UNCLUTTER YOUR LIFE
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joy we witness in today’s Gospel is the event of the Visitation. The
Virgin Mary was just given word by the angel that she was to be the
mother of the Son of God. Coupled with that annunciation was the
revelation that Elizabeth, old and barren, was also the recipient of an
awesome mystery. She was already six months on the way, carrying in her
womb the precursor of the Messiah, soon to be named John. Mary no sooner
went out in haste to share to Elizabeth her joy! As sorrow is halved
when participated in by others, joy is doubled when shared by a friend.
But the Visitation is not only a nice story of two cousins rejoicing in
each other’s visit after a long time apart. The Visitation is about
Mary and Elizabeth witnessing to one another how God has visited them in
their unique situations: Mary the young virgin and Elizabeth the old
barren one. Mary and Elizabeth in a tight embrace is the picture of God
entering human history that He might make it His story as well. And when
our history becomes His story, it becomes salvation history. That is
what we celebrate in the Visitation — salvation history.
But there is a requirement for our personal history to become His
story. We have to be poor and small before the Lord. The emptiness of
both a virgin and a barren womb is testimony to this poverty before God.
If something is full, it cannot be filled. The empty wombs of Mary and
Elizabeth were filled because they have space for God. The empty wombs
of Mary and Elizabeth were filled because there was nothing that stands
in competition with God’s rightful space. The empty wombs of Mary and
Elizabeth, therefore, are an icon of every Christian’s posture before
God. In spirituality, there is fancy word for this posture —
disponibility. It’s an uncommon word that means availability. It is also
akin to the state of being disposable, at someone else’s disposal. In
this feast of the Visitation, let us join Mary and Elizabeth in their
disponibility before God. Let us allow God to have His way with us. Fr. Joel Jason
REFLECTION
QUESTION: Today do some material and spiritual uncluttering. Set up
your priorities and leave space for God to occupy in your life.
You anoint my head with oil, O Lord, my cup overflows. Fill me to the brim. Amen.
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