Luke 1:49-53
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
When a mother dreams
for her unborn child
Those dreams are rarely
for greatness
More likely are dreams
for survival
for thriving
for love and acceptance
Mary, mother of God
dreamt of the overthrow of empires
of freedom from oppression
of justice and sharing
As the child grew in her womb
she dreamed
of revolution
of the touch of God
uprooting
all that we’ve settled on
ushering in a whole new way of being
Even knowing the grief that would be hers
as her child inhabited the marginal places
upsetting governors and rulers
and every kind of establishment
fulfilling the hopes of a nation
birthing hope for the world
Mary offered her womb
and so much more -
her hopes and fears and dreams
the whole of her being.
May our dreams
incite revolution
as we too become God bearers
nurturing life for the world
born out of courage and vulnerability
as we find ourselves
in all the wrong places
with all the wrong people
fulfilling the dreams of God today.
