Since the earliest days of the Church, Christians have honored Mary, the mother of Christ, for her important role in salvation history. While Mary no longer walks the face of the earth as she once did in Nazareth, Mary continues to provide steadfast help to the Church, wife of her Son, in times of strength and suffering. As the Church continues to move forward on its pilgrimage of faith, the Blessed Mother, through her maternal role, actively helps the Church along this journey both through her intercession before the throne of God and by acting as a perfect model for all Christians to follow. Mary's maternal role in her Son's Church began when the Angel Gabriel appeared to her at the Annunciation. While the vital role of Mother of Christ had been predestined by God in salvation history, it was not until Mary agreed to conform to the divine will, through spousal love with the Spirit Holy, that her role as Mother within Christ The church has begun. The moment she said, “Be it done to me according to your will” (Luke 1: ??), Mary, the Theotokos, became the servant of God, a sinless instrument to help all the faithful of the Church of Christ in their individual journeys. of faith. Just as Mary became the Mother of Christ at the Annunciation, she also became the Mother of the Mystical Body of Christ. After all, in the order of nature, a mother does not give birth to her child's head or the rest of the body. At Calvary, several years later, Mary's motherhood for humanity is highlighted by Christ himself when he says to his mother, "Woman, behold your son." It is at this moment that Saint John, standing with Mary at the foot of the Cross, represents the entire Church. Immediate...... middle of paper ......other followers of Christ. Observing this, we see that Mary, in fact, guided the disciples of Christ in the early days of the Church by her example and her prayers. At the wedding at Cana, she asks the servants to “do whatever he tells you.” . All members of the Church of Christ are called to follow this simple command given by the Blessed Mother, just as the servants did at the wedding. To this day, Mary's active participation in the Church of her Son, as guide and intercessor, continues to bring people closer to her Son. United with her Son in heaven, she listens to the cries of her children and responds to their call. By calling upon the help and direction of the Blessed Mother, members of the Body of Christ are able to confidently move forward on their individual pilgrimages of faith while continuing to build the Church...