In this meditation, I invite you to continue our journey of meditating with Mary, reflecting on the words spoken by Christ from the cross: “Behold your mother.”
Within the Franciscan contemplative tradition, Mary is understood as a spiritual mother who draws us towards a deeper relationship with Christ and the fullness of divine love.
Our experiences of motherhood can be very different. For some, they are filled with warmth, joy and gratitude. For others, they may carry memories of difficulty, loss or pain.
In this meditation, we gently acknowledge these experiences while opening ourselves to the possibility of receiving Mary as a spiritual mother, a source of love, guidance, protection and new beginnings.
Through stillness, the breath and the repetition of Christ’s words, we reflect on the maternal nature of divine love and the invitation to grow more fully into the people we are called to become.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction: Meditating with Mary
00:39 – Opening bell
00:49 – Entering the grace of the present moment
01:25 – Settling into the breath
01:47 – Releasing tension throughout the body
02:02 – Resting in the rhythm of breathing
02:35 – Encountering Mary as mother
02:43 – Reflecting on our own experiences of motherhood
03:13 – Mary and the essence of motherhood
03:46 – Opening to Mary’s spiritual motherhood
04:13 – Receiving Mary as a gift
04:33 – Behold your mother
04:56 – Opening to new life and new beginnings
05:20 – Becoming part of a divine family
05:58 – Bringing difficult memories into prayer
06:22 – Breathing peace into painful experiences
06:41 – Divine love revealed through maternal imagery
07:17 – Before you were formed in the womb, I knew you
07:40 – Created and held in divine love
08:05 – Mary as a guide towards spiritual growth
08:28 – Opening to maternal love and protection
08:45 – Breathing in love and breathing out peace
09:13 – Allowing the words to fade
09:27 – Remembering Mary’s presence in every moment
10:00 – Returning awareness to the body
10:24 – Closing bell
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