Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee
called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of
David; and the virgin's name was Mary. He went in and said to her, 'Rejoice,
you who enjoy God's favor! The Lord is with you.' She was deeply disturbed by
these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said
to her, 'Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God's favor. Look! You are to
conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be
great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the
throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob forever and
his reign will have no end.'
Mary said to the angel, 'But how can this come about, since I have no
knowledge of man?' The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and
the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child
will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell you this too: your cousin
Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called
barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.'
Mary said, 'You see before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as
you have said.' And the angel left her.
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Reflection:
Do you always submit to the wisdom of the Good Lord?
Sometimes there are situation/s in life that will disturb our peace, for
example a sudden diagnoses of sickness. This kind of life event will surely
bother us. But in the midst of this life disturbances let us not forget that
the good Lord is always there for us. To comfort us, to give us hope and to
assure us that He will always be there for us.
When the angel Gabriel appeared and greeted the Blessed Mother she was
naturally concerned about it? Perhaps the Blessed Mother asked herself, Why did this angel appear to me? What would this angel bring me; a
trial that is hard for me to bear?
But the angel told the Blessed Mother that she would bear a son and His
name is Jesus. The angel further said that she has nothing to worry because the
Lord will take care of her. Thus, the Blessed Mother humbly accepted her destiny
and entrusted herself to God.
Whatever we are going through right now or we might go through in the
future. Be it sickness or severe trial that may test our fidelity to Jesus, let
us hold on to our deep faith in Jesus. For as long as we have faith there would
be hope and deliverance from all of life’s challenges.
As the Blessed Mother entrusted her fate to the good Lord we too must
learn to submit to God’s will for ourselves. Let us never worry for God is
always there for us and never will He abandon us. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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