Do you ever feel like an outsider, an unknown and obscure follower of Jesus, someone who makes the church roll but nothing much is known or said about you? Then, perhaps you can identify with Simon and Jude, our saints commemorated today, October 28th.
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Who is Mary, Mother of God (or Theotokos as our Orthodox brothers and sisters call her)? Have you ever been curious about her? You may not have ever given her much thought except at Advent. Or maybe you didn’t grow up in a tradition that emphasized her role in the story of God. They may have even de-emphasized her, or in extreme cases may have talked about her with a tiny bit of disdain (she was nothing, just a poor girl who was to give birth to Jesus). Whatever the case, I want to invite you today to meditate and reflect upon her… A humble girl filled with grace and blessed by God, without whose “yes” the incarnation would not have been.
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