Mary Mother of the Church

We all have birthdays.

And we have birthdays because we all have mothers!!

The birthday of the Church is Pentecost.

Pentecost is the day when the Disciples,

Having been filled with the Holy Spirit,

“came out” of the upper room into the world.

Before Pentecost, the Disciples were gathered in prayer around Mary,

Their spiritual Mother preparing for the coming of the Holy Spirit, her Spouse,

Upon them.

For through the union of Mary and the Holy Spirit, Jesus was conceived,

So once again at Pentecost through the union of Mary and the Holy Spirit,

Each one of us is conceived in her heart.

And this is why Mary is the Mother of the Church,

Of all those born of the Spirit. Jn. 3:5

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