On this solemnity of Our Lady we begin the New Year. Truly there could not be a better start to the year, and of all days of our life, than being very close to Mary. Jesus looks to us one by one: Behold your mother, he says. Spiritual writers have seen these words of the Gospel as an invitation to all to bring Mary into their lives. Mary is Our Lady, full of grace and virtue, conceived without sin, who is the Mother of God and our Mother, and who dwells both body and soul in heaven. Sacred scriptures refer to her as the most exalted of all creatures, the blessed one, the most praised among women, full of grace, she whom all generations shall call blessed. After Christ, the church teaches us that Mary occupies the place that is highest and closest to God, because of her divine motherhood. By the grace of God, she was exalted over all angels and men. With confidence we go to her so that she may help us to live in holiness every day of the year. We place in Marys hands our desire to identify ourselves with Christ, to sanctify our lives and to be faithful apostles. Holy Mary, Mother of God, our blessed Mother, pray for us! Taken from In Conversation with God, by Francis Fernandez
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:58:53 +0000
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