The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel – Matthew 1:1-16,18-23
God prepared Mary for us. She was filled with Grace. She cooperated fully with the Grace she received, and she became the mother of God. This is the same case with each one of us. With baptism we also were filled with Grace, we became sons and daughters of God. But then comes the question how much we cooperate with the grace? Each talent in us, each good aspiration in us, each good desire is a possibility to cooperate with the Word of God to become like the Mother of God to give Jesus to this world. In this day when we celebrate the birthday of Mother Mary, let’s challenge ourselves in responding positively to all our good aspirations stirred by the Word of God in order to make present Jesus Christ in our midst. With love we cooperate to grace of God to make present the love of God.