Good Advice from the Mother of God

Today's the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. It's one of those holy days of obligation, when Catholics go to church, and it's not Sunday. ("Directory on popular piety and the liturgy. Principles and guidelines," The Liturgical Year and Popular Piety, 115-117)

"Mother of God?" I'm a Christian, so I think my Lord is God: God the Son, second member of the Trinity, and that's another topic. Topics. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 232-260, 456-478, 2673-2679)

Mary is my Lord's mother, so it's like St. John Paul said:

"...In her the eternal Son of the Father took our very flesh and through Her became "son of David and son of Abraham" (Mt 1,1). Thus Mary is his true Mother: the Theotokos, Mother of God!

"If Jesus is Life, Mary is the Mother of Life.

"If Jesus is Hope, Mary is the Mother of Hope.

"If Jesus is Peace, Mary is the Mother of Peace, Mother of the Prince of Peace...."
("Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and XXXV World Day of Peace," Homily of John Paul II (January 1, 2002))

Mary is as human as I am: it's her son, my Lord, who has a hand in making the universe; and saving humanity. He's human on his mother's side, God is the father of Jesus, and no: I don't understand exactly how the Incarnation works. I can't make a universe out of nothing, either. God's God, I'm not — more topics. (Catechism, 484-486)

"^{1 2} In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

"He was in the beginning with God.

"³ All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be

"through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race;

"⁴ the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
(John 1:1-5)

Mary's anything but "passive." For two millennia how, she's been showing up at intervals — saying basically the same thing she said at that wedding:

"His mother said to the servers, 'Do whatever he tells you.' "
(John 2:5)

I think that's pretty good advice.

Mary and more:

• "Gideon, Gabriel, Mary, and Guts"
  (December 21, 2014)
• "Elijah and the 12-Star General"
  (November 1, 2014)
• " 'They Have no Wine' "
  (May 11, 2014)
• "Prayer, Latin, and Getting a Grip"
  (October 27, 2013)
  Particularly
  • Mary and the Rosary
• "Mary, a Message, and a Mural in Minnesota"
  (August 18, 2013)