Mary, Mother of the Church

The photo below was taken from the parking lot of St. John Vianney Church in Kailua on Monday, 5/29/2023 - that day was the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church.

I had just finished praying the Holy Rosary with a small group of dedicated parishioners who diligently offer the Rosary after every daily Mass... and was headed out to my car.  Right before getting into the vehicle, I happened to glance up at the sky above the church, and was surprised to see a cloud formation that oddly resembled - of all things - a brilliant and classic silhouette of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Talk about Spiritual Serendipity! 

The figure seemed to be facing the cross on the church's roof and I could make out a face although the features were indistinct.  Furthermore, if I saw things correctly, she was carrying a smaller figure, too - the Christ Child (?) - but it didn't translate in the photo.

What made the whole thing relevant and more intriguing was the fact that the Gospel passage for that Feast Day spoke of how Jesus gave us his mother to be our own as he hung dying on the Cross: "Behold your mother!" (John 19:26-27)

... but let each reader decide as to what they perceive.  For this author, what I personally discern is a scene that's appropriate and with a message all its own - our Mother Mary interceding for us at the cross; the holy cross of her Divine Son, where her spiritual motherhood of all His followers was proclaimed by Christ, himself... and where this beautiful Feast has its roots.

Our Lady, Mother of the Church,

pray for us!