Today we celebrate the Nativity of the Bl.Virgin Mary.In a world that is torn with war and violence, she offers us hope and peace.She wants us to return to a life of submission to the will of God.Her "Yes" to God changed the nature of the world and made the it a home for the Son of God.
This feast originated after the Council of Ephesus in 431where Mary was given the title the "Mother of God."The feast originated first in the Greek Church but was later adopted in the Latin Church in the 17th century.
This Feast celebrating the birth of Mary is an occasion for us to thank the Lord for having given her the gift of birth so that she could become the Mother of God as well as the Mother of humanity.When dark clouds of despair and of pain , mental and physical, harass us, we have a Mother to go to to intercede for us, to offer us hope and peace.What she told Jesus at Cana, she would be telling God for each one of us: "They have no wine". The emptiness of our life will be transformed through her intercession into a well of joy.
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