Mothers are God’s gift
to the world to show us that He still has faith in us. God’s first best gift to the human race was
Mary in her Immaculate Conception, the perfect human nature, prepared by God to
receive the Incarnate Word. Jesus’ final
gift to us from His suffering on the Cross was that His Mother is also our
Mother in the journey of Faith. Our
earthly mothers are God’s continued gift to each new generation to remind us
that He has high hopes and plans for His children.
As we celebrate
Mother’s Day, we also observe the Solemnity of the Ascension, the moment of
Jesus’ return to His Father in the fullness of His Risen Humanity. Our human nature now has an eternal “place”
in the very heart of the Holy Trinity because Jesus took with Him all that He
received from us in the time of the Incarnation.
Through the Ascension,
we are made “capax Dei,” that is, “capable
of God,” or in other words, “able to
receive the very Spirit of God in our human nature.” Pentecost, which will be celebrated next
weekend, is the completion of the circle of relationship given to us with the
Holy Trinity.
In the week ahead, we
pray that the Holy Spirit may be poured out anew on the Church and on the
world. May we make our mothers proud by
opening our hearts to God to receive all that He offers through the grace of
Jesus Christ. Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of Your faithful. Enkindle in
them the fire of Your Love! Send forth
Your Spirit and they shall be created and You shall renew the face of the
earth….
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