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December 9, 2024St Paul tells us that we are blessed with every spiritual blessing, that we are chosen, that we are adopted, that we are destined according to God’s will. Prior to Paul, an angel told Mary that she was chosen, that she was full of grace, that she was favored by God.
From great love, God has lifted us to be in the company of Mary. This is not a boast on our part, it is the mysterious worthiness in which God see us. Our response is one of humbleness that God should care for us in such a way.
Mary, of course, holds a unique place in the eyes of God and the Church as the Mother of God. She is the beginning of salvation history with her yes to carry the Son of God and birth him into this world. Such a gift she is to this aching world. Her role in salvation history did not end with the birth of Christ. After his death, with a mother’s love, she carried and birthed the word of God to all she met. She continues her ministry to us from her place in eternity.
