In every month, the angel Gabriel is sent from God and arrives at a town called Nazareth, Salem, Ankara, Mumbai to a woman named Mary, Katherine, Zehra, Chunhua. And coming to her, the angel says, “Hail, favored one! God is with you.” But she is troubled at what is said and ponders what sort of greeting this is. Then the angel says to her, “Do not be afraid for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a child, and you shall name your child, ‘God is with us.’ Your child will be great and will be called Child of the Most High, and God will give your child Presence, Grace, and Kindness of which there will be no end. The favored mother says to the angel, “How can this be well?” And the angel says to her in reply, “The Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Spirit will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called beautiful, a Child of God. And behold your kinswomen, your relatives, are also conceiving sons and daughters in their youth and in their old age. For those thought barren and isolated, the Sacagaweas, Molly Browns, Jane Addamss, Recy Taylors, Kayla Muellers, will give birth to a new generation of children. They will be children to change the world, for nothing will be impossible for God.” “Behold” the wise mothers said, “We are the servants of Life. May all this be done to us according to your word.”
Prayer: Spirit of Life, May our bodies bring healing life to birth.
Question: What do I need to stop thinking is impossible and make happen?
December 24, 2017 Gospel Luke 1:26-38 Fourth Sunday of Advent