercede on my behalf. And I try to be the kind of woman and mother that she is.
