Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Daily HOMILY for August 15, 2019: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cycle C

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Assumption of the BVM (Thursday)
Washington Retreat House 
August 15, 2019 

THE OLD GUIDE++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø  There is a story about a man and his young son who went on a camping trip to the mountains
Ø  They hired an experienced old guide, a Native American, who led them into areas that they would never have found on their own  
Ø  He was always pointing out beautiful little sights that most hikers would have missed
Ø  The young son was fascinated by the guide’s ability to see so much in the surroundings.
Ø  One day he said to this Native American, “I’ll bet that you can see God out there”
Ø  The old guide smiled and replied, “Son, as life goes on it’s getting hard for me to see anything but God out there”
MARY SAW GOD +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø  That wise, old guide helps us to appreciate why we are honoring Mary today
Ø  Mary saw God everywhere in her life, especially in her bringing this special child into the world
Ø  She didn’t really understand this, but she still saw the greatness and mystery of God at work
1STREADING +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø  In reading from Revelation, writer has a vision of a woman and a child being saved from a dragon
Ø  Passage refers to Mary & Jesus  
Ø  Vision sees God as stronger & winning out over forces of evil and death
Ø  Tells us that what we sometimes see as great and strong – symbolized in the dragon – may not be so in God’s eye
Ø  In the Gospel, Mary sees things in same way
Ø  G’s ways often R the reverse of R ways, ~ as lifting up the lowly & filling hungry & present 2 humble
Ø  So Mary sees G & forces of life and goodness as winning out over the forces of death and evil
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø  Like old guide in forest, Mary sees G everywhere
Ø  She sees not as we sometimes do, but as G sees
Ø  It’s what makes her holy, holiest of all of us
Ø  Thus she came to fullness of life w/ G, to resurrection at her last breath and was assumed
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