Although today's Memorial of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple is based on an apocryphal Book, The Infancy Gospel of James, it is one of the 12 major feasts in the Eastern Church, for it set the stage for the nativity of Jesus. Mary is presented in the temple and herself later becomes the temple which receives the incarnate Son of God. Her years in the temple help set the stage for her gracious acceptance to be the mother of God; her "Fiat" (be it done to me) becomes the foundation of her discipleship and the model stance for all Marists.
St. Marcellin said over and over again that to educate our charges, we must love them, and love them all equally. We might even go so far in that love as to present them to God, to lift them up, to dedicate them to him, to give them over to him as Anne and Joaquim did with Mary. With so many contrary values bombarding our children every day, it becomes more imperative that we place them in God's hands to be loved, protected and guided toward him. Let us take a few moments now to offer our children, all those entrusted to our care, and, especially the most neglected, to God, asking that HIS will for them be done.
Bro. Rene
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