The angel appeared to Mary and said “Greetings, favored one! The
Lord is with you.”29
But she was much perplexed by his words and
pondered what sort of greeting this might be. 30
The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God. 31
And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a
son, and you will name him Jesus. 32
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the
Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his
ancestor David. 33
He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and
of his kingdom there will be no end.” 34
Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I
am a virgin?” 35
The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come
upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of
God. 36
And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has
also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was
said to be barren. 37
For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38
Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the
Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel
departed from her. (luke 1:27-38)
Now let us come to
our life, when a challenging incident happens in our life, which is
beyond the normal course of happenings, we get exposed to many
vulnerabilities. Mary too was exposed to such a challenge; beyond
laws and that too a woman whose marriage was fixed and in a society
in which a law existed of stoning to death a lady who get pregnant
before marriage. But she gave time to listen to the message and
presented her doubts to the messenger. ' how can this be?'. The angel
replied, ' The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
Most High will overshadow you'. Yes in situations of trials and
challenges, this is what our mentality must be. A mentality to listen
and to be patient submitting our concerns unto the lord. Whatever the
challenge be, wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to fill in us by
submitting ourselves “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it
be with me according to your word.”
The word come into
us with the power of Holy Spirit. As it comes into us lord points us
to a situation as a proof for the same. May be it is a vision or and
incident which we must go in search of for clarification. Lord sends
us immediately to somewhere to witness as a proof of what he has
entrusted.
2. Mary Set out to
serve Elizabeth, whom God gave to Mary as a proof. Even though Mary
was was in health she set out to serve Elizabeth.
Immediately as we
receive the word the Holy Spirit fills in us and lord directs us for
a mission. This mission will be a proof for us for Lords intervention
in our life. So never hesitate to take it up.
It was Mary's
presence that Elizabeth realized or comprehended the sprouting up of
Lords word made flesh in Mary and in turn Elizabeth was filled in
Holy Spirit and her baby bounced in her womb.
Thus the mission
that lord gives immediately or the person that lord make us to meet
after the word begin to grow in us, will be a source through whom we
realize that Gods word in us is growing or present truly. This in
turn will fill them with holy spirit.
Mary (-Humble and
accepting the dynamic power of the Holy spirit) Elizabeth (- smeared
with laws and traditions with a less opening to the dynamic works of
Holy Spirit). When they both met, the holy spirit began to flow
between each, their meeting changed the scenario resulting in flow of
holy spirit between them.
3. Mary giving birth
to Jesus in a stable and witnessing the visit of shepherds and
wisemen. She pondered everything in heart and sat silently
Now Lord sends us
through many hard ways for giving Jesus to the world. This must occur
in a very humble scenario. The word made flesh must be given to the
world in a scene like that of a stable. People who are searching
Jesus in truth will surely reach there.
And the mode of
delivery must be humility and silence. Reflect Jesus through us and
in our life so that when people see us ,they meet Jesus. When they
experience Jesus through us, they go joyfully praising and
glorifying...don’t be proud or feel superior but be life mother
Mary, who in humbleness sat serene and silent pondering everything in
her heart. The visitors or people who come or god lead to us can be
humble like shepherd or superior like wise men.
4. Mother Mary and
Joseph presents Jesus to temple for purification according to law of
Moses
The birth of the
word in us and from us must be in accordance with the teachings of
the Church and it laws. All the word we deliver /all the ministries
that we are involved in to give Christ must be submited for
purification in the church.
There will be people
waiting in the church to reveal us about the word of god born in
us..its fate and how we have to deal with. Church and its anointed
priests are our direction
5. Finding of Jesus
in the temple
As we move along the
life of delivering word of God, we may come to a point in our life
that we become mechanical. We go on delivering go by our mouth, when
the actual presence of word has gone from our hearts. Like Jesus was
lost from Mother and Joseph. We may think he is with us but when
disturbance being to set in our life..go in our deep, search we can
find him missing from our heart. At this point of time, lord directs
us to go back to Church and receive Jesus back through Holy mass and
teaching from Priests.
Always stay attached
to church to always keep in with the main stem -Jesus
Amen
