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Solemnity of the Assumption
August 15, 2017
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. 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. 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
1st Reading
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 & J
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 Gospel, Mary
sees things in same way
Ø G’s ways often R
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 see
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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