Mary - Woman of FaithBY NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ADVISOR, MSGR. ANDREW VACCARI
Years ago, the beautiful book The Reed of God made a deep impression on me. The English spiritual writer Carryl Houselander wrote of Mary and the emptiness of her life. It was not a hollow emptiness, not barren or void. But it was emptiness prepared to receive something wonderful. It was emptiness like that of a nest, prepared to receive new life, or like a flute, prepared to receive the breath passing through it. This captures so well Mary's life of faith.For much of life, faith fills you. It gives purpose and direction, light in the darkness and something to hold on to when things get rough. But a part of faith is also emptiness. It is putting yourself in the hands of God and being open to whatever God is ready to give you. You cannot know all that the next day, or even the next hour, will bring. The flute does not know what tune the musician will play next. But if it could know anything at all, the flute could be sure that the flautist would make the flute sound as beautiful as possible.Each note of life taken alone may not sound so appealing. But when played together, you can hear the symphony that God is composing. And if you let him finish, you will see the masterpiece he has written with yours.Mary was that Reed of God. She was the one "who believed that the Lord's promises to her would be fulfilled." And with the breath of the Holy Spirit, God piped the most beautiful music. God pressed her close to his lips. And his song filled creation
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