On the sixth day of the Novena, we celebrate the Virgin Mary, Mother of Reconciliation.We direct the attention of the Christian community to Mary, recognized and invoked as the “Mother of Reconciliation.” The texts, while fitting harmoniously within the typical penitential framework, also highlight the very close relationship that exists between Christ, who with his “precious blood reconciled the world” to the Father, and Mary invoked as “reconciliator” and “refuge of sinners.”The Lectionary presents Jn 19:25-27 as a scriptural passage, helping to read it from the perspective of “surrender“: all the disciples who invoke mercy are entrusted to Mary, and the disciples know they find in her the “Mother of reconciliation“.In the first reading, Paul’s call to “reconcile yourselves to God” (2 Cor 5:17-21) echoes. A reconciliation that passes through “the cross, the sign of the covenant established between God and all flesh that is on the earth.”If we look now at the Eucharistic texts, we notice that from the moment when “peace” between God and the sinning humanity was established in the virgin womb, it is a succession of events in which the Virgin takes an active part in the redemption work of the Son. That is why she is proclaimed “partner of God… in the work of reconciliation.”It is from this recognition that arises the attitude of the faithful, conscious of finding in Mary “compassionate with our misery” “a heart full of mercy towards sinners“.As the preface states:“Turning their gaze to her maternal charity, they take refuge in her and implore forgiveness. Contemplating her spiritual beauty, they struggle against the dark allure of evil. Meditating on her words and examples, they are drawn to observe the commandments of the Son.”In its simplicity, the text outlines the constant path of reconciliation for the faithful of all times and places. A journey that culminates and is continually sustained by the Eucharist, for it is through participation in the “sacrifice of expiation and praise” and, thus, in “communion with the body and blood of Christ” that the faithful experience the “sacraments of reconciliation.”The exemplary nature of Mary becomes evident from her role as the instrument of the beginning of the new age of redemption. She is the same one, in the time of the Church, who welcomes and “reconciles” sinners, guiding them to the Eucharist, where the gift of the Father’s mercy and the reward of eternal redemption are realized.The exemplaryness of the Virgin, which attracts by its “maternal charity,” “spiritual beauty,” and “its words and examples,” makes us look with wonder and admiration at the mission of the Church, which in every age exercises the ministry entrusted to it with “maternal charity” for all those who wish to make “a renewed experience of God’s love.” She shines by the “beauty” with which her Lord continually seeks to combat “the dark enchantment of evil.” And thus, she seeks to fulfill the Word of Christ by contemplating the Word and the example of the Virgin.