Living Advent Like Mary

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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There can be so much excitement and anticipation when waiting for the arrival of a new baby. Have you ever imagined what it may have been like for Mary as she waited for the arrival of Jesus? What did she do to prepare for his arrival? As Advent draws near, Dr. Edward Sri encourages us to look to Mary’s example as we prepare ourselves for Christ’s coming.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edwards Three, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life. Whenever we were expecting a new baby in our family there was always so much
0:18.0	excitement in this three households so much anticipation joy I remember the
0:21.7	little kids would want to go up and touch best tummy and say
0:25.1	hello to the baby. Hi baby and get ready to welcome this new child into the
0:29.6	family life. Well I want you just to imagine for a moment the Blessed Virgin Mary.
0:35.0	Imagine her pregnancy, those nine months as she's carrying this child in her womb.
0:40.4	Now again, any baby in the womb is amazing but her mystery of carrying not just
0:46.6	any ordinary child but the holy son of God in her womb. Wow just imagine
0:51.2	what she was thinking and what she was doing to prepare.
0:55.0	She's carrying the one that is going to be the Savior, the great Messiah, she's carrying her Creator.
1:01.0	Just think about that for a moment.
1:02.0	The one who created Mary is dwelling within her womb.
1:06.8	What a profound mystery that would have been every time she felt that baby kick,
1:11.7	you know, she's feeling like these divine kicks within her
1:14.6	womb. This is God kicking her on the inside. What a profound mystery this would have
1:20.4	been. What did she do to prepare to welcome the son of God into this world?
1:28.5	And then imagine those days and weeks and months right after the baby was born.
1:34.0	Imagine she's holding the infant child in her arms.
1:38.0	She's holding God in her arms.
1:41.0	How amazing that is.
1:42.0	She would put the child down for a nap. She's putting God down for a nap. I mean what a mystery this is? Or she'd be nursing the baby. She's feeding this little baby. She's nursing and feeding the one who would feed us, the one who came to nourish us with his life, to send us his spirit,
1:59.4	the one who would give us the bread of life in the eucharist she's feeding him? What a profound
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