“God is good all time, all the time God is good and that is His nature, wow!” Oftentimes in our parish, the priest begins his homily by saying this, the congregation repeats his words with joy and enthusiasm because we are expected to agree that God is really good. We say it because the says it but do we really
know and believe this? I believe we do.
Mary is proclaiming the goodness of the Lord because she has experienced it for herself. In the same manner we are invited today to reflect on our lives and the goodness of the Lord. God’s goodness is reflected in our lives daily: sometimes we want to wait for big miracles to help us see the goodness of God. It is not wrong to
see God this way but it limits our view of God’s goodness. We should be able to see the goodness of God even in the small happenings of our lives.
It is easier to say God is good when things in our lives are going well and according to our plan. Mary’s life was disrupted by the message of the angel and the pregnancy, it was not in her plans to carry and bear Jesus,
but her spirit rejoiced in the Lord. We too are reminded to proclaim the goodness of the Lord in spite of what is happening in our lives. We must not only say the Lord is good but our actions must reflect this fact. We are faced with many challenges that make it difficult and hard for us to be aware of how great God is in our lives and the lives of our loved ones. Our difficulty to see the goodness of God does not remove it from reality.
How can you imitate Mary today? How do you experience the greatness of God? How do you reflect God’s greatness in your life?
