He remembered his promise

1 Samuel 1:24-28; PS my heart exults in the Lord, my savior; Luke 1:46-56



Here are the words of the Blessed Mother after the greeting with Elizabeth:

"He has come to the whelp of his servant Israel for he remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to ABraham and his Children forever."


What promise?

We have to go to Genesis 12 to begin to understand this "promise" that Blessed MAry Speaks of in this hymn of rejoicing.

In a nutshell, God promises three things to Abraham: 1)land 2)dynasty or kingdom 3)world wide blessing

The blessed Mother's reason for rejoicing is the reality that the promise spoken has now become enfleshed in the child she carries in her womb.

Our Father keeps his promises. When he delivers, wow!

Here are a few words from the Pope yesterday in his Wednesday Audience:

"There is a second aspect that I would like to touch upon briefly. The event of Bethlehem should be considered in the light of the Paschal Mystery: The one and the other are part of the one redemptive work of Christ. Jesus' incarnation and birth invite us to direct our gaze to His death and resurrection: Christmas and Easter are both feasts of the Redemption. Easter celebrates it as the victory over sin and death: It signals the final moment, when the glory of the Man-God shines forth as the light of day; Christmas celebrates it as God's entrance into history, His becoming man in order to restore man to God: It marks, so to speak, the initial moment when we begin to see the first light of dawn."

The first light of Dawn broke forth in the darkness of the womb. Even in Mary's womb there is light, her womb knows no darkness for she bears the promise, the light of the world.

The spanish terminology for giving birth is "dar la luz. "
A woman give light when she delivers her child. This is true is a unique way at Christmas when Mary give birth to the light of the world. The promise of God is made manifest for all to see.