Wednesday, December 23, 2015

December 23 - Homily for Today - O Emmanuel

+ Today we recall the birth of the herald, tomorrow night we begin the celebration of the Nativity of the One Heralded! John the Baptist was the last and greatest prophet because he was the one to point to Christ and say: Look, behold, there he is, he is the One who we have been waiting for to be our liberator, our redeemer and our friend! Tomorrow night as we place the Christ Child in our mangers we too can point and say: Look, behold, the Lamb of God, born into our world to take away our sins! Today at this Mass we revel in the fact that we are privileged to be called even daily to the supper of [that] Lamb!

May our final preparations for Christmas be done now in quiet, hopeful joy and anticipation of the tiny one will come to those who know where to look to find him – in the inner recesses of their hearts!


Lift us your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand.

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