Just read these reflections from Henri Nowen's
Gracias!, which tie in beautifully with some of the reflections I wrote and posted here yesterday. For your pondering....
"Mary experienced uncertainty and insecurity when she said yes to the
angel. She knew what oppression was when she didn't find a hospitable
place to give birth to Jesus. She knew the sufferings of mothers who see
their children being thrown into the air and being pierced by bayonets;
she lived as a refugee in a strange land with a strange language and
strange customs; she knew what it meant to have a child who does not
follow the regular ways of life but creates turmoil wherever
he goes; she felt the loneliness of the widow and the agony of seeing
her own son being executed. Indeed, Mary is the woman who stands next
to all the poor, oppressed, and lonely women of our time...
Every word in Scripture about Mary points to her intimate connection
with all who are forgotten, rejected, despised, and pushed aside. She
joyfully proclaims: 'He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and
has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and
the rich he has sent away empty.' (Luke 1:52-53)"
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