for a little while now i've had thoughts that i ought to cultivate more of a devotion to Mary, and with the movie, the Passion of the Christ, i am feeling a real pull towards this. especially the sorrowful Mother.
i haven't ever felt comfortable with a great devotion to Mary, simply because of the influenece of thoughts about the diefication of the Mother of God. really, this isn't present in dogma or instructive teaching in the catholic church..because official teaching states Mary is simply the most perfect human mirror of the Love of God which eyes, hearts and minds could ever contemplate.
i've had to set this in my mind correctly, because, Christ even in his human nature, is above and beyond his Mother and i do not want to diefy her..i want my God..i really want to experience a streamline, a letting go of language, sound, sight and imagination. simply put, communion and the outward presentation in all that i do of the inward contemplative life.
my father tells me that i need to recommend myself to Mary because she did these things, she knows how. she will lead me to God. hmmm..it feels like i am embarking on some sort of unbelievable shift in perception.