MARY FULL OF GRACE
(Luke 1:26b-38)
Today we celebrate the solemnity
of the Immaculate Conception. It tells us that our Lady was conceived
sinlessly. The Church proudly declares: Macula non est in te (No sin is
found in you)
We thank God for the Immaculate
Conception of the virgin Mary. This is because God is the initiator of her
holiness. We thank God for the grace He lavished on the Blessed Virgin Mary
which made her to cooperate with the initiative of God.
God is the master planner. He is
the designer of the Immaculate Conception. He will not wish His birth to be
contaminated by any form of stain or wrinkle. Thus, she knew our lady even
before she was born. He made her full of grace.
To be filled one must have been
empty. Mary passed through a form of "kenosis"; She gave in to
self-emptying. She rejoices in her nothingness before God and relies on the
power of God to lift her up.
Today, let us empty ourselves of
pride, let us empty ourselves of the vices, let us sweep out from our soul
whatever sin that has filled our lives. Let us flush out of our system whatever
vices we have allowed so far to possess us. Let's create room and the necessary
conditions for the grace of God to operate in our lives.
Through the intercession of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived without sin, the mediatrix of all graces may we
work in the grace of God.
Let us pray
Blessed are You Lord God almighty
for the gift of Mary our mother. Let your grace which filled the Blessed Mother
fill us also. May we share in the fullness of grace Mary through Christ Your
Son, who lives and reigns with the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen
God bless your Tuesday.
Happy Solemnity to you.
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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