Wednesday,
August 15, 2018
Assumption of Mary
1st Reading:
Rev 11:19; 12:1-6,10
2nd Reading: 1 Cor 15:20-26
Gospel: Luke 1:39-56
Mary set out for a town in the Hills of Judah. She entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leapt in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with holy spirit, and giving a loud cry, said, “You are most blessed among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb! How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me? The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby within me suddenly leapt for joy. Blessed are you who be lieved that the Lord’s word would come true!”
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit exults in God my savior!
He has looked upon his servant in her lowliness,
and people forever will call me blessed.
The Mighty One has done great things for me,
Holy is his Name!
From age to age his mercy extends
to those who live in his presence.
He has acted with power and done wonders,
and scattered the proud with their plans.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones
and lifted up those who are downtrodden.
He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty. (…)
Mary remained with Elizabeth about three months and then returned home.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
Mary’s Assumption assures us that being human is not prejudicial to salvation. Mary was human yet she entered heaven body and soul. This is relevant to an age fond of justifying promiscuity with the expression: “sapagka’t kami ay tao lamang” (we’re only human made of flesh and blood). This is an insult to the God who created us after his own image and likeness. This is utter lack of faith.
A man of faith is not pessimistic about being human. A person who looks at his humanity as a gift from God sees the expression “sapagkat kami ay tao lamang” from a new perspective. He finds it fitting to shift the accent of “lamang” from the first syllable (where this word means “only’) to the last syllable (where this same word means “better off”). In effect the sentence translates to “because we are human, we are better off”. Surely we are better off as humans. When Saint Augustine was asked who he would greet first should he meet a man and an angel, he said he would greet the man first, not the angel. A human being is superior to angels in a sense because God never became an angel but a human being. What makes being human even greater is that Jesus did not only become a man; he even made human beings children of God.
As we celebrate the feast of the Assumption, let us celebrate our identity as heirs of the kingdom of heaven. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M. Email: [email protected].
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