Gospel: Luke
1:39-45
Mary set
out in those days 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, “Most 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.”
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Reflection:
Are we
aware of the fact that during this Christmas season there are people who badly
want our presence and who want to touch base with us? These people desire us to
be with them even for a short time. They may be our parents, our siblings our
children and our relatives whom we have not seen and talked for so long.
In the
gospel today the Blessed Mother walked more than 100 km from Nazareth to the
residence of her cousin Elizabeth just to see her and to let her know that she
is there for her. Mary visited her cousin not minding the long distance that
she will be going through Mary simply wanted to express her support to her
cousin Elizabeth.
The
Blessed Mother was also pregnant around that time. Yet she purposely did not
mind her own needs so that she could focus on the needs of her cousin. Mary
could have simply brushed aside her cousin Elizabeth but she did not.
How many
of us are willing to do that selfless act? How many of us are willing to forget
our own needs so that we could give happiness to others? Let us all be like the Blessed Mother.
Let us
forget ourselves and make a very big difference in the lives of others
especially the poor ones who cannot repay our act of altruism. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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