Day 10
The Union of Mary and the Holy Spirit
Today’s reflection leads us into one of St. Maximilian Kolbe’s most profound theological insights: Mary’s unique and inseparable relationship with the Holy Spirit. Fr. Gaitley explains that Kolbe didn’t just see Mary as filled with grace — he understood her as being in perfect union with the Holy Spirit, whom he described as the Uncreated Love between the Father and the Son.
Kolbe dared to say that the Holy Spirit and Mary are so intimately united that she is like a “quasi-incarnation” of the Spirit’s love on earth. Of course, she is not divine — she is a creature — but she is so completely receptive to the Spirit that His will is perfectly realized in her. Through this union, Mary becomes the Immaculata: all-beautiful, all-pure, and entirely one with the will of God.
This union means that wherever Mary is, the Holy Spirit is powerfully present. And when we consecrate ourselves to her, we open ourselves more fully to the action of the Spirit in our lives. We become more docile to His inspirations, more responsive to His grace, and more configured to Christ.
Kolbe’s insight invites us to draw close to Mary not just as our mother, but as the living vessel of the Holy Spirit’s love. When we give ourselves to her, she brings that divine love to life in us.
