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The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and she gives her fiat to begin her journey as the Mother of God. An angel also appeared to Joseph in his dreams, which gave him direction and a mission to begin his journey as Jesus’ earthly father.
Only in eternity are all shadows resolved. Here we live in faith and trust in the in-between.
This Christmas, I hope you are feeling the deep joy of Jesus’ presence, in spite of so many recent challenges.
If we allow ourselves to be drawn and chosen by love, we might just end up with the real God.
No one can truly fathom Mary’s plight when she was handpicked to become the instrument of the Incarnation.
Now that I’m a parent, my family’s Christmas spirit looks pretty different than that of my family of origin.
Every change of mind is first of all a change of heart, and if the heart does not change, new ideas do not last long.
In response to John the Baptist’s prenatal greeting, Mary of Nazareth gives glory to God. She exclaims, “My soul magnifies the Lord!”
“Woe to the solitary person! If that one should fall, there is no other to help” (Ecclesiastes 4:10). The elderly and infirm are particularly vulnerable.
Amazing that we made Jesus into the consummate answer giver because that is not what he usually does.
