Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Gen 3:9-15,20; Ps 97:1-4; Eph 1:3-6,11-12; Luke 1:26-38
How does the universe work? I’ve watched programmes with titles like that. Fascinating—and a bit unsettling. Those end‑of‑the‑universe scenarios can make you feel tiny. The laws of physics are mighty, and most of the cosmos is so inhospitable that, even with all our brilliance, we could never call it home. It shows how fragile our sense of security is on this small blue planet.
And yet, looking at all this, believers aren’t mistaken. There has to be Someone greater – Someone who called all this from nothing and set it in motion.
Only, why would Someone so great care about us? Because he says he does. In the second reading we hear: “Before the world was made, he chose us in Christ.” It sounds improbable, but that is exactly what we believe through Jesus Christ: the almighty God, Creator of the cosmos and of every law that governs it, has set his heart on us and wants us as His beloved children.
The cosmos will pass away. Thanks to God, we will not.
Mary, teach us limitless trust in the Father and in His will for us in this passing world.