We can imitate Mary day by  day

 

We can imitate Mary’s example by practicing the following virtues.

 

·         her faith and her docile acceptance of God’s word

·         her generous obedience (See Luke 1:38);

·         her simple humility (See Luke 1:48);

·         her thoughtful charity (See Luke 1:39-56);

·         her reflective wisdom (See Luke 1:29-34);

·         her piety towards God, attentive in fulfilling her religious obligations (See Luke 2:21-41)

·         her gratitude for the gifts received (See Luke 1:46-49);

·         her strength in exile (See Matthew 2:13-23); and in sorrow (See Luke 2:34-35 y John 19:25);

·         carrying her want with dignity and confidence in the Lord (See Luke 1:48; 2:24);

·         vigilant care for her Son, from the humility of his birth through the humiliation of the cross (See Luke 2:1-7; John 19:25-27);

·         her insightful delicacy (See John 2:1-11);

·         her virginal purity (See Matthew 1:18- 25; Luke 1:26-28)

 

So we can see Mary is a close and reachable model. Each day we can become more like her, in our ordinary life, as one of her good children.