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Mo Nguyen1 JANUARY: OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
SOLEMNITY OF MARY
THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD – YEARS A, B, C
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD
MARY, MOTHER OF GOD (Luke 2: 16-21)
The Octave of Christmas concludes by honouring Mary as the Mother of God continuing the long and rich tradition that goes back to the Council of Ephesus in 431. The formula that Levites and priests were constructed to use when blessing the people of Israel has a special resonance when applied to Mary. She could surely say that she had been blessed in the gift of Jesus, that God’s face had shone upon her, and that God had been gracious to her in ways that she could never have anticipated or imagined. Her positive response to the words of the angel Gabriel opened a pathway for all humanity.
In the letter to the Galatians, we get a glimpse into Paul’s wonder at the mysterious ways of God knowing that our ability to cry out in the Spirit ‘Abba, Father’ would not have come about if Jesus had not been born of Mary. He describes this birth as taking place in the fullness of God’s time. Jesus was born as a member of the people of Israel, but this is only a part of his identity and role in God’s saving plan that extends to all creation.
The first witnesses to the birth of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel were the shepherds who were informed that a Saviour had been born in Bethlehem, the city of David whose own career as king started humbly as a shepherd. In a similar way, Jesus’ humble beginning in a manger will lead to blessings for all of us. Like Mary, we are called to treasure all this in our hearts.
CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP
Oh Mary, Mother of God - Hymn:
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