Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1, 46-56

Mary said:

    “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
        my spirit rejoices in God my savior.
        for he has looked upon his lowly servant.
    From this day all generations will call me blessed:
        the Almighty has done great things for me,
        and holy is his Name.
        He has mercy on those who fear him
        in every generation.
    He has shown the strength of his arm,
        and has scattered the proud in their conceit.
    He has cast down the mighty from their thrones
        and has lifted up the lowly.
    He has filled the hungry with good things,
        and the rich he has sent away empty.
    He has come to the help of his servant Israel
        for he remembered his promise of mercy,
        the promise he made to our fathers,
        to Abraham and his children for ever.”

Mary remained with Elizabeth about three months
and then returned to her home.

My soul sings

1) I recognize my smallness. That implies knowing that God knows everything about you. You cannot deceive Him. Show yourself just as you are to God, show Him what you have, stop lying to yourself and to God. We lie about silly things, daily. We say we are about to arrive when we are thirty minutes late. God is not someone who lies to you nor will you be able to lie to Him. We often ask God to grant us a favor or to solve the small problems that we ourselves create. He knows you and accepts you as you are. He loves you as you are. Don’t lie to yourself either, learn to be sincere with yourself and to call things by their true name. Don’t deceive yourself. If you are sincere with yourself and learn to look at your smallness, you will be a great person in this story, in your story.

2) His mercy. If you are a witness to God’s love and you come to Christ, if you have experienced God’s love, this experience will be manifested in an act of mercy towards your brothers and sisters. Learn to be merciful and to live with mercy. Accept your brother. Nobody is exempt from anything. Don’t say, not me. Today, you may look at someone from a higher position but tomorrow you may be looking at everyone from below. Learn to be merciful. 

3) My spirit rejoices. Mary found happiness in Jesus. That doesn’t mean she didn’t go through pain and suffering. But she went through them with Jesus. You can go through everything, everything in this life, with Jesus. 

God bless you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Never forget Heaven is our goal.