WEDNESDAY HOMILY: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

11/21/2012

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to mass frequently and participate devoutly in the mystery, you have been richly endowed with the greatest gift possible on earth - receiving God himself.

Make you tremble even more?

Yep it is a bit scary knowing that your faith makes you more accountable, but be not afraid! God would never give you this gift without helping you to make it fruitful. The best way to give this gift back to God is through the prayers, intercession, and motherly mediation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary.

Just as she was presented to God in the temple by her parents to prepare her for giving Christ to the world, so too, the Blessed Virgin Mary presents you in the Church to God to give the gift of your life back to him.

May her prayers and intercession help us to respond generously to the call of the Lord that on that great and terrible day of reckoning we may be able to offer a good accounting of our gifts.

Father Samuel Medley, SOLT, is a priest of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, and is currently based in Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom. He is a speaks to groups around the world on Blessed Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Visit his homily blog http://medleyminute.blogspot.com or his blog on sexual ethics http://loveandresponsibility.org

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Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for January 2013
General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.
Missionary Intention: Middle Eastern Christians. That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance.

Keywords: Presentation of Mary, Homily, Year of Faith,

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judy claar
5 months ago
What a wonderful Gift you have given us! Thank you. Sunday Blessings...
abey
5 months ago
The word "Born again" is to a Spiritual Birth & to this Mary considers to be born Spiritually in her which amounts to be born in God through Christ to become Children of God to being the First fruits of the Lamb who Himself was born through her as per the law on earth, within & without. Her Grace lies in her Humbleness & Obedience to God in the silence which is the light into man, specifically to women, to the victory, the victory in Jesus.

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