Your Weekly Reflection
from Catholic Medical Mission Board
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From you rose the Sun of Justice, Christ our God.
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Lectionary: 690A
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Windsock Visitation by Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS
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Have you ever experienced a night so absolutely dark, as to be terrifying?
December brings long winter nights where the darkness can feel
complete. Slowly, however, the stars burn, one by one, through heaven’s
blanket. By midnight, their brilliance convinces our hearts and souls
that we have never been, and can never be alone.
During this second week of Advent, which includes the feasts of both the
Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe, we are continually
assured that we are never alone. Mary rises like an evening star in the
long story of salvation. She begins a motherhood for Jesus, and becomes
our Mother too.
Mary visits each of us with the same joy she brought to Elizabeth in
that ancient Advent. She shares the simple secret of her holiness: that
she understood her life to be a sacred channel for God.
As we pray and give thanks to Mary this week, let us hold all mothers in
our hearts. May our prayers embrace our own mothers, as well as any
mothers overburdened by poverty or illness. May any darkness these
mothers face, be lifted by the gracious hand of Mary who knows all
hearts and circumstances.
Yours in grace,
Sr. Renee Yann, RSM, D. Min
Adapted from Catholic Health Association of the US 2015 Advent Reflections
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Hail
Mary, full of grace. The lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of
God, pray for us sinners. Now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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