Mother of the Church

This statue was on the site of the church of my childhood.
Today is the feast  of "The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church."  February 11, 2018, Pope Francis announced that this new feast could be celebrated the Monday after Pentecost.  This morning was the first I saw the prayers and readings.
The Gospel is a good one John 19:22-34, Mary at the Cross as Jesus says to the disciple whom Jesus loved, "Behold, your mother."  In John's Gospel Mary is a symbol of the New Eve, "the mother of all the living" (Genesis 3:20.)  The crucified Christ gives her to us the disciples whom Jesus loves as our Mother, the Mother of the Church.
Just like our country, the Church is seriously split.  We might ask Mary today to pray that we all will be united in her family, the Church.