HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY!=Family=People=and TRADITIONS
(Just like You and me)
Today is the
BIRTHDAY=Of the Blessed Mother Mary=We celebrate Mary=The
MOTHER of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ!=But we must REMEMBER as well as=
BEING the Mother of God=She belonged to a FAMILY=She
belonged to HER PEOPLE=and
She was STEEPED in=The Jewish Tradition=Just like we are
Steeped in the Catholic/
Christian Tradition=”But you Bethlehem Ephrathah=Though you
are SMALL among the
Clans of Judah=OUT of you will=Come for me=ONE who will be
RULER over Israel=Whose
ORIGINS are from of old=From ancient times”
Micah 5:2
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY!=Thank you for being=THE PURE-spotless
Mother of God=Of our
Savior Jesus Christ=FAMILY=People=Traditions=Just like US!
Mary=Our Mother=Brings forth OUR MESSIAH=In a virgin birth=for
our long and PATIENTLY-
WAITING People=Chapter one of Matthew=Brings forward the
Genealogy of Jesus=and the
HOLY FAMILY=and how it came to be Mary and Jesus and
Joseph=THROUGH THE FAMILY!=
Through her People=and through her Tradition!=Of the Jewish
people=Just like You and me=and
Our Family=our People=and OUR CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS=So we
should give a Shout Out=
Of thanks to OUR Mother Mary=and our Holy Father God!
“She gets up=While it is still night=She provides food for
HER FAMILY=and portions for her
Female servants” Proverbs
31;15
“He must manage=His own FAMILY well=and see that his
children obey him=and he Must do so=
In a manner=Worthy of full respect=IF anyone=does not
know=How to manage his OWN
FAMILY=How can he take care of GOD’S CHURCH?”
1 Timothy 3:4-5
Happy Birthday Mary=We love the HOLY FAMILY!=and your
People=and your TRADITIONS!
So maybe=Just maybe=Since Mary=Jesus and Joseph=were a HOLY
FAMILY=and of people=and
Tradition=It is a day to KEEP our own family=and be THANKFUL
and feel Gratitude for them=and for
OUR own people=and Catholic/Christian TRADITIONS TOO=FOLLOWING the Tradition
of our Lord=Our Mary=and the HOLY
FAMILY!
“But Ruth replied’=’Don’t urge me to leave you=Or to turn
back from you=Where you go=I will
Go=and where you stay=I will stay=YOUR PEOPLE=will be MY
PEOPLE=and your God=
My God”
Ruth 1:16
“I will give them=A heart to know me=That I am the Lord=They
will be MY PEOPLE=and I will be=
Their God=For they will Return to me=With all their heart”
Jeremiah 24:7
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MARY!=Today we Honor you=The MOTHER of
our Lord=and our=
HOLY FAMILY!=and the People of Your faith and Tradition!
And we RECOGNIZE OUR OWN FAMILY=and what they have done=as People of Faith=and from
OUR CATHOLIC/CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS=Our Churches INSPIRE us=to
live LIVES Of=
Generosity=Compassion=Service and Tradition=so that we
will thrive!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dear Mary!=Today we HONOR you and your Holy
Family=for setting the TONE
For all of us=Love=Hope=and FAITH IN GOD!=For our own
Family=Our own people=and our own
Traditions=WE LOVE YOU MARY!
In Jesus’ name=and in the name of our FOREVER LIVING=Forever
Loving=Holy Father God=and
The Holy Family of=Jesus=Mary and Joseph!
Robert P. Wallman
9-7-2026
Ps INSPIRED by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A.
