Aquí tienes una traducción fiel y cuidada al inglés, manteniendo el tono devocional, literario y reverente del texto original:
Translation / Traducción
Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart12.
The Heart of Mary kept as a treasure the Angel's announcement about her divine Motherhood; she treasured forever all the things that took place on the night of Bethlehem, what the shepherds related before the manger, and the presence, days or months later, of the Magi with their gifts, and the prophecy of the old man Simeon, and the anxieties of their journey to Egypt… Later, she was deeply moved by the loss of her Son in Jerusalem at the age of twelve, and the words He spoke to her and Joseph when, at last and full of anguish, they found Him. Then He went down with them to Nazareth and was obedient to them. But Mary kept all these things in her heart13. Never did Mary forget, during the years she lived here on earth, the events surrounding the death of her Son on the Cross and the words she heard Jesus speak there: Woman, behold your son14. And pointing to John, she saw all of us and all mankind. From that moment on, she loved us in her Heart with a mother’s love, with the very same love with which she loved Jesus. In us she recognized her Son, according to what He Himself had said: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me15.
But Our Lady exercised her motherhood before the redemption was consummated on Calvary, for she has been our mother from the moment she offered, through her fiat, her cooperation in the salvation of all mankind. In the account of the wedding at Cana, Saint John reveals to us a truly maternal trait of the Heart of Mary: her attentive care for others. A mother’s heart is always an attentive, watchful heart: nothing that concerns her child goes unnoticed by the mother. At Cana, Mary's maternal Heart deploys its watchful care on behalf of some relatives or friends, to remedy an embarrassing situation, though one without serious consequences. The Evangelist, by divine inspiration, wanted to show us that nothing human is foreign to her, nor is anyone excluded from her zealous tenderness. Our small faults and mistakes, just like major sins, are the object of her care. She cares about our lapses and worries, as well as the great anxieties that can sometimes overwhelm the soul. They have no wine16, she says to her Son. Everyone is distracted; no one notices. And although it seems that the hour for miracles has not yet come, she knows how to bring it forward.
Mary knows the Heart of her Son well and knows how to reach Him; now, in Heaven, her attitude has not changed. Through her intercession, our prayers reach the presence of the Lord "sooner, more abundantly, and better." Therefore, today we can address to her the ancient prayer of the Church: Recordare, Virgo Mater Dei, dum steteris in conspectu Domini, ut loquaris pro nobis bona17, Virgin Mother of God, you who are continually in His presence, speak good things about us to your Son. We certainly need it!
When meditating on this title of Our Lady, it is perhaps not a matter of proposing yet another devotion, but of learning to relate to her with greater trust, with the simplicity of little children who turn to their mothers at all times: they do not only go to her when they are in grave need, but also in the small troubles that cross their path. Mothers joyfully help them solve the smallest problems. They—mothers—have learned this from our Heavenly Mother.
HCD