Our Lord’s Final Gift
Sunday After The Ascension 2013
When St. Peter says that “charity covers a multitude of sins” he does not refer to the expressions of human affection, but rather the infused virtue which abides in our souls as the first consequence of a share in God’s life. Charity is superior to all the other virtues because it gives us the ability to love God with the love He has for Himself and it unites us to God in His very essence. Even the smallest acts are worthy of a great reward if they are performed with charity.
On Mothers’ Day we pray for all mothers, both living and dead, but we especially honor the Blessed Mother, who was given to us from the Cross. She was the last gift that Christ gave His followers before the Redemption. Devotion and veneration of Our Lady was practiced from the earliest days of the Church. She was united with her Divine Son in His death. Although she brought forth her Son without pain on Christmas, she participated so intimately in that act of Redemption which merited divine life for us, that it can truly be said that she brought us forth spiritually with great anguish. It is impossible to find the Son without the Mother.
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