From December 17th onward, we shift into a higher gear in our Advent preparation for Christmas: it is the time of the "O Antiphons" which are used for the Magnificat at Evening Prayer in the Divine Office – as well as the "Alleluia Verse" of Daily Mass. Each "O" statement makes known a special title of the coming Messiah: Son of God and Son of Mary.
Today's "O" statement is O Key of David, come and free the prisoners of darkness!
To be born blind is one thing. Perhaps, those born blind do not even know really what they a missing – because they never could see at all. But, those who are intellectually and spiritually blind from birth or as a learned art can sense their handicap – and they can know for sure what they are missing out on! Before the coming of the Messiah – there was no chance of overcoming intellectual and spiritual blindness. The Messiah would come and open the gates of the heavenly Kingdom and let the Light of the Kingdom illumine the mind and the heart of man!
There are a great many in our day in age who not only are in intellectual and spiritual darkness, but they actually glory in it, wallow in it, and use it for all it is worth for their own personal notoriety, vainglory and gain. They seek lives in the shadows – and then expect to be felt sorry for and pitied when things "go wrong!"
May we who are baptized into the Light of Christ this day rejoice in the intellectual and spiritual sight that is ours for the receiving, ours for the simple price of belief and assent of faith – ours at the cost of the Death of Christ on the Cross! And may we share our light with others!
Let the Lord enter; he is the king of glory! His glory is the Light of Life!
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