Especially of what others may think of us.
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An extraordinary story is promised
Uh oh! This, undoubtedly, would one day be his downfall.
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We are broken, but Jesus leads us back to God
And further, this will be done divinely by Jesus on the cross as he loves and forgives, and gives us the model of what and how to do that in total pain and rejection, and human failure, but Divine Redemption.
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Looking for Jesus in all the eternal places
Maybe Jesus was introducing them to something eternal even then. And so, even and maybe especially for us, is that not the same? When we discover what we are looking for within ourselves, should not that help us to find it?
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Nothing is impossible with God, and his grace will see us through
How many yearn for and are fixated on the extraordinary – the miraculous. Can we not believe that in the “very ordinary” God is present?
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Being ready, being alert; opening eyes, ears, hearts to meet the Lord
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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The divinity of Jesus is our great hope
This is the great feast of incarnation. This is God coming into our humanity, God divinizing our humanity.
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Preparing the past, and celebrating the future
When we hear and sing those words, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord,” we know clearly what is and what was being said by those words, and what and how we must prepare right now.
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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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John announced the first coming. We announce the second
John said, “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
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