Reflection for Wednesday 8th Dec 2021 

By


Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Rector and Parish Priest
Don Bosco Shrine
Lingarajapuram, Bangalore

Solemnity of Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Today's Word 

Luke 1: 26 - 38 

But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 

Today's Reflection 

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception Centres on GOD'S Loving Power to Make Us Holy. Our Blessed Lady’s Integrity or Holiness Right from the Moment of Her Conception is Not Something She Achieved by Her Own Power. It is a Pure Gift of GOD, Given to Her for a Saving Purpose. 

Belief in the Immaculate Conception of Mary is Belief in a Provident GOD, who Provides for the Future, who Prepares HIS Children for Their Assigned Task in Life even before They are Born, a GOD who Foresees & Equips Us with All the Natural & Supernatural Qualities We Need to Play Our Assigned Role in the Drama of Human Salvation. GOD Anoints Them Already in the Womb Those Men & Women whom HE Appointed as Prophets. Jeremiah was Told, “Before I Formed U in the Womb I Knew U, & Before U were Born I Consecrated U; 

I Appointed U a Prophet to the Nations.” GOD Does Not just Launch Us into This World as Beasts, meant to Fight It Out Among Ourselves. The Eve As We Admire Our Blessed Lady, GOD'S most Favoured One on the Feast of Her Conception, let Us Thank GOD for HIS Love & Mercy which Embraces Us Right from the Moment of Our Own Conception. Mary Remains the Most Favoured One, the Mother of All Graced Ones, the One that Enjoys the Fullness of Grace.


Life Messages: 

1) We Need to be Pure & Holy like Our Heavenly Mother. Every Mother wants Her Children to Inherit or Acquire All Her Good Qualities. Hence, Our Immaculate & Holy Mother Wants Us to be Holy & Pure Children. 

2) We Need to be Thankful & Humble. Mary’s Sinlessness was a Gift from GOD, Given to Her Right from the Very Moment of Her Conception. Equally, It is by the Grace of GOD that We have Received a New 💓, a New SPIRIT & the Indwelling HOLY SPIRIT to Raise Us to the Level of Holiness that the Blessed Virgin Mary Enjoyed during Her Earthly Life. Our lives, should be Characterized by 2 Basic Attitudes, Thankfulness to GOD, & Humility before Those who are Naturally & Spiritually Less-Gifted, or More-Gifted, than We are.

3) Like Mary, We Need to Say “’Yes” to GOD: GOD Invites Each One of Us to Continue Mary’s “Yes” by Welcoming JESUS & Making Room for HIM in Our Lives. Let Us Respond to GOD'S Grace as Mary Did, by Using It to Do Good for Others & to Avoid Evil. 

Good Morning 

Happy Feast of Immaculate Conception of Mary to U All

GOD Bless Us All