Catholic Homilies By Fr Linus Clovis

On this, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Gospel acclamation was ‘Blessed as the Virgin Mary who treasured the word of God and pondered it in her heart.’ The word of God is a treasure beyond all imagining and like every treasure, it’s something we discover or we are given and yet there is work to be done on it. In case of the word of God, it requires pondering, prayer, consideration, application and this is what Our Lady did and excelled in. Every word of God is a word of life and she kept this life in her heart. From her conception, she was already destined for the glory of God, to possess, to inherit the glory of God. The Prophet, Isaiah tells us, “I exhort to join the Lord, my soul, rejoices in God and my Saviour, for He has clothed me with the garments of Salvation. He was wrapped me in the cloak of integrity, like a bride dawn in her jewels.” The Lord indeed wrapped her in integrity, in as much as He created her for Himself and kept her safe for Himself, so that her heart could be in no ot