Genesis3:9-15, 20 / Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 / Luke 1:26-38
To be able to succeed in any task or mission, there must be adequate preparation.
The bigger the task or the mission, the more detailed will be the preparation.
In the 1st reading, Adam and Eve were tempted and they fell into sin.
From that moment, sin entered into humanity and it is called “original sin”.
But God did not allow sin to destroy His creation and so He made preparations to save the human race.
And this mission of salvation would involve human beings.
The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin.
It is because God freed her from the stain of original sin that Mary was able to say “yes” to the mission of salvation.
And it is through her that God became man in Jesus Christ.
Reflecting of the God’s plan of salvation, we will realise that it is because of God’s great love for us.
Let us like Mary, say “yes” to God’s love and to the salvation that Jesus won for us on the Cross.
May we do God’s will and may we also love as God loves us.