What can we learn from Mary? While none of us is perfect like she was perfect, we can certainly see in Mary the model of humility and obedience. “Without a single sin to restrain her, she gave herself entirely to the person and to the work of her Son” ( CCC 494). God found in her the acceptance that he had awaited from the beginning. May it be done unto me according to your word. She simply responded, Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
This poor, young woman from Nazareth had such faith in the plan of God that she said “yes.” Unlike Adam and Eve, Mary was not blinded by the allure of earthly things, nor the trickery of evil, nor the promptings of other humans.
The angel Gabriel announces her role in God’s plan of salvation: this spotless Virgin was to bear the Son of God and she was to call him Jesus – “God saves.” Today’s Gospel reading reminds us of why this was so – she was to be the Mother of God. She was redeemed from the moment of her conception ( CCC 491). Today, the Universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – the fact that Saint Anne and Saint Joachim conceived Mary without the stain of original sin (St. (Patronal Feastday of the United States of America) THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
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