Dear Inay Maria,
Catholic Christians all over the world commemorate your nativity and so Inay, let me first greet you, "a happy birthday". I am sure you are joyful to be with God for eternity; but you still have a role and a participation... so I guess we can still make you happy or sad.
Inay Maria, you have been a loving mother to me for so long. A confidante to the prayers of my heart. A warm shoulder to cry on in my heartaches.
I remember the time when there was a surge of Protestant movement around and your images were being destroyed. So many things were being said about you. Amidst this, you taught me that there is always something worth smiling for. And, Inay Maria, I credit you for keeping me in the Catholic Faith because I simply can not unlove you and that is what they are asking me to do.
I remember that time, too, when I had a falling out with God... that I can't even talk to Him. But I can still talk to you because you are a person and not God. But you became my remaining link to Him, and you are true to your purpose- you led me back to Jesus.
Now that my mother is already suffering from Alzheimer, I thank God evenmore that He had given you to us so we may never be motherless in our journey. Inay Maria, you are God's precious gift to humanity.
Inay Maria, I may not reflect even a fraction of being your daughter and a child of God. I still have a long way to holiness. Still, I want to say, I love you so much. The more I grow in love with you, the more I grow in love with God. The more I grow in love with God, the more I grow in love with you.
Inay Maria, you are truly of love - God's hand maid. I love you and I thank God for giving us a mother.
Always,
Virginia
