The Promise and the Fulfillment
Celebrating the Miracle of Lourdes - 11th Feb, 2017
Gen 3: 9-24
The Compassion of the Lord repays a mistake not with merely a punishment, but along with a promise. The Lord promises a sinless one, who would bear the Saviour and the promise is personified in our Blessed Mother. The Fulfillment of this promise has been manifested in manifold ways - one such in the recent times is the Miracle of Lourdes!
Lourdes, came as a fulfillment. It was in 1854, that the Church consolidated its centuries of experience regarding Mary and defined the truth: Mary was conceived immaculate! Soon within four years, Mary appears to a peasant girl, who knew nothing of the alphabet nor the alphabet of the dogmatic teachings - but the message that the peasant girl gave surprised everyone, not just then but even today. Bernadette said, 'The Mother said, I am the Immaculate Conception' That was a verification, a confirmation of the faith experiences just consolidated. The Immaculate Conception - the one whom the Almighty willed from eternity!
May our Blessed Mother keep us ever mindful that we are children of Promise!