Our Lady of Guadalupe — Seat of Wisdom

Our Lady of Guadalupe — Seat of Wisdom 2015-12-12T21:19:13-04:00

By Anonymous (press photo); Public Domain; via Wikimedia Commons
By Anonymous (press photo); Public Domain; via Wikimedia Commons

Zechariah 2:17:

 

“Silence, all humanity, in the presence of the LORD!
For he stirs forth from his holy dwelling.”

 

The Gospel of Luke 1:39-55:

Mary set out
and traveled to the hill country in haste

to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
“Most blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”

And Mary said:

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
     my spirit rejoices in God my savior.
 For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness;
    behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.
 The Mighty One has done great things for me,
    and holy is his name.
 His mercy is from age to age
    to those who fear him.
 He has shown might with his arm,
    dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.
 He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones
    but lifted up the lowly.
 The hungry he has filled with good things;
    the rich he has sent away empty.
 He has helped Israel his servant,
    remembering his mercy,
 according to his promise to our fathers,
    to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Chatzidakis. Byzantine Art in Greece; Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Mary — Theotokos (God-bearer) — Virgin Mother — 

Seat of Wisdom — Lady of Guadalupe —

Direct us to your son, the Christ,

 who is the Wisdom of God, and the Light of the World.

Show us your Son so that we may behold

and be healed from our arrogant minds and hearts.


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