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:
Today is
the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We honor the bodily
assumption of the Blessed Mother into Heaven. This dogma was infallibly defined
by Pope Pius XII on November 1 1950.
The
gospel for today tells us that the blessed Mother stayed with her cousin
Elizabeth for three months. Why three
months? Why not one month or two months instead? Three months because the
Blessed Mother ensured first that she would be with her cousin Elizabeth until
she gives birth to her son John. This is the reason why the Blessed Mother was
with her cousin for three months.
Considering
that she was also pregnant during that time Mary could have decided to just
stay with her for a month. Then use the remaining two months so that she could
also prepare for the birth of her son Jesus. But she chose to be with Elizabeth
until she gave birth. This is how compassionate, loving and selfless with her
time is the blessed Mother.
We live
now in a world driven by time, for the majority of us time is gold and surely we
want to use majority of our time to earn a living or money! But the Blessed Mother is telling us to use
our time not only to earn a living. We also have to use our time or even waste
our time to touch lives. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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