Spending Advent With Mary, The Mother Of Jesus
Saturday of the 2nd Week of Advent
Mary’s Pathway
Reflection
The refrain of Advent, sounded again and again by John the Baptizer, is that we must “prepare the way of the Lord.” How do we do that? How do we make ready our hearts to enter into deeper communion with Christ? Perhaps we should follow Mary’s Pathway. Mary relied on the great virtues which she would have learned as a young Jewish woman. She prayed that God would make known to her what these mysterious things might mean. She remained open to God’s response, leading her to become the Mother of Jesus.
Mary knew God as her source of life. As we pray in Psalm 25, and Mary would have prayed these very words, “Teach me your ways, O Lord.” The words of Psalm 25 must have been familiar to
her and this is how she found her Pathway. “Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior.”
Share with others or ponder alone
How do you experience God guiding you in the pathways of your own life?
Take action
Create a “life chart” today, showing how, at each turning point in your life, you either allowed God to guide you or not.
Prayer for today
O God of Mary and Joseph, teach me how to follow you withall my heart. Show me what you are calling me to become. Amen.
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Author: Bill Huebsch