Devotion to Mary as Model of Penance

Devotion to Mary as Model of Penance 

1. Intro 
2. Catch up for a second about Lent
3. 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.

26 When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son.

27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

1.  prayer 
2. Car accident had too much to drink, texting and driving and blasting music you strike a car killing a young man the only son of an infertile mother. If you are a man of any sort of conscious the moment of your freedom from prison you would fling your self to the feet of that mother and beg her forgivness. For who could not look at that woman and not weep at what she lost. How much more you who took her son from her. 
3. Now this becomes even worse when we realize that our lady is not someone elses mother for she is the mother of God and our mother 
4. Have you ever gravely offended your siblings and you get chastised by your mother and you apologize to your mother for your behavior yet your mother says don’t apologize to me apologize to your brother.
5. Here we have a right instinct to apologize to your mother for to offend her children is to offend the parents. Yet the mother’s response is also right, for the terminus of the apology should be with the directly grieved party.
6. So thus with our lady who takes all we have and directs us back to her son. 
7. Model of confession: 
   1. After sinning repent to her as the son does who offends his brother  
   2. She will direct you to the confessional 
   3. After coming out of the confessional fall to your knees and repent as the drunk driver does to the mother of the son you killed
8. One more story, the mother who forgive her sons murderer 
9. If this can be true of a natural virtue how much more is she who is all virtue 
10.  Prayer to our lady of sorrows
11. Scripture

28 He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said:

29 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace;

30 Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:

32 A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

33 And his father and mother were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning him.

34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted;

35 And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed.