The Second Vatican Council called Our Lady “model of the virtues”. In this meditation we use texts from the New Testament to consider how Mary teaches us various aspects of the virtue of charity:

• In the Annunciation, her love for God moves her to say yes and to bring the God who is Love into the world
• In the Visitation to Elizabeth, Mary forgets herself and spends three months helping her aging relative prepare for the birth of John the Baptist
• In Bethlehem, she contemplates Love in human form
• At Cana, she is sensitive to the wedding couple and asks Jesus to help them
• At Calvary, she sacrifices herself to accompany Jesus on the Cross
• In the Upper Room, she prays with and for the apostles as they await the coming of the Holy Spirit