Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

We are blessed to have a model of holiness in our Holy Mother who shows us how to bear the Word Made Flesh in our daily lives. Mary comes to Elizabeth to help her in her time of need even as she prepares for her own labor of love.  She seeks to be of service to her cousin just as she seeks to be a servant to us. She provides us with an exemplar of what it means to be a servant of others even in the midst of our own trials.

How do we recognize the mother of our Lord in our day to day actions? How do we imitate her servant presence in our own lives? Are we able to put aside our own concerns when someone is in need?

O Lord, make us into loving servants of your Divine Will and help us learn from our Holy Mother how to best make ourselves into eucharistic presences to all whom we meet each day.

Amen.