Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

Friday, July 29, 2011

Feast of St. Martha: Mary the New Eve

On this Beautiful feast of St. Martha, one where we honor someone very much loved by Christ and who served as many of us serve, we consider again the role of the Blessed Mother especially in light of the entire human race. St. Iranaeus of Lyon is one who especially promoted this idea although it is possible that it was around much before him. As God used Adam and Eve to begin the human race and for them to be a source of life and blessings for all of us following, so too Christ and the Blessed Mother were the New Adam and New Eve that God used to restore a new creation, a new day of rest, and a new human family. This is intrinsically tied to the fact that we are created in the image of God: "male and female he created them..." That is, we are to image the communion of the Trinity in the communion of the Family and so it follows that Jesus and Mary's yes were necessary for this restoration to happen within the laws of nature established by God. How else could a universal family be established if there is no Father or if there is no Mother, then Jesus and Mary are the new human parents of the new human family. Through the prayers of the Blessed Mother, may we come to know the love of Christ and of God the Father!