Sunday, December 21, 2014, Fourth Sunday of Advent
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16, Romans 16:25-27, Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29, Luke 1:26-38
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122114.cfm
A "MARY," MERRY CHRISTMAS
"Mary said to the angel, 'How can this be...?' " -Luke 1:34
To have a true Christmas, to meet Christ at Mass in a new, glorious way during the Christmas season, we must have a "Mary" Christmas and love Jesus as Mary does. To have a "Mary" Christmas, we should:
* not fear (Lk 1:30),
* be filled with God's grace (Lk 1:30),
* have "the Holy Spirit...come upon" us (Lk 1:35),
* believe that "nothing is impossible with God" (Lk 1:37),
* rejoice in being the Lord's servants, that is, the slaves of the Lord (Lk 1:38),
* "let it be done" to us according to God's Word (Lk 1:38),
* trust "that the Lord's words" to us will "be fulfilled" (Lk 1:45),
* proclaim "the greatness of the Lord" and find "joy in God" our Savior (Lk 1:46-47),
* "be pierced with a sword" of sorrow (Lk 2:35),
* "do whatever [Jesus] tells" us and tell others to do the same (Jn 2:5),
* be at the foot of Jesus' cross (Jn 19:25), and
* together devote ourselves to constant prayer for a new Pentecost (Acts 1:14).
A "Mary" Christmas is a Christmas of faith, joy, self-sacrifice, obedience, evangelistic zeal, redemptive suffering, praise-filled worship, and constant prayer in the Holy Spirit.
"Mary" Christmas!
Prayer: Prayer: Jesus, may You get what You want for Christmas.
Promise: "The favors of the Lord I will sing forever; through all generations my mouth shall proclaim Your faithfulness." -Ps 89:2
Praise: "O Radiant Dawn, Splendor of eternal light, Sun of Justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death."
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