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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The greatest mystery full of grace unfolds tonight
It is no surprise, then, that we have four sets of readings (as if one would do).
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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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Christ invites us to become a people of love
He is seeking nothing less than total transformation of our thinking and acting.
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Count your blessings, chiefly those we receive through Jesus the Christ
This was truly, for all those lepers, whether they realized it or not, their very own very special Thanksgiving Day.
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At first sight, Zacchaeus truly saw! Do we see?
Was Jesus really that good at seeing goodness, at seeing what nobody else could see?
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The ‘hound of heaven’ never lets us go
Once again Jesus aptly describes that “kingdom stuff of God” that appears upside down and inside out, but when practiced reveals that grace and blessing stuff that is the gift of God.
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Jesus identifies with eternal life, promises it to us
We die with Christ — and, therefore, do not fear it. And we also rise with Christ into a forever life; and death has no more power over us!
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God’s kingdom calls for dedication over everything else
And this is the kind of language that Jesus uses as he proceeds forward toward Jerusalem, where he will die ignominiously on the cross.
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