Mary said to the angel, “I am a virgin. How, then, can
this be?” (Lk 1:34)
Today’s Passage: Lk 1:26-38
Meditation: I do appreciate
mother Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel and congratulate her on this feast
day of her queenship. The way she responded to the announcement of the angel
Gabriel is my meditation point today. She may be of thirteen or fourteen years
of age at that time. We read in the gospel passage that she had an apparition
of the angel Gabriel and was deeply troubled. But that doesn’t make her away
from god’s messenger. She wanted to know it straight away from the messenger
itself that how should it happen to her since she is a virgin. That approach is
of course noteworthy, but is lacking today. Anyone gets any information or
answer today within seconds from anywhere except from where it has to be
received precisely. Especially, teenagers and youngsters are thorough with any
subject you want to ask. Where do they get these informations from? Quite often
they get from their peer groups, magazines, or mass Medias. “Happy are those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners
tread, or sit in the seats of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the
Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night” (Ps 1:1,2). “How can young
people keep their way pure?” Again the word of the Lord says, “By guarding it
according to your word” (Ps 119:9) Let parents and teachers guide their
children, like Eli guided young Samuel, to listen to God’s message and God’s
will (1 Sam 3:8-10). Let youngsters and children seek first the word of the
Lord, like young Jesus was engaged in listening to the teachers and asking them
questions (Lk 2:46).
Prayer: Lord Jesus, we thank you and praise
you for your daily eternal bread. Often we fail to get guidance from you and
your teachings. What we get quite often was misleading us. Mother Mary, we
invoke your special intercession that we may also, like you, always treasure
god’s words in our hearts and seek god’s will in our daily life. “Teach me, O
Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end” (Ps 119:33).
Amen!
Greetings: Take courage
God is with you! Have a nice and blissful Friday…
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