Today I was talking to the Virgin Mary

Today I was talking to the Virgin Mary and I was telling her about my frustrations, my anguish, my pains and my fears. In other words, I presented her with a rosary.

But rather than giving her a rosary of prayers and flowers, like a son should offer a caring Mother, I presented her with a rosary of complaints.

Now that I remember what I told her, I can be certain that nothing I said was good, I gave her only complaints.

And now I understand why, looking at her, I felt She was telling me with her eternally sweet voice:

"I had to bear seeing my son die on the cross. Do you think there is a greater suffering for a mother?"

Then I realized how selfish I was.

Not for a moment I thought about her. Before telling all those things, that She wants me to tell her anyway, I should have told her how much I love her and that I know how much She cares for me.

Instead of hugging and kissing her with the love of a son, I only showed her my complaints, as if She was under the obligation of listening and solving all of them.

The Virgin Mary wants to listen to us, She wants us to tell her all that is happening in our lives. But it does not hurt if first we tell her that we love her very much.

It's a simple show of courtesy that will do us a lot of good.