Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary,
and most worthy of all praise,
for the sun of justice, Christ our God,
was born of you.
MICAH 5:1-4 ©
My Soul's Beloved,
Then the remnant of his brothers will come back
to the sons of Israel.
He will stand and feed his flock
with the power of the Lord,
with the majesty of the name of his God.
They will live secure, for from then on he will extend his power
to the ends of the land.
He himself will be peace.
My Soul's Beloved,
When we look at our broken world it makes us tremble with apprehension seeing to what depths of moral degradation, spiritual apathy, and the extent to which demonic influences have taken control of large areas of the world and people. However, today as the Church celebrates the birthday of our Blessed Mother, Theotokos, we are filled with new hope and with great confidence that You O Lord, are faithful. The great Sacrifice that purchased and ransomed us from the jaws of death ensures that God will have the final Word. “Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.”
The Virgin, conceived immaculately has borne a Son, and as prophesied the Offspring of the New Eve has crushed the head of Satan. All who believe in You, O Lord, all who are called by Your Name are saved. We thank God our Father for having fulfilled in and through You every Covenant He made to the people of Israel and for the fulfillment of becoming the final and ultimate Covenant for the entire human race.
Then the remnant of his brothers will come back
to the sons of Israel.
He will stand and feed his flock
with the power of the Lord,
with the majesty of the name of his God.
They will live secure, for from then on he will extend his power
to the ends of the land.
He himself will be peace.
MATTHEW 1:1-16,18-23 ©
My Soul's Beloved,
My Soul's Beloved,
Today the Church celebrates the Woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. The Mother of God, the Mother of the Church, the Mother of the human race, for she is the New Eve who undid the knot of disobedience of the old Eve through whom sin entered into the world and tainted humanity with original sin.
Today we also reflect on our spiritual father, St. Joseph, the foster father and guardian of the Son of God and the chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary. Grant us this grace, Beloved, to emulate the virtues of both our Mother Mary and St. Joseph. Mary is the Mediatrix of all graces for it delights You to channel from Your Sacred Heart to Her Immaculate Heart all the graces that the children of the New Eve intercede to her and ask her for. As for the intercession of St. Joseph, no Saint has the power that he possesses to obtain from You all that we ask him for in prayer. You who obeyed him on earth will refuse nothing that he asks of you on our behalf in heaven.
Today the world needs the Holy Family as never before as the very fabric and foundation of the family is being attacked by Satan's minions on every side. Thank You for giving us Your Family to be ours. Thank You for making us heirs through You to the Kingdom of Heaven and thank You above all for seeing our need for a loving and holy mother and for generously giving us Your Mom to be our Mom as well.
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son
and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’
and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’
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