Daily Inspiration

“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, “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 with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever.” Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.” -Luke 1:39-56

For some people, we look upon them and know that spiritually, Jesus lives within them. Scripture tells us that Mary was indeed one of those people. But it is so much more than just Christ living spiritually in her.

When a mother carries a child in her womb, there is a transfer of cells from the child to the mother, where they live on for the rest of the mother’s life. When Mary carried Jesus in her womb, cells from the Son also remained living in her.

Scripture tells us the Holy One of God would not suffer corruption of the tomb, and today we celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. There are many reasons to believe Church teaching on the Assumption, but science once again gives us the physical proof to help us contemplate the Truth of God.

Saint Tarcisius, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you.