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IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

Is 61: 9 -11, 1 Sam 2: 1, 4 - 8, Lk 2: 41-51


 little brother avi bala bitra                                            25th  June , 2022

The feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary invites us to celebrate her single-heartedness. Today’s Gospel reading brings out one dimension of her single-heartedness namely, her pondering heart.

Mary faced a number of situations that she did not understand. The nativity narration and today’s Gospel reading bring out the above claim explicitly.

However, the same is implicit in the following events: when she hears Simeon’s prediction, when her Son appears to be telling her at the Cana wedding that this does not concern us and when she hears Jesus say, “Who is my mother?” and above all, at the foot of the Cross.

Nevertheless, Mary kept moving on pondering over all the events in her heart. Thus, her single-heartedness was not based on external evidence, but trust – trust in God.

This gives us an invitation to reflect on God’s ways with trust. When we experience some unpleasant events in our lives, we seem to lose our faith in God. Our trust in God is often built on external successful events which happen in our lives. Such a faith will not last long. Rather, we need to build our relationship with God based on trust in all circumstances.

 In a word she kept Jesus in her heart. The words of Jesus are fulfilled in her “For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be” {Mt 6:21}

Mary’s treasure was her Son, and in him she has set her heart; Mary’s thoughts, words and deeds have their beginning and their end in the contemplation of the Lord.

We celebrate Immaculate Heart of Mary, a spotless Heart, full of God, totally willing to listen to him and obey him. The main difference between the devotions to the two Hearts, of Jesus and Mary is that the Sacred Heart of Jesus emphasizes His divine heart as being full of “love for humankind”, while devotion to Mary’s Immaculate Heart is essentially concerned wither heart as being full of “love for the Lord”.

 Therefore, Mary’s heart is meant to be a model for the way we should love God. She is the only human person who is able to fully and really love God in the way that He should be loved since her heart is immaculate which means pure or sinless.

What do we treasure in our hearts? Anger? Guilt? Hurt feelings? Revengeful attitudes? Evil intentions?

Let’s remember the words of Jesus: what defiles us is what comes from our heart and not what goes inside of it. Like Mary let us treasure Jesus in our hearts, let’s treasure the Word of God, and the God experiences.

Mary not only Kept things in her heart but also POURED OUT things from her heart this is evident in her Magnificat wherein she praises God. Her heart was full of God hence she brought forth the praises of God. As the HEART so the PERSON.

 

Prayer:

Lord, give me an unwavering heart so that I may trust in you always.


- @Avinash Bitra OFM Cap.

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