33 Days to Morning Glory

33 Days to Morning Glory is a self-guided retreat focused on teaching about the role of Mary in the church and in our personal lives.  It involves reading a very short reflection/meditation on Mary everyday for 33 days. Luke 2:19 states, “But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.”  We will learn to take the mysteries of life and imitate Mary. We are not to worry, or to try figure things out, but to ponder them in our hearts and give them to God to work out.  Mary, our good mother, helps us to do that.  Her entire mission is to take us quickly to Jesus.  Mary, fully human and full of grace, is our perfect intercessor.  She was the instrument through which God chose to bring Jesus to us; and on the cross He gave her to John and us to be our spiritual mother.  We simply honor Jesus by honoring His mother and allowing her to teach us, guide us, and bring us expediently to Jesus.  She is not divine, we honor her, not worship her.