Mother Mary (Jeffrey McLeod/Paul McCartney)

When I find myself in times of trouble,

Mother Mary comes to me

Speaking words of wisdom:

Let it be…

[The words of Paul McCartney’s Let it Be] tell us about the hour of darkness, a broken-hearted world, an eternal light, and an eternal life-giving wisdom.  There is universality in McCartney’s longing for the answer to suffering.  The Blessed Mother knows this more than anyone does.

--Dr. Jeffrey McLeod      

            

Remember that the Virgin Mary’s fiat was precisely in these terms:  let it be… or, in the translation we are most used to, may it be done to me according to your word.  So, listen to the song again and let it give you an entry into understanding Mary as Mother today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, and of us all.

For more information on the origin (conscious and unconscious) of this song, check out Dr. McLeod's article here.  To hear Paul McCartney sing Let It Be, click on the video below:

Image source: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Mariahilf Bild (Mary, Help of Christians), 1517-1525, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnadenbild_Mariahilf#/media/Datei:Gnadenbild_Mariahilf,_Innsbruck.jpg

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