+ Today we come to the last Mass of the Advent Season and in it we conclude the very special Masses of Advent which are centered on the theme of the eight "O Antiphons" of the Magnificat of the Blessed Virgin Mary found in Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours.
Today's "O-title"(which is also the Alleluia Verse at this Mass) is "King and Keystone– O King of all nations, and Keystone of the Church: come to save man, whom you formed from the dust" It is good to know that the One from whom the Church originates and the One keeping it all together with his power and his love is wholly of God, wholly reliable, wholly dependable and wholly adorable. We have reached the time now of the completion of the prophecies that needed to surround the birth of the Messiah. The birth of John the Baptist, paralleling the sending of Elijah the Prophet broke the silence of God's immediate execution of the plan of our salvation. He is so very near now, and John would be the one to literally point to him and say: Look, there he is; there is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world! The time of Jesus to become resident King of all nations and Keystone of the family of Church that he would found which would prepare all these nations for eternal blessedness is only hours away now! What is it that we have to offer Jesus tomorrow on this particular Night of Christmas? What is it that he has to offer us that is different from any other year? What a marvelous exchange of gifts can occur if we cooperate and plan for it today!
Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand.
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