In your suffering—the addiction, the divorce, the depression, the betrayal—Mary is not up in heaven saying, "Wow, you really messed up." She is kneeling at the foot of your cross, weeping with you, holding your hand, and interceding for you.
Mary never points to herself. At the Wedding at Cana (John 2:5), she gives the best spiritual direction in the Bible: "Do whatever He tells you." mother mary tcrip
The most brutal image in Christianity is also the most comforting. While the apostles ran away (except John), Mary stayed. She didn't perform a miracle on Calvary. She didn't strike the Roman soldiers blind. She just stood there (John 19:25). In your suffering—the addiction