You're listening to the I Pray with the Gospel Sunday Reflection on the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence. I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of

prayer fruitful. My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My immaculate mother, St. Joseph, my father, and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.

September 8th, the Nativity of Our Lady.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way.

When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found

to be a child of the Holy Spirit, and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling

to put her to shame, resolved to send her away.

But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying,

Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

Today is the birthday of our mother Mary.

On our mother's birthday, we as good children try to offer her a present.

In order to make the right choice, you have to put yourself in your mother's place

and think of what she would love to have.

And we know that, much more than material things,

mothers long for affection, thoughtfulness. They love to have their children around and to see them

happy. That's always the best gift for a mother, and Mary is very much our mother. Little children

offer little things, but with great love.

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