Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you have a blessed day with friends and family! God’s Blessings for a safe and healthy holiday!
As we celebrate the birth of Our Lord, let us thank Mary and Joseph for being faithful servants and trusting in Divine Providence. While they were incredibly blessed, they too faced challenges and so become the perfect example for us to trust in the Lord’s Mercy, even in the midst of our own challenges. Both Mary and Joseph had to adjust to a new life, one they did not plan and one without family near. I am pretty sure that was not their plan and although they did not fully understand both knew how much God loved them. Mary knew she was chosen and so she humbled herself to wait on God’s plan.
Are we this patient? Are we this trusting? Mary had to travel at the end of her pregnancy on a donkey, not in an air-conditioned SUV. And Joseph had to walk. Mary gave birth in a barn like cave, not a fancy hospital room. Both Mary and Joseph had to leave their family and friends and flee to Egypt to save her son. Then later they both lost their beloved son for three days. Even through all these struggles they continued to trust in God’s plan for them.
This brings great hope to all of us. Even when we have trouble discerning God’s blessings in our lives, we can turn to the Holy Family and remember we too are chosen. We too are loved.
That was a beautiful interpertation
Thank you. Happy New Year!