Spending Advent with Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Mary’s Trust
Reflection
A big part of Advent is learning to trust in God. This entire season has its focus on the Feast of Christmas when we celebrate God’s powerful love, incarnated in Jesus of Nazareth. Learning
to trust means we must believe in what we do not see with our human eyes. It means learning to see with our “inner eyes,” or with the eyes of our heart and soul.
Mary did this. How could this young girl have trusted so deeply in the message which God sent to her heart through the Angel? And yet she did. Perhaps the words of Psalm 118, which she
may have known by heart, came to her conscious mind: “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.” Mary knew that God was her eternal rock, no matter how humble a person she may have been.
So with Mary today, let us learn to trust in God, absolutely and completely. For this trust to become real, we need to be free of the “wisdom” which comes from anywhere other than God. With
Mary, let us hear the word of God and put it into practice, leaning on God as our rock.
Share with others or ponder alone
How do you hear the voice of God echoing in your own life?
To what does God call you? To what does God call the Church?
Take action
Go out on a limb today. Take a loving action toward someone,
even a stranger – a random act of kindness or love.
Prayer for today
Mary, help me grow to trust in God as my rock in the same powerful way that you must have done. Help me to build my house on the rock of this trust, rather than the shifting sands of ungodly words and actions. Amen.
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Author: Bill Huebsch