GREAT BELIEVER??
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. (Ref 13:8). He never changes. He is still mysterious, indeed he seems to have a special kind of obscurity in store for each person’s life. But could God ever render any life as dark and incomprehensible as he did Mary’s? Blessed are you who have believed (Ref. Luke 1:45), even when this faith became a sword that pierced her heart.
Mary’s faith was the one that affected her whole being, her existence and her way of life. A true description of Mary is a believing woman- A faith beyond all telling. She is the great believer who humbly offered herself to God as an empty vessel for God to use in his mysterious plan. Without complaint she surrendered control of her life. She did not try to live according to human calculation but put herself completely at the disposal of God’s mysterious, incomprehensible design.
All she wanted to be was the handmaid if the Lord, the instrument and servant of the Word. Therein lies her true fame: that she remained a believer despite all the darkness and all the inexplicable demands God made on her.
We must continually renew and reform our faith based on the events of our life and our meditation on the Word of God. Only in this way can we avoid a faith that is dead and attain a truly living faith. Mary can teach us to strive to attain the deepest meaning of things rather than materialistic meaning. The sense of Mystery lies in the capacity that things have to point beyond themselves.
To Be Continued….
Mother Most Prudent….Pray for us!!!
Compiled by:
Eric K. Dagbui
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