Reflections
"The queen stands at your right hand."
The Psalm is about the birth of our Savior. Just as the woman in Sunday’s first reading is clothed with the sun, and arrayed with a crown of twelve stars, so Mary our Holy Queen is arrayed in gold and stands at the right hand of God.
The verses of the Psalm describe how Mary is being prepared for the royal birth of the Messiah himself. She will have a name that is renowned through all generations and nations shall praise her forever. She is led in to the heavenly chamber with glad and joyous acclaim. All glory is given to her as she enters. She is told to forget her people and her father’s house that God himself might rejoice in her beauty.
As in Sunday’s first reading Mary gives birth to a son destined to rule all the nations, a child who is caught up to God and his throne. (Revelations 12:5)
Having taken his place seated at the right hand of God, now have salvation come, and authority is given to the Anointed One. St Paul confirms our salvation and tells us in Sunday’s second reading that in Christ all shall be saved and brought to life. (1 Corinthians 15:22)
And in Sunday’s Gospel (Luke 1: 39-56), when Mary makes an ordinary visit
to her cousin Elizabeth, the Holy Spirit inspires Elizabeth to proclaim that Mary
is to be the mother of her Lord, and her own child leaps for joy at the coming
of the Messiah. Having been blessed by Elizabeth, Mary cries out her Magnificat and affirms that the Almighty has done great things for her. She cannot keep from proclaiming the greatness of the Lord and she rejoices in God her Savior.
Truly we are present at a Holy moment.
Amen
Discussion Questions for Discussion
1. Do you see Mary as our Holy Queen, arrayed in gold?
How do you explain that an apparently ordinary young woman became
the Mother of our Lord?
2. Can you picture yourself as one of the train of bridesmaids
who are being led into the palace of the king? Explain.
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