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 many of us; she is very concerned with the
welfare of others than her own wellbeing. 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 fulfillment
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. What would it cost us if we express our love for our
mother? Nothing except a very little fraction of our voice 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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