Mary’s Song. . . .

My People,

Good Morning! I wish you the Peace of Jesus and the Love of Mama Mary to ever lead you to happiness and moreover I pray for you LOVE. 

Heart is the centre of the universe. Given a zillion years man cannot travel to the furthest corner of the universe and get back in time. Our heart is bigger than the universe. Therefore love must prevail.

 

24 Hours in a day. Everybody is in a such a hurry to get to someplace. We all have our destination, set. Life is as complicated as we can make it.

I love children, they are amazing. They are God’s gift. Have you given a look at their faces? Have you listened and understood their concerns? Children have fears too and they are always the little fears. Do you know that their worries if not answered, become what they fear?
Sometimes, when you watch them, you will notice that they have grown a little too fast. Don’t break their hearts, don’t shatter their dreams. All they know and want is to be loved. It’s the adults who need to steer (keep off) their grown up world apart from the children. Children, they are always innocent.

Money can buy a lot of things. Money can't buy you love. So you can buy your kids a lot of gadgets to make up for your absence. But does it fill your child’s life that is the question you need to ask yourself. Are you as a parent here, for your child?
 

Children need to hear words of love and appreciation all the time. Actions speak louder than words and to your children that is what matters in the whole wide world. 

Would this be the only concern, then I would say let it suffice, there is room for improvisation and eventually we will get there? Won't we?

This is my concern: Mothers they always tend to pamper the boy child. Is it a surprise then that these days there are beauty products special salons to groom men?

In fairy tales – It is known that men should be tall dark and handsome.

To me beauty is in the eyes of the beholder-this is the way I perceive things.

To me from the start of time, men have been the hunters this is what I perceive men should be - tough.

 

These days parents are busy bodies. In certain families both the parents work, they have to at times - times have changed.

You know, no matter how busy you are, you need to take the time to realize and get your priorities right. Throwing things under the carpet did nobody any good.

 

I believe that women should be the way God intended. I believe that a woman can’t change her priorities, she will always be a daughter, a sister, a wife or a mother. We are in the 21st century, but that does not change the natural order of things.  You may won’t to dispute the fact. But the Bible clearly mentions in Genesis 2.22  and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Clearly Genesis states that the woman came out of his side, and from one of his ribs, that she might appear to be equal to him; and from a part near his heart, and under his arms, to show that she should be loved by him, and be always under his care and protection.

In all this rat race, in this world – God chose Mary, a virgin with the humility that no other had. Mary was chosen to be the mother of Jesus (the Son of God).

This is to You Oh ‘Queen of Heaven’ – My sweetest Mama Mary.
 

Mary was the most amazing woman in the Bible; and in all of history.

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”

When you let God in, the Spirit of God, will bring in wisdom. You will be able to see and understand. We cannot understand if we do not encounter the Holy Spirit.

I am nothing, dust I am and to dust I will return. Genesis 3.19 states: By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

I don’t write as to what I think. No thinking is my own. All greatness is from God. We are in a fast world that changes every second. But ever since the beginning man has but evolved. Nothing is ever constant. The only aspect that has never ever changed is the ‘Almighty God’.  There has been only ONE who pleased the Lord, with her humility, Mary is her name, and this is ‘Mary’s Song’.

When the arch-angel Gabriel greeted Mary, Mary listens attentively to what God wants, ponders what she doesn't fully understand and asks about what she doesn't know. Then she gives herself completely to doing Gods will: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. Luke 1:38

Mary received the spoken word of God in her heart and Jesus, the Word-was made-flesh, in her womb!

Mary was humble because she knew that God the Almighty wanted to do great things, in her, by the working of His power — and according to His plans and purposes. Luke 1:49 states: “for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.”

Mary exclaims that the Lord scatters the proud and exalts the lowly.
There are two kinds of exaltation: self-exaltation (self tribute) and divine exaltation. Self-exaltation is when we call down on ourselves the curse of God. But the condition for divine exaltation is lowly, Marian humility. She declared that the Lord fills the hungry with good things. Hunger in the Bible means emptiness of everything. We must admit our emptiness, which is another word for humility.
The more gifted a person, the more prone that person is to pride. The more a person has of any riches, the harder it is for that person to be humble.

We can learn to be humble from Jesus. Matthew 11:29 states: Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

The last week I was speaking with a non-catholic friend, who had gone to Mt. Mary's Church and she inquired regarding the white host (The Eucharist). She told me of how she was in the line but not given the host. She asked me the significance of the white host. And when explaining I told of how Jesus humbles Himself to be present in the 'The Eucharist'. And of how everyday, Jesus breaks Himself over and over through all the masses all over the world-to give us a piece of Himself so that we are strengthened through Him to fight the forces of evil.

Humility of heart is a lowly opinion held by the humble. Mary was aware of her own nothingness. Mary in the “Magnificat,” tells us she was chosen: "Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid." Mary’s whole endeavour was to know and fulfill the Will of God.
A humble soul will not allow itself to be praised.

When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry,

"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."  Luke 1:42-45.

And Mary said:

 

 

Mary did not hesitate to go and help Elizabeth with her pregnancy. Humility is the hardest of all virtues. We can be true children of Mary only if we are humble.

 

Faith tells us that the prayer of praise is the first and most important form of prayer we can offer to God. When we praise (we “magnify” God), we are acknowledging God for who He is.

Joy follows praise. God wants us to be happy. He wants us to rejoice in Him, but to rejoice in doing His Will and not that of the world’s or that of our own human inclinations. There is only one real joy on earth and that is to live in Him, for Him and with Him, our Lord. We need to magnify God.

 

WHAT WE LEARN

• Mary trusted God and she obeyed His call.
• Though she would one day be highly honored as the mother of the Savior, she would first know disgrace as an unwed mother. She would nearly lose her betrothed or worse yet, he might even have her put to death by stoning. Her beloved son would be rejected and cruelly killed.
• Mary was young, poor and a girl at that.
• Mary willingly submitted to God's plan.
• Mary and Joseph both obeyed the will of God and followed the instructions to perfection.
• Both Mary and Joseph knew Jesus to be the Son of God. Jesus was taught the job of a carpenter and worked at it. Jesus did everything that His parents asked of Him. Jesus was obedient. He was never given any special preference and He never asked for any.
• We learn from Jesus, Mary and Joseph – what it is to obey God, keeping God first-place and then being a perfect family.  

How do we know that everything was done according to Abba Fathers will. Well we learn it from Matthew 3:17 stating “and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

Genuine humility recognizes that all of our talents and virtues come from God. It allows us to live in obedience to His will and His commands. And the more we are emptied of self-love, the more we can let Jesus’ light shine through us.

No matter what we possess and the more we have, the more tempted we are to be proud. But Mary's humility was also the lowliest in her own eyes. The key to humility: is in seeing everything we are, everything we have – seeing everything as a free, undeserved gift from God. But this is possible only by the grace with which the Son of God, Jesus, who became man provides us.

 

Let Mary’s Song be our song too . . .

 

Oh! sweet Mary be with us through the night,

Morning star, Queen of radiant light,
Keep me close to your heart
Let me never ever be apart.

Hail Mary! Full of grace,

Is it too much to ask to see loves face,
could I ask this from my mother,
for this love to be forever?

This I ask with love,

For Help from God above,
What God has promised me from the start,
I pray ‘Hail Mary’, keep us forever, together in your heart.

 

With all my love,

For Love Prevails!
AnitA.

 

PRAYER: Abba, Father, Keep me Obedient and always faithful. Remember, this your servant and forgive me.

Mama Mary by the merit of your humility, make me truly humble, I pray. Amen.