Today’s
Gospel Text: In those days Mary
arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, 40 and she entered the house of
Zechari'ah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the
greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with
the Holy Spirit 42 and she exclaimed with a loud
cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the voice of
your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed
that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."
Luke 1:39-45
Reflection: And why is this granted
me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (vs.43)
One of the greatness of Leonardo Da Vinci’s great painting on Monalisa is that a viewer looks at it
from any angle and they feel that the eyes follow them.
That which is not a
reality is made to look as if it is a reality; for such is the ingenuity of the
creative human mind.
Unlike the creative
paintings, the reality of a life of faith is different; every human being who
surrenders his life to God, in a similar way, would experience the subtle presence of God
accompanying them through life’s situation.
God does it not so much
to curb us or spy on us but to lift us out of the most trying moments or
to console us or to assure us that he is with us every moment of our life.
In the Gospel he comes
to Elizabeth, through his most beloved daughter Mary, who is in her most sacred moment with the Child Jesus in her womb, to heal her and the child
in her womb; John the Baptist.
Hence sometimes he
could send anyone as angels or instruments to reach out to us in our most
trying moments or in our ordinary day to day life.
This requires a
discerning trust in God and a total dependency on him lest we be deceived by
the angel of light who comes only to deceive and rob us from the eternal crown which God
has prepared.
The best discernment is
always our faithfulness to God and walking faithfully, sincerely and honestly in the ways
of the Lord, as already revealed to us in our great tradition and scripture.
God himself will not
allow such little ones who have put their total trust in him and look to him in
order to be saved.
Prayer: “Teach me thy way, O Lord, that I may walk in thy truth; unite my heart to fear
thy name.” Ps 86:11
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