Gospel: Luke 1:39-56
Mary set
out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she
entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard
Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the
Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed
are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this
happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment
the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for
joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would
be fulfilled.”
And Mary
said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God
my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all
generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and
holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has
shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He
has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He
has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He
has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of
mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children
forever.”
Mary
remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.
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Reflection:
Selfless love
for others is a rare virtue nowadays; what we have now is the me first or self
centered attitude. Before we give ourselves to others we see to it that we are
first taken care of. It’s our need first before the needs of others we seldom
become a person for others anymore.
We thus overlook the fact that when we are
selfless we make others joyful and happy. We bless others when we give
something out of ourselves and we often overlook that the blessing that we give
silently comes back to us in many forms.
The
Blessed Mother is not like us; she is very concerned with the welfare of others
than her own well-being. Notice how the Blessed Mother went to her cousin
Elizabeth and stayed there until she gave birth. She made sure first that her
cousin would be through with her delicate pregnancy before she left her.
In this
day wherein we are overly concerned with our own happiness and fulfilment the
Blessed Mother gives us valuable lesson to live by.
She tells
us not to be overly concerned with our own welfare we must look after those who
are in need of our love even if we ourselves need love. Who are those who badly
need our love and care? The Blessed Mother and Elizabeth are both mothers so
for obvious reason first and foremost it’s our mothers.
They are
slowly getting old and we may not know it they may quietly leave this world
anytime. Let us give our very own mothers our love while they can still
appreciate it, express your love for them now say it now. Don’t say that you
love them when they’re bodies are cold and not responsive anymore for it’s
useless already.
What will
it cost you if you express your love for your mother? Nothing except a very
little fraction of your voice and saliva and what will be the effect on them?
Oh, immeasurable! It will energize and reinvigorate them to say the least.
There are many who are in need of our love
these days they may not say it but they need it. We must look after them even
if we will not gain any material things from doing it. Life is never measured
by ownership of worldly things; true life is measured by our selfless acts of
love and kindness.
On this
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary let us look at the
Blessed Virgin Mary’s very real and
selfless expression of true love. And
let us ask ourselves this question: Do I love as the Blessed Mother gave her
love and concern to her cousin Elizabeth? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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