An empty tomb with the wrappings of death visible, but not the body, gave enough reason to simply “see and believe.” We grapple with the deep mystery of true life — inner life — that gives meaning to the simply mortal.
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The mystery of the Incarnation continues today
Maybe we will be able to say with new conviction that God has been born in me, lives in me, fills me, strengthens me. And as we share that truth, the mystery of the Incarnation continues today!
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We are to birth Christ
After Zechariah described the many promises of God for his people, led by the Spirit of God, Zechariah spoke directly to and about his son John: “You, my child, shall be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way.”
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Make room for the Lord
When one turns away from God in their life, then can’t find God in their life, well, what do you expect? Consequences!
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Spiritually pregnant
For sure, the Bible is filled with awesome and bigger-than-life stories, this one included. Certainly the Bible leads us at times to such a great mystery too wonderful, amazing or awesome to behold.
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How much will we allow our Lord to love us?
Now this, yes; this is Divine Joy, spoken in a wonderful question or almost disbelief: “And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”
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We should see ourselves as Mary
Are there limits as to how much your/our God can reach into our deepest spirit and love us into a new reality?
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God is with us!
The story of the promise to be fulfilled as the word is spoken into a birthed human, and in the most dramatic way possible, God becomes hu-man (and therefore, also hu-woman).
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It begins
We are not quite through with the third week of Advent and we begin to taste the genealogy, the passing on of the heritage to the generations to come, the fulfillment through the line of David, the imminent coming of the Lord the Messiah.
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What am I looking for?
If a people SAY they believe in God but then don’t let this God into their lives — turn away, sin and sin and sin — do they not warrant the consequences of their turning away?
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