I asked Fr. Paul Tarabay if I could post his homily from
mass this morning. He graciously
assented:
In our today gospel Mary, by her visitation to Elizabeth,
teaches us how to think immediately
of the needs of someone else. Mary travels immediately
to assist her Aunt during her final months. She also teaches us how to approach
others to know Jesus, and to be loyal to our commitment as a disciple of her
Son.
Mary by her example wants to help us to obey her Son as our
savior and to take him as the ruler of our life.
We have to call on the Holy Spirit always to teach us how to
follow the way of the Lord, and worship him because he is the real joy and the
true happiness of our life
Amen.
Fr.
Paul’s words were simple, but I never noticed things that way before. Mary gets the message from the angel; it will
cause all sorts of problems in her life, and so what does Mary think to do
about that? She immediately goes to help Elizabeth, putting her own problems on
hold. That focus of Mary’s life is a
great lesson to be remembered: We are
called to be followers of Jesus, and at times that seems a daunting task. But Mary gave us an example of how to follow
Him: by prioritizing the love of our neighbor.
And
then we can say with Mary: “My soul
proclaims the greatness of the Lord …”
We
proclaim His greatness in the love we have for our neighbor.
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