Monday March 25th – Giving birth to grace and truth in the world

Morning: Psalms 85, 87; Isaiah 52:7-12; Hebrews 2:5-10

Evening: Psalms 110, 132; John 1:9-14

Today is ‘Lady Day’ in Church tradition ... Mary hears from Gabriel that she will bear a son.  Mary submits her will to a higher purpose: ‘Let it be’.  For this, Mary is regarded with high esteem ... In the Eastern Church, she is ‘theotokos’ (God-bearer), one who ‘gives birth to God’, whom they believe Jesus to be.  Thereafter, every person of faith gives birth to God, when, in the tradition of Mary, they submit to that same higher purpose.  That purpose is that we be filled – and fill the world – with grace and truth.