The Gospel for Our lady of Guadalupe is taken from Luke 1:39 47. Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leapt for joy.

Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled. And Mary said, my soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord. My spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. If we look at the lives of Mary and Elizabeth, it’s hard to imagine what they must have felt. But it’s clear in the way they describe their relationship to each other. It’s they’re there for each other and they have no ego.

They simply are so overwhelmed by the way God has entered into their lives. There’s no competition. It’s just awe that we are being used for something so marvelous, so wonderful, and not even understanding what it would be or how much it would cost them. They’re the models of humility. Please take a moment to reflect and then I will close with a prayer. Closing prayer Father, to be a human being and yet be called into roles that are so powerful and so transforming or destructive, it’s amazing how we need to remind ourselves over and over again that we are surrendering to a plan that you are in charge of, not we.

But you are the source of everything, and you are the revealer of the direction we are going. And we ask this in Jesus name, Amen.