Reflect in your heart: Solemnity of the Blessed Mother Mary, Mother of God

Listen to the homily here.

Notes:

Last day of 2016

·      Last day of the eight days of Christmas—the octave

·      Last days of the season of Christmas

As I have shared how deep Advent and Christmas is for our lives

·      We walked through essential items in our faith

·      Angel Gabriel, Mary, Joseph, manger, birth

·      Jesus was given to the world through Mary

o   Galatians: “When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman…”

Here is a nugget to continue to pray at the end of Christmas, 2016:

·      Luke 2: “…Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.”

·      How will you reflect in your heart what Christmas