BORN TO BEAR GOD.
January 1, 2024. Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Readings: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk2:16-21. “When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman…” (Gal 4:4) A Nigerian proverb says: “A child who has no mother will not have scars to show on his back.” A Namibian proverb adds: “A mother is always a mother.” Mother of God. There is no Marian title greater and beautiful than this. All we celebrate and recall about Mary, all our Marian devotions find their meaning here, because she bore the Son of God. Mary is the Mediatrix of all grace because she is the Mother of God. Mary is the Lady of Perpetual Help because she is Mother of God. Mary is the Mother of Divine Providence simply because she is the Mother of God. And more especially, we obtain everything we ask of the Lord through Mary because she is his Mother. At the wedding of Cana, when there was no more wine, Mary seized the need of the master of the feast an