Daily Reflections by Cathy
September 8, 2026 Reflection- Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Happy Birthday, dearest Mother!!!
September 8, 2026
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dear Family of Mary!
Today we commemorate and celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Sweet Mother of Jesus! Mary was born of two very holy people, Sts. Joachim and Anne. They were elderly and had prayed for a child their whole lives. Waiting in trust and faith!
God heard their prayer, and chose them to be the parents of the Most Blessed and Holy Mary of Bethlehem!!! It is an extraordinary act of God!!
St. Andrew of Crete expressed it in this wonderful way:
The present festival is for us the beginning of feasts…This first day of the feasts…offers creation a new joy. Have courage, it says, this festival is a birthday and a remodeling of the race. For a Virgin now is born and nursed and molded; and a Mother is prepared for God, the All-Ruler of the ages.
Therefore let all things rejoice together today and let nature skip; Let heaven rejoice above and let the clouds rain righteousness! (Is 45:8); let the mountains drop sweetness and the hills exultation! For the Lord had mercy on his people, having raised the horn of our salvation in the house of his servant David (Lk 1:69), [namely] that supremely unblemished Virgin, from whom [came] Christ, the salvation and the expectation of the nations. Let every right-judging soul therefore now dance, and let nature invite creation to its own renewal and remaking!…
Let there be one common festival today of heavenly and earthly things… For today the created precinct of the Creator of all things has been established, and the creature is newly prepared as divine abode for the Creator. Today the nature that was formerly turned to earth takes on the beginning of deification, and the dust that has been exalted is urged to return to the glory that is on high.
(St. Andrew of Crete)
I am sure we cannot comprehend the enormity of the Conception and Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary! In and through Her, our total salvation was provided, namely in the glorious Incarnation of her Son Jesus, our Savior!! All creation is forever changed by this beautiful Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary!
Let us remain in awe and deep mediation today. This is how God saves us! So quietly and incredibly beautifully!!
Thank you, dearest Mother, for your Glorious Nativity! You are forever loved and blessed by your humble and grateful children!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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