Happy New Year! Welcome to the year 2026 Faith, Hope and Love by My Mother Rose. We are going to take small steps and set reasonable goals for a beautiful journey. This year I will start out slowly and share some bible verses and I would like to share my thoughts and discuss Mary the mother of God whose feast day it is today.
As I sit eating my breakfast I look over and realize I will have
to pack away the nativity scene for another 11 months. Gazing at the nativity I
couldn’t help but think we only see the nativity at Christmas time, why do we
need to pack it away? Why can’t I leave it on display? I leave Jesus on the cross up all the time. After
some research and coming to understand even though the nativity is very
significant and we are reminded of the birth of Jesus Christ, our faith and
trust in God’s will it’s more of a seasonal focus. Where the cross is more permanent
and there to remind us of God’s ultimate love and purpose.
Although, I feel Mary did sacrifice a lot when she said yes
to God and that is why I feel very drawn to her right now. Over the last few months,
I have been reading about Mary, the rosary and exploring what my faith means to
me and two words that I keep hearing are practice and gratitude. When I hear practice,
I can’t help but think of the quote “practice makes perfect.” But I am not perfect,
I found a similar quote though that seemed to be more achievable “practice
makes perfect progress.” Progress is what I am looking for because exploring my
faith is a journey and one day I would like to magnify the Lord with my soul.
In the meantime, I need to be grateful. God has blessed me, and he is very
gracious with me.
Today, let us treasure all of God’s blessings in our lives
and keep pondering and exploring faith, hope and love because we are on a
journey and whatever we practice let’s practice with all our heart, soul and
mind.
May God Bless always Faith, Hope and Love by My Mother Rose.
