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[BOOK] Who Do You Say I Am?: Daily Reflections on the Bible, the Saints, and the Answer ThatIs Christ[BOOK] Who Do YouSay I Am?: DailyReflections on theBible, the Saints, andthe Answer That IsChristDescriptionHis Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by Pope BenedictXVI in 2009. Previously, he served as the tenth Archbishop of Milwaukee after being named byPope John Paul II in 2002. Cardinal Dolan is the author of numerous books including Called to BeHoly and Doers of the Word. Read more Excerpt. Â© Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.January 1Feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of GodLast week, billions of people celebrated amother and the birth of her baby. Children around the world pointed at the newborn child in thenativity scene and asked, â€œWhoâ€s that?â€• and parents and grandparents whispered,â€œThatâ€s Jesus, Our Lord and Savior.â€• Then the same children pointed to Mary andinquired, â€œAnd whoâ€s that?â€• and the answer was: â€œThatâ€s His mother. Withouther, Christmas could not have happened.â€•We Catholics passionately love our Church. As in ourfamilies, we are â€œborn intoâ€• the Church at Baptism. Like a mother, she feeds us in theEucharist, forgives us in Reconciliation, strengthens us in Confirmation, consoles us with theAnointing of the Sick, and gives us away in Matrimony or Holy Orders.In this family of faith, welook to Mary as our own spiritual motherâ€”a mother who guides and protects us. Mary never wentto college, yet we call her Sede Sapientiaeâ€”â€œthe Seat of Wisdomâ€•â€”as she gave flesh toWisdom, to the Word, to the eternal Son of God. Her virtues? Listening, reflecting, pondering,wondering, serving, and trusting. Her fiat, her proclamation: â€œBe it done unto me according tothy word.â€• Mary is wise because she accepts Godâ€s will. She gives us Jesus, who shows usthe way, teaches us the truth, and shares with us His life.Thatâ€s why the Blessed Mother is thegreatest of all the saints, because she is the closest to her divine son and wants nothing more thanto draw us close to Him.January 2He will never fail you or forsake you.â€”Deuteronomy 31:6Oneof the central messages of Christianity is this: We have a God who simply will not take â€œnoâ€•for an answer!Think about it: It started in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve had everything,every gift, all happiness, intimacy with God, eternal life, no woe, war, or sicknessâ€”and they toldGod no as they disobeyed His only request. God could have legitimately responded, â€œGo tohell!â€• But not our God!He saw a world destroying itself by sin and selfishness and sent a flood tocleanse itâ€ˆ.â€ˆ.â€ˆ.â€ˆâ€‹but the world once again said no!He made a covenant with Abrahamand bound Himself by a covenant with His peopleâ€ˆ.â€ˆ.â€ˆ.â€ˆâ€‹but we once again wereunfaithful and told Him no!He saw His people enslaved, so He sent Moses, Aaron, and Joshua tolead them miraculously to freedomâ€ˆ.â€ˆ.â€ˆ.â€ˆâ€‹but they all replied no!He gave uscommandments, and we worshipped molten images; He sent David, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel
to teach us and call us back to Him, and we said no!He offered us mercy, salvation, happiness,and eternal life
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