"A BIRTH UNTO HOPE" (1 Pt 1:3) - One Bread, One Body, 9/8/2009

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009, Birth of Mary

Micah 5:1-4 or, Romans 8:28-30, Psalm 13:6, Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23
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"A BIRTH UNTO HOPE" (1 Pt 1:3)

"It was of her that Jesus Who is called the Messiah was born." —Matthew
1:16

We are Christians. We love Jesus. We love everything about Jesus. We love
what He loves and treasure what He treasures. We love His mother Mary, His
foster-father Joseph, His grandparents, and all His ancestors (Mt 1:1ff).
We love all Jesus' adopted brothers and sisters, because Jesus loves them.

Because we are Christians, we are into birth. We are born again, "begotten
from above" (Jn 3:3). We received a new birth through the waters of
baptism (Ti 3:5). We are "born of the Spirit" (see Jn 3:8). We've been
reborn through the word of God (Jas 1:18; 1 Pt 1:23).

This love for birth and for what Jesus treasures leads us to joyfully
celebrate the birth of Mary, Jesus' mother and our mother (Jn 19:26). Mary
was born so Jesus could be born of her. Mary is therefore declared to be
"a sign of sure hope" (Lumen Gentium, 68). Her birth is "a birth unto
hope" for all of us (1 Pt 1:3). "And this hope will not leave us
disappointed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts
through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us" (Rm 5:5).

Happy Birthday, Mary, Mother of Hope!

Prayer: Father, in obedience to your command (Ex 20:12) and with all the
love in my heart, I honor Mary, my adoptive mother.

Promise: "We know that God makes all things work together for the good of
those who love God." —Rm 8:28

Praise: "Through [Mary], through [her] 'yes', the Hope of the ages became
reality" (Spe Salvi, Pope Benedict XVI, 50).

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

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