Are You A Nobody?

For some of us we feel as though we are nobody special. We are just average Joan’s and Joe’s and go about our day doing our little schedule through life. We may before from a poor neighborhood. Looked down on and mocked by others. Thought of as the scum or dirt of the earth. But so many times in this country we hear stories about people working hard with drive and overcoming the common expectations. God put something special in each and every one of us. We may not become rich and famous but thats not always the best thing for us. How often to we see the mighty, rich and famous fall in the media. One day a celebrity is Queen or King and the next day news comes out and it seems like everyone in the world is surrounding them and kicking them while they are down. When someone is rich and famous they have a tendency to think about themselves, center on themselves and thats where they can become open for temptation to mistakes, and when you are that high the fall is extremely hard. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a nobody. She was handpicked by God to carry his son. Jesus being God was pure and perfect and needed to come into this world in a perfect body. Mary was born without original sin, without blemish so that she could carry Jesus in her womb. The term Immaculate Conception is in reference to her birth. She lived in a  time where women were stoned for adultery so having a child out of wedlock was something serious to consider. God called and she answered, “Yes”. Joseph, the man Mary was to marry could have turned his back on her. He didn’t, God called him to service and he said, “Yes”. Together they made a home out of humble means and raised Jesus and kept him safe till it was time for him to begin his ministry. You may think that you are no one but God does love you. He calls you everyday to come to him. He wants you to follow his commandments so that you can grow safe and strong in life. To stay out of danger and to become the best person, the happiest person you possibly can. He will never ask you to do anything you can’t accomplish. He will always be by your side. He has given us sacraments of Baptism, Communion, Penance, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders and Anointing of the Sick to receive Grace to help us make it through this world and all its temptations. He has so much to offer. All you have to do is accept. He is waiting.

Luke 1:26-38

26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"29But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. 30And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." 34And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" 35And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. 36And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37For with God nothing will be impossible." 38And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.