In today’s Gospel, we see the profound blessing of hearing and observing the Word of God—and no one exemplifies this more perfectly than our Blessed Mother Mary. She devoured the Scriptures, rejoiced in the Word made flesh, and prepared the way for Christ. As John the Baptist said, “He must increase; I must decrease.”

The readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022626.cfm

Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, talks about the photograph of Mary in the Eucharist during his retreat near San Francisco.