We rejoice in his complete openness through marital and parental near-catastrophes and rejoice in Joseph’s faithful response to God.
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Has the cross done what it was prophetically promised to do?
Has it, indeed, turned hearts back to our fathers and our fathers to us; back to our mothers and our mothers to us. Back to our brothers and our sisters, and even back to ourselves? One wonders.
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The Holy Spirit is poured into everyone who follows him, shares the proclamation of his message
The Spirit of God enters us, fills us, strengthens us, guides us, blesses us, sanctifies us, teaches us, enlivens us — and because of us, others, too, have “seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”
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Jesus revives; that is, he gives new life
And, will we be grateful and speak gratitude with all of our heart?
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She is us
We esteem and honor Mary for the singular privilege given to her by the call to bring God in the person of Jesus into the world in the Feast of the Incarnation — Christmas!
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The one who hates still lives in darkness, no matter how much they claim to love the light
Not unlike the prophecy to Mary that a sword would pierce her heart, the glory of the light that Jesus would bring would involve the cross, and that pain and ultimate total emptying of self out of love.
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We give thanks for all who discover the invisible God
But in Jesus the Christ, who was clearly visible in his human nature, we experience God, the word made flesh — not only as visible in himself, but also making the invisible God very much visible to our eyes.
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God reaches into the dung heap of our lives
As our faithfulness rises up in prayers, hopefully we will find fulfillment, because somehow we may see the hand of God doing his Godly stuff and touching, with love, our lives.
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Some day, there will be a cross
Mary responded to all of this wonder and awe and confusingly clear message of angelic proportions: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.”
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Looking Ahead: Are we willing to allow our fears to turn into blessings?
Fear can so easily block our vision, cloud our thinking, damage our courage, and prevent us from becoming our best self.
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