Happy Birthday, Mary!
theophilus September 8th, 2008
It’s Mary’s birthday – have you sent her some flowers today (saying a Rosary will do)?
I am not what you would consider a master of the obvious. I was thinking this morning why Mary’s birthday is celebrated today. And then I read something that clued me in that today is nine months to the day of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Now, I get it!
How often do we miss the obvious from God; the things he shows us that shouldn’t be that hard for us to figure out? His signs are all around us; and too often we miss them.
How many times do we sit in Mass and listen to the readings or the homily and fail to realize that God is talking to us? How many times do others do something in our lives and we fail to realize they are Christ’s way of showing his face to us? How often do we ignore that voice in our head that is the Holy Spirit telling us which way to go? How many times do we feel the presence of Mary and the other saints attempting to guide us, but we shrug them off?
The Holy Trinity is all around us. Mary and the saints are always with us. It’s up to us to recognize their presence in our lives.
It’s up to us to master the obvious.
