Looking at Mary, we recognize the loftiness and beauty of God's plan for everyone: to become holy and immaculate in love (cf. Eph 1: 4), in the image of our Creator."Saturday is traditionally a time to commemorate the blessed virgin Mary. It is on that first Saturday in between good Friday and easter Sunday that she chose to hope rather than to despair. She might not know the full details on what would happen the following day, but she trusted. She trusted that God would have the last say on the awful reality of her own son's death on the cross the previous day.
Pope Benedict XVI, December 8, 2007, angelus address on the solemnity of the immaculate conception
So, like Mary, let us be mindful of our own limitation. We are incapable of understanding the fullness of God's divine providence in our lives. What happened yesterday and what will happen tomorrow might seem to be beyond our grasp. Yet, we recognize one thing: that God's plan is lofty and pretty. That 'His plan is so that we all become holy and immaculate in love in the image of our Creator'. In other words: to bring joy (eventually) to our lives, to teach us to become the best version of ourselves. And for that we can only do one thing: to trust.
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