Advent 4, 20 Dec 2020
Lk 1:26-38
John the Baptist
Many Christians throughout the world are celebrating the last Sunday of Advent, a season of preparing ourselves spiritually for the coming of the Christ.
John the Baptist has led the way through Advent calling us to repent and prepare our hearts to be baptized by Him who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
When we deepen our spiritual living, we realize that everything we do is about Christ and not about us. “He must increase, I must decrease.”
Remember Jesus saying “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”: your life is not about you, you are about life. In other words:
Your life is not about you, you are about Christ.
The Church’s ministry is about Jesus’ Kingdom of Love, and about drawing us and all those around us into that freedom and love.
Mary, the Mother of God, has something to teach us about drawing others into God’s kingdom of freedom and love.
Mary and You and Me and the Annunciation
Listening: “Hail full of grace! The Lord is with you”
Pondering: “she pondered what sort of greeting this might be”
Consenting: “May it be done to me according to your word.”
Receiving: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you.”
Conceiving: “you will conceive in your womb”
Christ and His Kingdom of Love: “of his kingdom there will be no end”
Mary shows us the way for deep spiritual living, she shows us the way to the feast of Christmas.
Christmas
When we spiritually give birth to God who is Love in our lives, the people around us know it by how non-judgemental and compassionate we are to others and how loving we are in our everyday ordinary lives and activities.
With Mary, let us say “yes” to the word of the angel.
Let us become pregnant with the holy.
Let us embody God’s compassion and love and joy.
God is with us. Emmanuel.
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