Mary and the Matter/Mass that is Jesus Christ, I

J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R.*

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From "The Role of Our Lady in Each Mass", by Fr. William G. Most 
http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/maryd2.htm

A sacrifice consists of the external sign and the interior dispositions which the sign expresses. In the Cenacle the external sign was the seeming separation of His body and blood. On the Cross, it was the physical separation. But in both cases, and on our altars, the interior is the disposition of His Heart, most basically, obedience to the Father (cf. Rom 5. 19 and Lumen gentium # 3). His disposition on our altars is not a repeat of that which He had on Calvary, it is the continuation, for death makes permanent the attitude of soul with which one leaves the body. Mary shares in the external sign of the Mass in that the flesh and blood are still those He received from her. She shares in the interior dispositions of His Heart, with which she is eternally united. Therefore the Mass is not the time to stop thinking of her. Rather, the more closely one is united with her, the more closely one is united with Her Son. Therefore, let no one say we should forget her at Mass. Rather, the more closely one is joined to her there, the more closely to Jesus--and vice versa.

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* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
O Beata Trinitas;
St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael