Truly, blessed are you among women, Mary: Day 212

Truly, blessed are you among women

St. Sophronius offers an abundance of reasons why St. Elizabeth could rightly say to Mary, “Blessed are you among women.”

Truly, Mary, blessed are you among women, for you have turned Eve’s curse into a blessing; and Adam, who before now stood under a curse, has been blessed because of you.

Truly, blessed are you among women, because through you, the blessing of the Father has shone down on men, setting them free of the ancient curse.

Truly, blessed are you among women, because through you your ancestors have found salvation; for you were to bear the Savior who would win salvation for them.

Truly, blessed are you among women, for without seed you have borne fruit, giving birth to the One who gives blessings to the whole world and redeems it from the curse that had brought forth thorns.

Truly, blessed are you among women, because, though you are a woman by nature, you have become, in truth, the Mother of God.

If the One you bear is truly God made flesh, then rightly do we call you the Mother of God, for you have indeed given birth to God.
—St. Sophronius

IN GOD’S PRESENCE, CONSIDER . . .
If I were to create my own list of reasons why I can rightly call Mary “blessed among women,” what would they be?

CLOSING PRAYER
Mary, truly you are blessed, for you are poor in spirit and meek, merciful and pure in heart, and you have mourned. You are a peacemaker who has hungered and thirsted for righteousness in every soul; you have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, and slandered for the sake of your Son. Now you rejoice and are glad, for great is your reward in heaven! (See Mt 5:3–12.)

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