SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 2020
MEMORIAL OF THE IMMACULATE HEART
OF MARY
2 Chronicles 24:17-25, Luke
2:41-51
With the celebration of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus yesterday, immediately following it is that of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is a devotional name used to refer to the interior
life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden
perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for God the Father, her maternal
love for her son Jesus, and her compassionate love for all people. The virtues
of love, patience, understanding and
many others which are seen in Jesus, can be traced to his mother who nurtured
him. Mary is a true model of motherhood. She took care of her home, raised her
son and never complained. Instead of making troubles because of the situation
around her, Luke 2:19 tells us that she treasured all the troubles and pondered
them in her heart.
In the gospel reading of today,
we see a scenario that many of us cannot be calm about in our time. I am very
sure many mothers today will beat up a child who they have been looking for
after 3 days and he asked why they were looking for him. Mothers cannot reject
their children easily even those who are causing troubles in the family and are
constituting nuisance; they will still accept them when they think of the 9
months or more that they carried them in their womb. Mary showed many qualities
of a good woman and mother which we are to emulate today.
What causes many troubles among
families is because of talking when we are not supposed to. The major times
Mary is said to have spoken in the bible are basically her conversation with
the angel at annunciation, and her intervention at the wedding in Cana. It is
not that there was no trouble with Joseph her husband and Jesus her son, but
she treated issues gently and calmly. We need such virtues as Christians. Mary
is immaculately pure, gentle, patient, kind, loving, meek, peaceful, humble,
and so on. The litany of the Virgin Mary lists it better. God could not have
chosen her if she was otherwise. We ask for her intercession today that she
will help us so that we too can have a heart like her. God help us. Amen
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP
No comments:
Post a Comment