And stepping back and taking a good look, we can surmise that the angels did their work — even giving the name Jesus, and best of all “got the word out there” as angels (messengers) are trained to do.
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Biblical miracles are the stuff of our lives
This is the great feast of incarnation. This is God coming into our humanity, God divinizing our humanity.
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Salvation comes from the law and the prophets
Once again, Jesus is criticizing those who are hard-hearted, who do not listen, who only judge, who criticize first this way and then that way, and who reject both the austerity of John and the celebratory welcoming of Jesus.
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By the anointing with oil and Spirit of God, we become his sons, daughters
And as we read all of this that took place back then, we are being called, too. We are being called to see our place in the kingdom of God, and who and what and how we are in that kingdom.
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Our yesses proclaim God’s greatness, give him praise
And for all of the love that Mary receives from the church — and she receives an awful lot of love — me thinks that her own desire is most of all that we grow in our love for her Son.
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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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What if this Advent, 7 happens to us?
Are we prepared to meet him?
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