Table of the Word
Isaiah 7:10-14
Luke 1:26-38
Theme: God is with us.
Reflection
Today's liturgy of the Word revolves around the themes of faith, trust, and the miraculous occurence.
The first readibg gives an account of prophet Isaiah announcing the message of hope and promise to King Ahaz, urging him to trust in God's plan (cf. Isaiah 7:10-14) While the gospel pericope according to Evangelist Luke 1:26-38 brings before us the story of the Annunciation, in which the angel Gabriel appears to Mary and announces that she will bear a son, Jesus.
In the course of these readings, we have come to the realization of how faith and trust in God interplay with one another. These great virtues are founded on self-abasement or emptiness by abandoning all to God's providence.
Beloved in Christ, no matter how difficult our situation may be, let us not forget that God who is "Emmanuel" is still handling the steering. And all that we got to do is to key into the "Fiat" of our Mother Mary believing that God who knows it all will see us through. + May the Lord bless His words in our heart.
Let us pray
O God, eternal majesty, whose ineffable Word the immaculate Virgin received through the message of an Angel, and so became the dwelling-place of divinity, filled with the light of the Holy Spirit; grant, we pray, that by her example, we may in humility hold fast to your will. Through our Lord Jesus your Son who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen
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