26 July 2024 - Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne
Sir 24, 1-2.5-7.12-16 26-30; or 1Jo 4, 7-16
Jo 11, 19-27 or Jo 12, 1-11
Homily
The Gospel is extremely discreet about the Virgin Mary. We know very few details of her life. It is as if the Evangelists wanted all our attention to be focused on what is essential about her, namely that she was the Mother of the Son of God. Luke, who says a little more than the others, opens his account of the Incarnation with this simple yet solemn formula: "The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a young girl given in marriage to a man named Joseph, from the house of David; this young girl's name was Mary."