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Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God | The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord | January 1, 2026
The first day of the new year belongs to her.
Not to resolutions or fresh starts. To her. To Mary. To the teenage girl who said yes to an angel and changed everything.
The shepherds came and found Mary and Joseph and the infant lying in the manger. They made known what the angels told them. Everyone who heard it was amazed. But Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.
She did not perform or explain or rush to interpret. She kept and reflected. She held the mystery close and let it work on her slowly, the way wine ages or bread rises in silence.
Paul tells the Galatians that when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman. Four words that anchor the incarnation in flesh and blood. Not descended from heaven fully formed. Born. Of a woman. Dependent on her breast for survival.
That woman was Mary. And because of what she carried and delivered and nursed, we are no longer slaves but sons and daughters.
What was it like to be her? To nurse the one who created milk? To teach words to the Word made flesh? To watch him take his first steps, knowing he would one day walk to Calvary?
She did not understand it all. She kept these things because she could not yet comprehend them. Mary lived in the mystery without demanding clarity.
May we learn to keep as she kept. May we reflect as she reflected. May we begin this year not with frantic striving but with quiet trust.
📖 Readings
Numbers 6: 22-27
Psalm 67
Galatians 4:4-7
Luke 2: 16-21
⏱️ Timeline
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Reading I - Numbers 6: 22-27
00:39 Psalm Response - Psalm 67
06:33 Reading II - Galatians 4:4-7
05:45 Gospel - Luke 2: 16-21
07:22 Reflection - She Kept All These Things
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