The Virgin of the Pillar, the Virgin of the Snow, the Virgin of the Rosary, the Virgin of Mount Carmel, the Virgin of Candelaria, the Virgin of El Pino, the Virgin of Guadalupe, the Virgin of Coromoto, the Virgin of Lourdes, the Virgin of Fatima, how many virgins are there? Virgin Mary there is only one, the mother of God, all those named are the different dedications that are given to the only Virgin Mary, spiritual mother of humanity.
The Virgin Mary has few words recorded in the gospels, but within the few that she has, she has left us profound teachings, after asking the angel sent by God how the miracle of the conception of the Son of God could occur, the following thing she tells us shows her faith, humility and total surrender to the Lord: “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:34-38), Mary begins from that moment his ministry of helping those in need, promptly going to the care of his cousin Elizabeth, who in her old age was pregnant by the work of the Lord, it is once in Elizabeth where we heard for the first time the recognition of her great role, “blessed are thou among all women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb” (Luke 1:41-42).
It is also where her cousin Elizabeth gives us a beautiful teaching of faith in God through the Magnificat or Canticle of Mary (Luke 1:46-55) this is a powerful prayer, it shows the great faith and hope of the Virgin Mary, the Magnificat speaks to us even today, to those parents without resources, to those who do not have food on the table, to the elderly who are abandoned, to the dispossessed. All of them are present in the hope that the Virgin Mary proclaims.
Mary, being our heavenly mother, like every mother, cares for each and every one of us as a mother cares for all her children, even the most disobedient; That is why, through his multiple appearances, he has helped us to deepen our faith, almost as if repeating the words he pronounced at the wedding in Cana “Do whatever He tells you” (John 2:4-5).
Let us recognize the Virgin Mary as the mother of God and as our heavenly mother every time we pray the Hail Mary, and let us obey her as children so that we can hear the call of Jesus Christ, and do what He tells us.