Isn't it apropos...

I think that it is a good thing that the Church celebrates the feast of Mary, Mother of God on New Year's Day. At a time in the year when we make resolutions to better ourselves, we need look no further than the Mother of God for an example of how to better live our faith. Mary was the first believer in her Son, and she was there when He rose from the grave. She believed in Him when He was not ready to begin (the wedding at Cana) and she always had faith in Him. She is the ultimate example of trusting God and saying yes to Him when everything is shrouded in doubt. At the close of this year I am questioning where God is leading me. I feel I am in the right major, but what I am supposed to do with that is what I am asking for God to shed some light on. My only resolution (and I hesitate to call it that..I never keep them) is to make prayer THE priority of my life. I look to Mary for her inspiration to keeping this resolution as much as possible. May my yes echo her yes. May I trust in God completly as she trusted in God. I might not know what is coming (for Mary did not know what was ahead for her with her divine Son), but let me trust that God will lead me down the right path.