Mary Teaches Blessedness at Christ-Mass
In myriad ways, Mary does not seem favored or blessed. Have you ever felt this way, that you are told God favors you, yet you feel anything but blessed? Perhaps you feel rejected and judged harshly by people around you; like you cannot catch a break. Perhaps you have suffered unbearable losses. Perhaps you struggle to stay afloat financially. Perhaps you are threatened by combatants in a region at war. Yet, at the same time, you read in scripture that you are favored by God. It is confusing.
But in Luke, Mary’s character teaches that the appearance of a thing is not the ultimate reality. In her song the “Magnificat”, she beckons us to investigate more deeply…. {Read remainder of article on Patheos HERE.}