We may not be able to comprehend God’s plans immediately, but we believe that God will reveal to us what we need to know about His plans for us.
In God’s plan of salvation, He sent His only Son into the world to be our Saviour.
But Jesus did not appear on Earth just out of nowhere. His coming was prepared, in that Jesus was to be born of a woman.
In the celebration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we see how God’s plan slowly unfolded.
This feast follows from the teaching of Immaculate Conception, that Mary was conceived in her mother’s womb without sin, and it was by the grace of God.
From Mary’s birth, God’s plan of salvation was taking shape and became a reality when Jesus was conceived in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In faith, we believe that Mary was immaculately conceived, and it was in her sinless womb that the Son of God took flesh and came into the world.
We thank God for this gift of faith, by which we can now understand how God carried out His plan for our salvation.
As for God’s plan for us, let us ask Our Lady to pray for us, that as God’s plan unfolds in our lives, we too will follow the plan of God.
Mary said “Yes” to God. May we too say “Yes” to God and to our salvation.