Day 24: Daily Gracelines – Advent Journey with Mary

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 Theme: Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for the coming of the Savior. Mary, the Mother of God, waits patiently for the birth of her Son and Savior, Jesus Christ to Whom she has given her life.
Grace: I pray for the grace of Marian surrender and anticipation of the Savior during this holy Advent and Christmas season.

“No one could ever say more truly than Mary:Mary Mother of God2 ‘I live, now not I, but Christ liveth in me.’”

         ~Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, OCD

For Reflection:

Could one ever plumb the depths of the mystery of Mary’s holy “advent”—when the Divine Life took shape and form within her? Just as Christ took on her flesh, did she not “take on” something of Him as well? Could this have been what Elizabeth realized when Mary came to her home (Luke 1:40-44)? As Child stirred within her, did currents of grace flood Mary’s being in humble response to each baby move? Was she not transformed into Him throughout her nine-month advent? Is this why “No one could ever say more truly than Mary: “I live, now not I, but Christ liveth in me?” Journal your thoughts and insights, your prayer and your reflection. 

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