Spending Advent With Mary, The Mother of Jesus
Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent
Mary’s Comfort
Reflection
God is seeking us in many ways.Like the warm words of comfort in the Gospel, God desires that each one of us be found by him. Each one of us is in God’s plan and heart. So even when times become difficult for us, we can take comfort in knowing that God wants to be close to us.
Mary knew this. She would have known well the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The Lord is the eternal God…he gives strength to the fainting” (from Isaiah 40). As we spend Advent preparing
for deeper communion with Christ, we take comfort in knowing, as Mary did, that God is always with us. We are never left alone. “They will run and not grow weary,” Isaiah reminds us.
It must have been true that for Mary, this comfort helped her as she came near to her time for the birth of Jesus. Surely the love she shared with Joseph and his strong care for her must
have been the means through which God gave Mary this comfort.
Share with others or ponder alone
What gives you comfort? In what promise from God do you take
heart? How do you imagine Mary would have also experienced this?
Take action
The comfort of God is not some kind of magic which appears on the wind. It comes to us through the people around us who love us. Choose someone in your family or friends and offer them the comfort of your unconditional love today.
Prayer for today
O God of comfort and peace, fill my own heart with the
gentle knowledge that you seek me out and love me tenderly. I desire to know
your refreshing word. Amen.
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Author: Bill Huebsch