J.M.J. From the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Marie (October 16, 2002) of Saint John Paul II:
"10. The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in
Mary. In a unique way the face of the Son belongs to Mary. It was in
her womb that Christ was formed, receiving from her a human resemblance
which points to an even greater spiritual closeness. No one has ever
devoted himself to the contemplation of the face of Christ as faithfully
as Mary. The eyes of her Heart already turned to Him at the
Annunciation, when she conceived Him by the power of the Holy Spirit. In
the months that followed she began to sense His presence and to picture His features. When at last she gave birth to Him in Bethlehem, her eyes
were able to gaze tenderly on the face of her Son, as she 'wrapped Him
in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger' (Lk2:7).
"Thereafter Mary's gaze, ever filled with adoration and wonder, would never leave Him. At times it would be a questioning look, as in the episode of the finding in the Temple: 'Son, why have You treated us so?' (Lk 2:48); it would always be a penetrating gaze,
one capable of deeply understanding Jesus, even to the point of
perceiving His hidden feelings and anticipating His decisions, as at
Cana (cf. Jn 2:5). At other times it would be a look of sorrow,
especially beneath the Cross, where her vision would still be that of a
mother giving birth, for Mary not only shared the passion and death of
her Son, she also received the new son given to her in the beloved
disciple (cf. Jn 19:26-27). On the morning of Easter hers would be a gaze radiant with the joy of the Resurrection, and finally, on the day of Pentecost, a gaze afire with the outpouring of the Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14)."
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