“And
Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.” ~ Lk 2:19
Can you imagine being in a stable, delivering your first
child alongside farm animals, visited first by a procession of rough and ragged
shepherds, and later by wise men bearing gifts fit for a king? Can you imagine
this young couple, Mary and Joseph, after having experienced angelic
visitations and heard mysterious promises of great blessing, now finding
themselves without a comfortable place for this promised child to be born? What
would they have thought of it all? We know from the Gospel stories that Mary,
not quite sure what it all meant, often pondered on the meaning of the divine
mysteries and miracles she experienced as the Mother of God. In today’s
reading, Luke tells us that Mary “kept all these things, reflecting on them in
her heart.” Mary and Joseph may not have known what it all meant, but they
responded unfailingly with faithful hearts and trust in God.
Let us also respond in faith to God’s will in our lives,
and take time this New Year to reflect ever more deeply on the birth of Jesus,
pondering the mystery of God becoming man in our hearts and prayers, and asking
God to reveal its meaning to us more and more each day.
Nm
6:22-27 ~ Ps 67 ~ Gal 4:4-7 ~ Lk 2:16-21
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