FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
My Dear Parishioners
On Saturday we celebrated the great feast of Mary, Our Blessed Mother, her Assumption. In the gospel, Mary thinks about her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant in her advanced age and visits her. Mary puts Elizabeth first, not herself. She makes a long trip to help her pregnant cousin. Upon greeting each other, the child in Elizabeth’s womb, the future John the Baptist, leaps for joy being in the presence of Mary who is carrying the Savior of the world. Mary is truly the first tabernacle of the world. Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant and the child within her is the glory of God.
The feast of the Assumption offers us hope. What has been done for Mary will be done for us. Our God, our heavenly Father of all that is, has intended from the beginning that creation would share in the fullness of light and life. God’s purpose is to bring to all creation into the life of the Trinity.
The Assumption of Mary also lifts us up in hope. What has been done for her will be done for all of us who have been redeemed by Christ, if we commit ourselves to dying and rising with Him. Mary is the mother of and model for all disciples. Her words, “Be it done to me according to your word,” began a life of surrender to God’s will. This yielding lead to her being taken into the presence of God, where she prays for us in union with her Son.
Peace,
Fr. Monteleone
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