+ The joyful anticipation of the arrival of the Christmas
celebration is increasing to fever pitch. The Prophet
Zephaniah in the first reading encourages those waiting for the Messiah to shout for joy and sing exultantly…be glad and
exult with all your heart – because God has decided to favor his people
with forgiveness and mercy and to remove their guilt and their sin forever. The Lord will be Emmanuel to them - in their
midst - and there will be no reason to fear again!
In
the gospel passage, Elizabeth and the child of her womb, John the
Baptist, revel in the exact proximity and nearness of the Lord, quite
literally. The fruit of Mary’s womb – Jesus – is recognized and hailed by
Mary’s kin, just inches away from each other and there is great rejoicing in
that household that day. Yes, Emmanuel is here!
May
rejoicing and exultation, merry making and singing be found in our
households – beginning today – as we focus in now on the final few days before
the great solemnity of the Lord’s Nativity!
For
we know that he has already come, he comes when we call him,
and he will come again when he is sent to judge us on our deeds of charity done
for love of his Father and him. May we have an enormous supply of them to show
him on that day.
Exult, you just in the Lord!
Sing to him a new song.
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