Mary not only brings Christ to us, she also brings us to Christ.
St. Thomas, in interpreting the mystical meaning of the wedding of
Cana considers that Mary is present in the mystical marriage of the
soul with God and that it is she who "arranges the marriage, because
through her intercession, the soul is joined to Christ through grace."
St. Thomas points out that it was the fiat of Mary which allowed the
spiritual marriage between the Son of God and human nature to take
place. In the plan of God, Mary's "yes" stood for the "yes" of all
God's people thereby making it possible for every person to pronounce
his or her own fiat and attain intimate union with the divine nature.
St. Thomas calls Mary mediatrix and consolatrix and in his prayer he
entrusts his entire person to the intimacy of her pure, grace-filled
and loving heart.
from: St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on John, ed. James A. Weisheipl, O.P.
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