{"id":1590,"date":"2013-12-24T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nativitycatholicchurch.net\/adult_faith_life\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2013-12-03T09:47:11","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T15:47:11","slug":"spending-advent-with-mary-the-mother-of-jesus-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nativitycatholicchurch.net\/adult_faith_life\/?p=1590","title":{"rendered":"Spending Advent with Mary, the Mother of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nativitycatholicchurch.net\/adult_faith_life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tn_MP9003848811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1401\" title=\"Spending Advent with Mary the Mother of Jesus\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nativitycatholicchurch.net\/adult_faith_life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tn_MP9003848811.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><div class=\"print-this-button-shell\">\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"print-this-button\" onClick=\"parent.location='https:\/\/www.nativitycatholicchurch.net\/adult_faith_life\/?p=1590&printthis=1&printsect=1'\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Print This!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<!-- Print This Section 1 Start -->\n<div class=\"print-this-content\">December 24, 2013 \u2502<br \/>\nTuesday of the 4<sup>th<\/sup> Week of Advent<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Mary\u2019s Task<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Reflection<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We must be careful at this time of year not to think that Mary\u2019s calling was easy and simple. We have all these uncluttered ideas about Christmas, about lovely carols, angels singing, and cookies baking. But in fact, Mary\u2019s Song is not a sweetly sung Christmas Carol. In contrast, it\u2019s a dynamic call to a transformed world, transformed by her Son, Jesus of Nazareth. Read these words again, thinking about them in light of the business and political establishment of our day.<\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s mercy is the theme of this song. God has shown power, Mary sings. He confuses the powerful and proud, deposing those in charge, raising the lowly to high places. He gives the hungry<br \/>\nwhat they long for and sends the rich away empty handed. Again, this is no sweet carol. We must let these words form us in the final days of Advent. God is calling us to this work: justice, peace, and humility. Mary\u2019s Song is our song, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share with others or ponder alone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is your personal response to Mary\u2019s Song? How can you see this unfolding in the world around you? What are you called to do in order to make this a reality?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Write our your own song, your own hymn of praise, in response to all that God has done in your life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We embrace your call to justice and peace, O God, as difficult as it may be for us. Give us the courage of Mary\u2019s Song. 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