Sit at the foot of the Cross

So a few times in unrelated conversations with people I have been told to sit with the Eucharist, and love God, and let Him love me.

Let God love me? I thought I was doing that already.

No, apparently not, well not enough anyway.

Sit with God, just pray to Him. Are you letting Him love you?

For a little over a year now I have had a devotion to Our Blessed Mother as a model of motherhood for me; a model I can look up to when I become a mother. I also look to the Holy Family as a model family. But I wasn't going deep enough.

Mary is a mother, yes and the Mother of God, I can go off about that for forever. But what I learned lately is while yes I finally found my connection to Mary through the (hopefully) future delight of motherhood, She is a great model for me now.

Mary, the Mother of God raised Jesus, but she also followed Him. She sat with Him, spent time with Him, listened to Him, loved Him...

AND she let Him love her.

She sat at the foot of the cross and watched her son die. Even as Christ was dying, He was loving her, and He loves all of us. As He was dying...let me repeat that; as He was DYING, He took care of His mother. He made sure she had someone to care for her. And she let Him love her.

Sit in adoration sometime and pray on this. Christ looks on you like He looked on Mary; with love. He calls you...my daughter, my sister, my bride, my son, my brother, my beloved...why won't you let me love you?

Why won't you let me love you?

Can't you see that I love you? I suffered death on the cross for you, what more do you need? I love you. You, in yourself, in your very person. I love you. Let Me take your hurt. Let Me take your pain, your sorrow, your suffering, your trials, your temptations, your worries, your anxieties, your plans, your troubles...let Me take them. Do you not trust me? Why, what is keeping you back? Open up your heart. Let Me in.