“Who are my mother and my brethren?” And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brethren! Who- ever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Tuesday 28th January mother 2025 – MARK 3:31-35.
So, Christ said it very clearly without mincing words that those who do the will of God are his brothers, sisters and mother.
A very perfect example of one who accepted the will of God is the Blessed Virgin Mary when in response to the message from God delivered to her by the Archangel Gabriel she said, “Be it done on to me a cording to Thy will.”
Now, ordinarily from human perception, the lives of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and his mother the Blessed Virgin Mary who accepted to do the will of God seem not that smooth and sweet.
Well, afterwards, what did the Holy Bible said about them? Christ was elevated and given a name that is above every other. That at the mention of his name every knee should bow and every tongue confess both in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth, that Jesus Christ is Lord. To say the least about the Blessed Virgin Mary who is the Theotokos and the queen of heaven and earth.
Dear friend, God has no favourite, but once we do His will, we automatically become the ‘Apple of God’s Eye.’
Even if nothing were attached to that statement, between doing the will of God and being identified as a sibling of Christ Jesus and not doing it then to be identified as an agent of Satan, which is preferable?
Have a fantastic day folks.
#SAINT_THOMAS_AQUINAS! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
28th January 2025.