Imagine for a moment that Mary is your spiritual director. What would that be like for you? This is the way I imagine it for myself.
I am sitting with Mary in a room overlooking a lake. On the wall is a simple crucifix and we are seated on two simple wooden chairs. I begin by expressing to her all my fears, my desires, my hopes, my wounds, my weaknesses, etc. All the while she is listening very attentively and with deep compassion in her eyes.
When I am finished, we sit together in silence and gaze out the window at the lake. After a few moments she looks me in the eye and says, “My son, God is trustworthy. Don’t be afraid to say yes to him. Don’t wait for consolation, don’t wait for understanding, don’t wait for everyone to agree with you, and don’t wait until everything in your life is ‘perfect,’ because it never will be. Say yes to him today, and then tomorrow, and again every day, because he is trustworthy and he is faithful.”
An excerpt from my book: Mary and the Interior Life
https://www.fatherjeremiah.com/books
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