Present Him

The texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary direct our attention to the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The proclamation of the Prophet Zechariah that the Lord God will draw all nations to Him is lived out in Mexico as a result of the conversion of the nation in response to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Fr Robert Barron, from the outstanding video series Catholicism, comments on the effect of the change of heart on the lives of the Mexican people. The images of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe invoke the desire to be silent before the Lord as instructed by Zechariah. The Gospel from Luke tells of the visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. The will of God to announce Jesus to the world is in the action of Mary. This action is not the leadership of the Petrine Church or the preaching of the Pauline Church, it is the Presence of the Word made Flesh in the person of a woman open to allowing her spirit to magnify the Lord. We find the path to the unity so needed in the people of God in the simple action to be His Will in life. Mary shows the Way for all believers. Thefirst question raised by Fr Barron in the Catholicism series is the interrogation by Jesus of his followers at Caesarea Philippi. The answer to His challenge “Who do you say I am?” is evidenced in lives like Mary which Present Him.