Let us celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary; let us worship her Son, Christ the Lord.
Each Year, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8. Today, let us celebrate with joyful hearts the miraculous birth of God's Mother and our Mother -- the one who gives us hope for the future.
Mary was immaculately conceived in the womb of her mother, St. Anne, by her father St. Joachim. The birth of the woman destined by God from the beginning of time to be born of the House of David and the Tribe of Judah, the women whose enmity toward Satan was spoken of as far back as Genesis, the woman whom St. John saw crowned with stars and with the moon at her feet, the woman whom God chose to bear His Son and bring life to the world.
We can see every human birth as a call for new hope in the world. The love of two human beings has joined with God in his creative work. The loving parents have shown hope in a world filled with travail. The new child has the potential to be a channel of God's love and peace to the world.
This is all true in a magnificent way in Mary. If Jesus is the perfect expression of God's love, Mary is the foreshadowing of that love. If Jesus has brought the fullness of salvation, Mary is its dawning.
Birthday celebrations bring happiness to the celebrant as well as to family and friends. Next to the birth of Jesus, Mary's birth offers the greatest possible happiness to the
world. Each time we celebrate her birth we can confidently hope for an increase of peace in our hearts and in the world at large.
Udyavarites Wishing one and all Happy Feast of Nativity.
Vivian D’Silva
President
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