MARY, FROM THE ANNUNCIATION CONSENT TO THE FOOT OF THE CROSS.
From the Formation House in Vietnam, modelled on the Crucifixion and Mary at the foot of the cross in the Basilica in Issoudun.
This reflection for March 25th, Feast of the Annunciation, begins with an anecdote. It concerns our confrere Harry Jordan MSC – of many memories!
Recently, a Sister of Nazareth was speaking of Fr Jordan (who had a dominating influence on the Sisters in the 1970s and 1980s). She remembered something he said about Mary, something she has never forgotten. It is worth quoting.
The statement, which she remembered he uttered vehemently, was that
“Mary did not stand at the foot of the cross.
She took a stand at the foot of the cross”.
During Vatican II, Paul VI declared Mary, Mother of the Church. We take stands at the foot of the cross.
