Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary -Cl. Winston Pinto

Throughout her life, she lived by Faith and was obedient to the Word of God. She is our perfect example of Faith. Faith is our capacity to recognize God's power to make the impossible possible, like Mary, and to accept one's helplessness before Him. Let us pray to her that as she accompanied Jesus throughout his life journey, she may also accompany us to live our lives faithful to the Word of God and to live in His grace always. The best way to venerate her is to receive Jesus whom she offered us, so that we 'hear the Word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit in abundant grace. Cl. Gedion Ramshon

Mary’s Yeses

Many will say that Mary said Yes only once. But if you look at it from a different angle Mary said Yes directly only once but she said Yes indirectly in the Gospel during other times.

The first time Mary says Yes is during the Annunciation. We are very familiar with this time of Mary’s Yes. It is when the Angel Gabriel asked her to be the Mother of God and after some hesitation, she said ‘Yes.’ This Yes was for the plan of God to be fulfilled through her. Surely it must have been difficult for her but she knew that the will of God must be done. The second time she said Yes was when Jesus was lost and found in the temple. The Bible says, "His mother treasured all these things in her heart." This meant that she was silent. And when you are silent you say an indefinite Yes. She accepted the remark made by Jesus as the word from God. We are sure that any other mother would scold her child for such an answer, but Mary accepted it. She said Yes to it. The third time she said Yes was at the wedding feast at Cana. We can say this because only when you accept you can tell others what is to be done. In this case, Mary accepted Jesus’ answer and then told the servants to do whatever Jesus would tell them. This helpful nature only comes when you surrender and when you surrender you say Yes. Mary knew that Jesus would do something and said Yes hopefully when he told her that his time had not yet come. This Yes of Mary was to fulfil the will of God which he does in his own time. The fourth time that our blessed mother said Yes was at the foot of the cross. Jesus gave us his mother to