the cost of intercession

Now at Cana, we see Our Lady, the intercessor par excellence, saying, “They have no wine.” They do not have the Holy Spirit. They have no joy. They have no union, no relationship. God, the Father, gave the deference to Mary in this ministry. She picked up the Spirit and it was costly for her to make this move. I want to point that out because intercession can be costly. You can be, and you will be, the victim of your own intercession. She was asking something of her son which would be costly to her. It is easy to overlook the significance of this in the gospel account. But when you realize that she had 30 years alone with her Son, in tremendous hidden-ness, tremendous intimacy, you can begin to see the cost of the events which she was about to trigger She knew that all she had to do was to mention this to Him and He would do it. She knew who He was and that once He did this miracle and it became public she would never have Him again in that way. She was cutting the apron strings. That was very difficult. Yet, she was prompted by the Spirit, led by the Spirit, to act. The Spirit within will prompt you. This is the ministry of compassion. It is a ministry of love.
Excerpt from Mother Nadine’s, “Intercession,” Waveland, MI, 2005