Let us hope so! Let us plan on it! Let us finally prepare ourselves! Let us be ready with our alleluias!
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Mary’s visit to Elizabeth can evoke in us the same joy and love the cousins experienced
Recognizing the Christ and rejoicing in the Christ within and among us is our role as Christians, as followers of Christ.
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Do we, like Mary’s ‘fiat!’, say yes to God’s grace and blessings?
For after all, Paul tells us quite clearly that we, too, have been filled with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
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Be the disciples, apostles you’ve been baptized to become
As you are called, now you are sent!
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Jesus promises us a life bigger than life itself
That is Jesus’ promise, and that is our fate.
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There are lessons to be learned in Jonah’s adventures and the prayer Jesus taught us
Jonah was slow to understand; sometimes, perhaps, we are, too. This prayer of Jesus has much to give us. We have much to receive.
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Like Mary, we cannot turn away when God speaks deeply within us
And so as individuals, as well as communities of faith, we are open to that voice. We listen. We truly become intrigued. We respond and even seek for more.
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The heart has nothing on woes and lamentations
And there is something in our human condition that is kind of broken. We might do good — in fact, really well — and then we trip and fall.
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The ‘greatest story ever told’ continues today
And that glory will have eternal meaning!
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Be formed by the Gospel, and share the life of the kingdom of God
This, also, may have been a favorite Gospel passage of St. Vincent de Paul, who formed the Congregation of the Mission religious community of men and women, and priests and nuns who were formed to form others.
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