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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 10 – Wednesday March 25, 2020

“Mary, Mother of God”

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,

On this beautiful Feast of Mary, in these difficult circumstances, we are called
to contemplate in Mary the one in whom heaven and earth meet. Mary is all
about openness to God, total availability to God, and in prayer, she receives
the call of the Angel who communicates to her the vocation to which she is
called! She is the daughter of the Father who becomes the Mother of God. As
daughter of the Father, her soul is nourished by prayer and abides by the will
of God. And as mother of God, she says ‘Yes’ to receive the Son in her womb
to become the Mother of the Lord. By becoming the Mother of the Lord, she
becomes Mother to all of us. Being a mother is truly her vocation. At the same
time, her first vocation was to be the daughter of the Father, and to live in
prayer and obedience to God.

May she inspire us in these days, because the will of God is not only when all
is well, but it’s also when there are trials. The Lord does not abandon us, He is
with us. Let us count on Mary to protect our prayer, to protect our outlook to
God and to life so that she may animate our heart with this beauty, this beauty
that is trusting in God.

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 21