MOTHER OF THE WORD INCARNATE - One Bread, One Body, 12/22/2008

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Pius XII: A Mon Of Peace And Courage
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Monday, December 22, 2008

1 Samuel 1:24-28, 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-8, Luke 1:46-56
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MOTHER OF THE WORD INCARNATE

"...even as He promised our fathers, promised Abraham and his descendants
forever." —Luke 1:55

Mary's response to Elizabeth in the words of the Magnificat (Lk 1:46-55)
shows her to be a woman completely grounded in God's word. Mary's lifelong
relationship with the word of God reached its fulfillment when she became
pregnant with Jesus, "the Word" (Jn 1:1). The mother of the Word Incarnate
was so filled with the Word that Scripture flowed from her lips
effortlessly.

Nearly every line of her Magnificat echoes an Old Testament passage. Mary
was undoubtedly familiar with Hannah's canticle in today's responsorial
Psalm (1 Sm 2:1-10), but echoes of the Psalms and other Old Testament
verses also resound throughout her Magnificat. The New American Bible
footnotes list twelve Old Testament Scriptures as cross-references for the
Magnificat, while the Jerusalem Bible references twenty-three such
passages.

"Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ" (Catechism, 133). God
sent His only Son into the world on the first Christmas so that we might
believe in Him and receive eternal life (Jn 3:16). If you conclude
Christmas 2008 without coming to know Jesus as Lord, Savior, and God, then
you've missed the whole purpose of Christmas. Therefore, follow Mary's
lead. Immerse yourself in the Scriptures. Prepare to meet Jesus, the Word
of God, this Christmas.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, Author of the Scriptures, grant me from this moment
forth an unquenchable desire to read the Bible.

Promise: "The Lord granted my request." —1 Sm 1:27

Praise: "O King of all the nations, the only Joy of every human heart; O
Keystone of the mighty arch of man, come and save the creature You
fashioned from the dust."

(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)

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December 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
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