1/1/2015 Solemnity Of Mary,the Holy Mother Of Church ~ Holy Mary Reflection

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

1/1/2015 Solemnity Of Mary,the Holy Mother Of Church

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1/1/2015 Solemnity Of Mary,the Holy Mother Of Church(general version)

To days readings summarises as follows:

All readings for all cycles1,2,3 are same
Book of numbers(nb:6:22-27) says"...may the Lord uncover His face to you and bring His peace........."
Paul says(Gal4:4-7) says"......God sent His son....God has sent the spirit of His son into our hearts....l

LK 2:16-21 says" the Shepard hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph and the baby lying in the manager............As for mary she treasured all these things and pondered in her heart......"

Reminds:

(1)With Jesus a new method has been introduced.

(2)Jesus spirit means His words and actions, to be reflected in our lives to understand the new method. It is not history alone. The parables given in the gospels are good examples, which prevails for last 2000 years, parables has not become outdated even it is applicable today. Gospel is the only book which you can dynamically read, since it's reflection are going to varied from person to person!

(3)Value of holy Mary remind us to experience Jesus in to our lives and keep all such experience to identify how God is eager to help us to be happy. So Holy Mary led her life happily, though she experienced many difficulties/fear/sorrows, with reference to normal earth bound way. She set an example for us how to carry the God's will happily, like a boat sailing in misty weather(normal for every human)

THAT IS WHY CHURCH IDENTIFY MARY AS A GUIDE LINE FOR US TO FOLLOW THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE YEAR. In addition God in His own wisdom assigned mary to look after our happiness. Happiness means you get worries/sorrows/disagreements in your life temporarily and Holy mary will support you to get the God's will for you to make all your fears/sorrows converted Happiness!.

Wish you a Happy new year 2015.

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About MARY AND CHRISTIANS

CATHOLICS AND NON CATHOLICS HAVE SOMETIMES MISUNDERSTOOD HOW THE CHURCH SEES THE ROLE OF MARY IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION. IT IS NOT BY NECESSACITY BUT BY DIVINE CHOICE THAT GOD ALLOWS ANY HUMAN BEING TO PARTICIPATE iN SALVATION HISTORY. WHILE UPHOLDING THE UNIQUE AND SINGULAR ROLE OF CHRIST AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND HUMAN(because JESUS is both human and divine himself) Holy Mary is one major example. God freely choose the corporation of Mary to accomplish His divine plan. VIRGIN MARY WAS TOTALLY HUMAN WHILE HER SON WAS TRUE GOD AND TRUE MAN(not a hybrid 50/50- half God/half man- but one divine person with a full human nature and a full divine nature)

St John Paul 2 And Mother Mary

Pope John paul 2, like most other popes, took a moto as well as a new name when He was elected bishop of Rome by cardinals, in 1978 after the untimely death of JP1,one month after his election. JP2 Motto was" totus tuus", which is latin for "TOTALLY YOURS". It is based on spirituality of St Louis de Montfort, a 17 century french priest, who promoted a strong devotion to the VIRGIN MARY. Part of that spirituality focussed on being"TOTALLY YOURS"- that is being totally committed to following the holy example of MARY, the mother of JESUS, especially in Her humility and her obedient disciple ship to that same son of hers. JP2 wrote a papal en cyclical in 1987(Redemptoris Mater) on VIRGIN MARY as mother of the redeemer(JESUS CHRIST) and Her Role in Salvation.

1st Encyclical Letter Of Pope Francis/ THE LIGHT OF FAITH(29/6/2013) Para 58

BLESSED IS SHE WHO BELIEVED(LK 1:45) 58. In the parable of sower, Saint Luke has left us these words of the Lord about the "good soil": "These are the ones who when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart,and bear fruit with patient endurance"(LK 8:15). In the context of Luke's Gospel, this mention on an honest and good heart which hears and keeps the word is an implicit portrayal of the faith of the Virgin Mary. The evangelist himself speaks of Mary's memory, how she treasured in her heart all that she had heard and seen, so that the word can bear fruit in her life. The mother of the Lord is perfect icon of faith; as Saint Elizabeth say:"Blessed is she who believed"(LK1:45) In Mary, the daughter of Zion, is fulfilled the long history of faith of the Old Testament, with its account of so many faithful women, beginning with Sarah: women who, alongside the patriarchs, were these in whom God's promise was fulfilled and new life flowered. In the fullness of time, God's word were spoken to Mary and she received that word into her heart, her entire being, so that in her womb it would take flesh and be born as light for humanity. Saint Justin Martyr, in his dialogue with Trypho, uses a striking expression; he tells us that Mary receiving the message of angel, conceived faith demonstrated its fullness; when our own spiritual lives bear fruit we become filled with joy, which is the clearest sign of faith, following in the footsteps of her son. In her the faith journey of the Old Testament was thus taken up into the following of Christ, transformed by him and entering into gaze of the incarnate son of God.

Holy Mary Reflection

Wednesday, December 31, 2014