2304 Respect for and development of human life require peace.
Peace is not merely the absence of war, and it is not limited to maintaining a balance of powers between adversaries.
Peace cannot be attained on earth without safeguarding the goods of persons, free communication among men, respect for the dignity of persons and peoples, and the assiduous practice of fraternity.
Peace is “the tranquillity of order.”97 Peace is the work of justice and the effect of charity.98
—Catechism of the Catholic Church
Last time, we focused on the ‘church’, which is the body of Christ on earth. Today we are going to focus on Mary…mother of the Church (the body of Christ). If she is His mother, it comes to reason that she is our mother as well. The fact that she was fully human doesn’t detract from this (we are not worshiping her, we are uniting with her, to worship Him), but helps to build our totality of faith. Jesus was the Son of God AND the Son of Mary. He chose it this way for a very specific reason, to elevate His church (the merely human, to the realm of the divine). While we are here we walk two worlds, the physical and the spiritual. In the Theology of the Body, St. John Paul II did great job at explaining this.
Mary is known as the Queen of Peace. Yes…she is indeed queen of heaven and earth. The Mother of the King is always known as the Queen Mother. God the Father chose her among all women, to bring His Son to us at the incarnation, and continues to do so throughout time. Please watch the following video.
On Saturday November 21’st the feast of the Presentation of Mary, I will be doing my consecration again. It is exactly nine days from today, there is so much chaos in the world right now. I feel called to start a novena to Our Lady Undoer of knots. Please join me if you feel so inclined.