December 8, 2014 Monday, 2nd Week of
AdventImmaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary1st Reading:
Gen 3:9-15, 202nd
Reading: Eph 1:3-6, 11-12Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town ofGalilee called Nazareth. He was sent to a young virgin who wasbetrothed to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and thevirgin’s name was Mary.The angel came to her and said, “Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord iswith you.” Mary was troubled at these words, wondering what thisgreeting could mean.But the angel said, “Do not fear, Mary, for God has looked kindly onyou. You shall conceive and bear a son and you shall call him Jesus.He will be great and shall rightly be called Son of the Most High. TheLord God will give him the kingdom of David, his ancestor; he willrule over the people of Jacob forever and his reign shall have noend.”Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be if I am a virgin?” Andthe angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and thepower of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the holy childto be born shall be called Son of God. Even your relative Elizabeth isexpecting a son in her old age, although she was unable to have achild, and she is now in her sixth month. With God nothing isimpossible.”Then Mary said, “I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to meas you have said.” And the angel left her.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel
in the Assimilated
Life Experience)
Mary asked questions before saying yes to the Angel’s proposal. We cannot take this as reluctance on her part. Even in societies like ours fraudulent transactions are not only blamed upon the swindler but also upon the victim for being negligent. “Caveat emptor” (buyers beware) is one principle that can, in fact, affect the liability of those who commit fraud in certain instances. It was therefore Mary’s right to ask for clarifications from the angel.
Mary’s right to clarify is bolstered by the fact that God’s proposal defied logic. Conception in virginity was simply out of Mary’s world. Nonetheless she said yes even if the angel’s explanation did not clear all clouds in her mind about the proposal. When in faith she said “yes”, Mary gambled her sanity.
But it was God who gambled on Mary first. Freeing her from all stains of original sin in the womb of her mother St. Anne in view of her role in the incarnation event was the bigger risk. Mary could have said no at the Annunciation! It turned out however that Mary was worth all the risk, for she said yes to God’s plan and remained faithful to her fiat until the end. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM . Email:dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website:www.frdan.org.
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