The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary

-Mother Mary leads us to Jesus through Her prayers and intercession and guidance all our times and in hour of our death. Mother Mary has no prayer or wish of Her own, She intercedes for us in accordance with Lord Almighty and Jesus. The intercession She did in the wedding of Cana,

" His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”- John 2:5

-Mother Mary shows the perfect submission to God and with full proof belief in Him

"And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant[f] of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her"Luke 1:38

-In Mary's song of praise, we find Her glorifying the Lord for everything She is ,

Mary's Song of Praise

 And Mary said,

“My soul magnifies the Lord,
     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
    For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
 for he who is mighty has done great things for me,
    and holy is his name.
 And his mercy is for those who fear him
    from generation to generation.
 He has shown strength with his arm;
    he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
 he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
    and exalted those of humble estate;
 he has filled the hungry with good things,
    and the rich he has sent away empty.
 He has helped his servant Israel,
    in remembrance of his mercy,
 as he spoke to our fathers,
    to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”Luke 1:46-55

- Mary Mother lived in silence of holiness. Right from the revelation of the birth of Jesus, till Calvary, when Mother held Jesus's body in her hand we can see this silence. Which made Her serene and peaceful love of God.

" But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart."Luke 2:19

-The Ultimate sufferer.

Mother Mary through out her life, lived in the memories and thoughts of Jesus. Each incidents that happened in Jesus life, She joined together to form the perfect Rosary, which She recited as intercession for us sinners, to lead us to Jesus.

-The Mother that Jesus gave us through Lord Almighty.

"When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.-John 19:26-27

We are all with this Mother. Jesus, when ascended to heaven gave us a friend 'The Holy Spirit' and a dear Mother 'Mary', so that we are never alone in this world. We must realize this and be in Her love and care with the Holy Spirit speaking to us how to reach Jesus nearer and nearer each day.

-The dear daughter of Lord. Mother Mary lived purely. She lived in spirit, controlling the weaknesses of the human body. Each weaknesses she submitted to Lord and gained strength from Him will full belief. This made God to crown Her for us to intercede and guide us in our weaknesses.

"And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars" Revelation 12:1

In this day of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, let us understand our Mothers love to us and the continuous prayers that She is interceding for us. Mother Mary is the one who rows our life through all the struggles of this world, helping us to reach safely to our Lord and eternity.

Prayer

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

Amen.

      

The Essence of Life

I don't get anything what I want. I never get satisfied. My mind hurts me of an unsuccessful person in me. I feel depressed, I feel frustrated. I get angry and I use my anger to rebel against my condition. I feel anger to my family members. I myself has given me a status of a well contained individual. But I find me unfruitful. I have may be more of everything but is left unused/waste. All because I feel I am unsuccessful.

In my limitations, I try to establish myself where ever I get into. But I find it left unnoticed. I try to do many things but I get blocked everywhere. I feel everything getting blocked. I feel to me like pouring water on an inverted pot. Oh, I am staggering in my way, I feel my feet trembling and falling into iniquities. What will I do? I feel terrible. This is when tears roll down my eyes, I look up and cry to someone, whom I feel is with me when I am alone and rejected, someone who was calling me all the time when I dint remember Him, yes the one who is with us always but we never try to know. OUR FATHER.. I start hearing a voice from Him. “My child you are sad because all these time you were living for you, you were taking care to become glorified as you., to establish the 'I'. YOUR PRIDE IS BLOCKING YOU OF EVERYTHING”

Isn't this FATHER marvellous? We feel Him when we are alone, when everyone leaves us or when we are completely shattered of this world. But the reality is that He is and was and will be with us all the time. We realise Him and His love only when we find ourselves helpless, it is at that time we feel that we are nothing, all that we have are mere mirage. If the essence in us is not there, all our gains and the thing that we feel we have attained and conquered are meaningless. This essence, I wish to proclaim as THE FATHER-SON-HOLY SPIRIT.

In our emptiness we discover and realize this Trinitarian Love, or in beautiful words it is only a humble heart that find this wonderful love.

“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”-1 Peter 5:5

We always think we are someone important and we feel a need to get noticed and recognised everywhere. But we never think or realize that, the actual reason we are being recognised is because of the Gods mercy that is upon us and He is within us. In this stage, let us think about the donkey who carried Jesus in the streets of Jerusalem. All those who gathered were praising and singing spreading fresh leaves and flowers through out the way it passed. Is this donkey so important or famous that it was praised a lot? No, the praises and welcome that it got was because of the Jesus whom he carried on his shoulder

By bowing humbly for the master and carrying Him on the back, the Donkey walked in the streets of Jerusalem. An envelop of praises, showers of leaves and flowers that carpeted the street- this was what the donkey was guided into. It walked all the way that its master asked to walk carrying on the back. But the donkey did this with submission, silence and satisfaction, succeeding in the wonderful mission assigned to it by the Lord Almighty. This should our mentality while living this life on earth.

It is God who is assigning us the plan/duty of life. He selects us for a mission. While progressing in this, we should be like the Donkey. We must be always aware that the World see Jesus while looking us, the world hear Jesus while we speak, the world feel Jesus in us while we help them. We must reflect Jesus while we walk through our life. The goodness, praises, comforts life the carpeted street of Jerusalem that we experience is only because Jesus is living in us. We must recognise it and walk humbly with perfect submission, carrying Lord in our heart to successfully complete Gods plan for us and working for Him untiringly with silence.

“You did not choose me. I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name. -John 15:16

Hence let us realize this and humble ourselves before the Almighty without whom we are nothing. Let us always remember in everything we do that it is God who build us everyday and everytime,He is our Father who loves us and cares us every second of our life.

Prayer

Lord thank you for helping us realize our value because of You in us. Help us to humble ourselves before everything and everyone so that we remain as Yours forever. Amen

Reading

John 15:1-17