Think of what would have happened if Mary had just decided to work within the confines of her own narrow perspective! How would the Savior have been born? No, I’m not married yet, so I can’t have a child. It’s not possible; think again. If Mary thought only in terms of the narrow field of her own experience, she would not have had the child and salvation would not have come through her. But she opened her vision so that she could see, so that she could see what God sees, that the impossible is possible. All you have to do is open your heart.
Miracles happen all the time! Any one of us can be involved in a miracle, if we are open to what needs to be done. What happens when we see the need for mercy and we offer it, rather than the need for condemnation? What happens when we see the need for compassion and we offer it, rather than the need for indifference? What happens when we see the need for help, and we help, rather than saying, it’s not my job, not my responsibility? God can work miracles in us all the time. We just have to be open to it.
--Fr. Patrick Michaels,
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
Homily, July 16, 2023
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
Patroness of our Parish!
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