Mary lived her life with her Son and to her He communicated His secrets.
It is impossible to imagine that He did not reveal to her His plans and
designs which were the reason of His coming to this earth, and how He
was going to carry them out. She knew, then, that she was the Mother of
a Victim; and when He offered Himself to God, she joined in, offering
herself and her Son for all that He wished. "Behold the handmaid of the
Lord!" Here I am, I offer myself to Thee, do what Thou wilt with me.
This was Mary's attitude all through her life from the time when her
_Fiat_ was a sign for the Incarnation to take place, till she stood on
Calvary's Hill assisting at the offering of the Victim. Truly had the
Mother of Sorrows caught the spirit of her Son; all through her life she
regarded Him as a Victim. When He was forty days old she formally
offered Him to God, and her life though bound up with His was
nevertheless detached from Him, as from something given to another. Now
at this early stage of His life, Mary is learning her lesson and gaining
her strength. She is doing it by leading an interior life, hidden with
her Son.
O my Mother, as I come to-day to the holy Tabernacle "prepared from the
beginning" where the Sacred Victim lies hidden, help me to make my life
one with His as thou didst, help me to detach myself from everything for
His sake and to say my _Fiat_ whenever He asks for it.