One Minute Reflection – 20 June – “Month of the Sacred Heart” Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Readings: Isaiah 61:9-11, Responsorial psalm 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-8, Luke 2:41-51
βHe went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them and his mother kept all these things in her heart.β … Luke 2:51
REFLECTION – βConsider the most prudent woman Mary, mother of true Wisdom, as the pupil of her Son.Β Β For she learned from Him, not as from a child or man but as from God.Β Β Yes, she dwelt in meditation on His words and actions.Β Β Nothing of what was said or done by Him fell idly on her mind.Β Β As before, when she conceived the Word itself in her womb, so now, does she hold within her, His ways and words, cherishing them as it were, in her heart.Β Β That which she now beholds in the present, she waits to have revealed with greater clarity in the future.Β Β This practice she followed as a rule and law through all her life.β … St Bede the Venerable (673-735) Father and Doctor of the Church – Exposition of the Gospel of Luke
PRAYER – Lord open our hearts to Your grace.Β Β As You brought joy to the world through the incarnation of Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, grant that through the prayer of the Immaculate Heart of His Ever-Virgin Mother, our hearts too may grow in virtue and love by learning to reflect constantly on His commandments and counsels.Β Β We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus, with the Holy Spirit, God forever, amen.