Obedience of Jesus and the Blessed Mother

Praise be God the Most Holy Trinity, and Let honor be given the Blessed Mother and her Immaculate Heart, and all the Saints and Holy Men and Women.

Jesus says: “You cannot put new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the skins bursts and, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined.  Rather, you must put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” 

For the Jewish people, the Oral Law was important because it help them to preserve the covenant that was made to their ancestors such as Abraham, Moses and David.  But the law has become a heavy laden burden upon the people, so much so that they were focused on keeping the law in a legalistic fashion and not understanding the spirit of the law.  Jesus pointed out in the parable of the Good Samaritan.

It is until the Lord Jesus demonstrates in his own way the proper manner to love God and neighbor.  For it is through his love and obedience for the Father (Let this cup pass from me, not my will but yours be done), his sacrifice on the cross, his mercy that came forth from his side for the salvation of mankind. 

The Blessed Mother is seen as the New Eve, because of her obedience to God as she says: “I am a handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to me according to your word.”  She is also called the Ark of the New Covenant, because in her womb, she carried the Divine Son of God, whom we can encounter because of her fiat. 

It is a new way of looking at the Grace of God.  Although it is important to focus on our obedience to God and the moral teachings laid out by the Magisterium, but we sometimes fail because we are just mere mortals.  We can always use leverage and focus on the obedience of Jesus and the Blessed Mother.  Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane: “Father, Let this cup pass from me, not my will but yours be done.”  Mary: “I am a handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to me according to your words.”  Be new wineskins by focusing on the obedience of Jesus and the Blessed Mother.