“For those of us who have decided to follow Jesus, each day presents opportunities to serve him.. Today’s reflection from the daily Mass.
BIBLE READINGS: You can find the readings for Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary here (Universalis Website)
Depending on how you define a decision, it is estimated that each person makes around 35,000 decisions a day.
These include major life decisons, and minor everyday ones from what clothes to wear, what to eat, or what social media post to like. Apparently, the vast number of decisions we take can lead to “decision fatigue,” where the quality of each choice can decline throughout the day.
In the gospel reading today, Mary has a choice to make. She has been hailed as blessed by the angel and now God’s designs are unfolded before her. She has a major life decision to make. A decision that will not only affect her life but the life of the whole world. The whole of heaven hangs on her words as she utters her loving response, “Let it be to me according to your word.” Her decision is one that comes from a pure heart. A heart that is full of love for God and a desire to live according to his designs.
We may have many decisions to make, and some of them may appear to have very few major repercussions. For those of us who have decided to follow Jesus, each day presents opportunities to serve him. It could be the smallest gesture or a single word which, like a mustard seed, bears fruit behind our imagining.
MASS TODAY
Mass today on Monday 8 December is at S Dyfrig and S Samson’s Church at 630pm
DAY BY DAY
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