THE HUMBLE CAN BE GREAT TOO
There are MANY ways to-GREATNESS-
In this world
It usually REQUIRES great effort-perseverance-
And OUTSTANDING TALENT-and you can
ACHIEVE great things
Usually what you achieve winds up
In a TROPHY case-and it can lead to
Great wealth/or FAME
But MARY shows us
A different path to greatness
-A simple YES=and lots and lots
Of HUMILITY
“For he has LOOKED upon
His handmaid's lowliness;
BEHOLD-from now on
ALL AGES will call me BLESSED” Luke 1:48
A SIMPLE YES to God
A simple YES to an angel
And Mary embarks on a lifetime
BEGINNING
With CARRYING the SON
Of God-and ending in TRAGEDY-
ONLY to see her Jesus
RISE from the dead
There is MORE to GREATNESS
Than what we think=Mary
SHOWS us a different way
COMING from the least and
Lowly among us
Mary was GREAT because
Of her HUMILITY=let us
BE HUMBLE TOO
“'I am the LORD'S SERVANT,'
Mary answered
'MAY your word to me
BE FULFILLED'
Then the ANGEL left her” Luke 1:38
Let us ALL LEARN
To be HUMBLE like Mary
Let us all learn to BRING
Greatness from LOWLINESS
The HUMBLE
CAN BE GREAT TOO
“He GUIDES the HUMBLE
In what is right
And teaches them=HIS WAY” Psalm 25:9
“He mocks proud mockers
But shows FAVOR
To the HUMBLE
And oppressed” Proverbs 3:34
“TAKE my yoke and
Learn from me
For I am gentle
And HUMBLE of heart
And you
Will find REST for your souls
For my yoke is easy
And my burden is LIGHT” Matthew 11:29-30
Mary was HUMBLE=her SON-Jesus=
The SON OF GOD=was humble too
So humility is a
QUALITY OF GOD
Mary is different
In and through Mary-
God RAISES the humble to himself
HUMAN TALENT can indeed
Prove greatness=but in Mary
We LEARN
Greatness comes from the MIRACULOUS too
And in Mary's YES=
We learn the HUMBLE
CAN BE GREAT TOO
In the name of Jesus OUR LORD=and HIS FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-14-17
Ps
INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. James Stephen Behrens, O.C.S.O.
TODAY is the feast of MARY'S ASSUMPTION into HEAVEN=8-15-17
And 8-14-15-2020
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