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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10
Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
Closer Than We Thought
"I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased."
The Gospel tells us that the apostles understood the allusion to Elijah as metaphorical, referring to the greater prophet, John the Baptist, who by this time had been murdered by Herod.
We know, however, that at other times in the Gospel they did not grasp what Jesus said to htem. The apostles only came to a fuller comprehension of Jesus Christ as divine Messiah after his resurrection. The stress of recognition in Jesus'words is worth pondering.
Advent offers us a grace to seek awareness of God at a deeper level of faith--not to remain at our current understanding of God's relations with our soul. The presence of God is always much closer than we acknowledge, and it is often linked to divine requests. Perhaps we do not recognize sufficiently these quiet requests from God for love and sacrifice. John the baptist is an elcellent model to prompt recognition.
His words, "he must increase, I must become less," epitomize a soul giving itself completely to Jesus Christ. Our most imprtant preparation in Advent can be to become humble, lowly, less; in doing so, our souls become docile, accessible to Jesus coming again to us in every opportunity we have to be generous in love.
Reflection based on Mattherw 17: 9a, 10-13
Father Donald Haggerty
Loving Father, help me to make a perfect gift of myself to you.
Advent offers u
Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
Closer Than We Thought
"I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased."
The Gospel tells us that the apostles understood the allusion to Elijah as metaphorical, referring to the greater prophet, John the Baptist, who by this time had been murdered by Herod.
We know, however, that at other times in the Gospel they did not grasp what Jesus said to htem. The apostles only came to a fuller comprehension of Jesus Christ as divine Messiah after his resurrection. The stress of recognition in Jesus'words is worth pondering.
Advent offers us a grace to seek awareness of God at a deeper level of faith--not to remain at our current understanding of God's relations with our soul. The presence of God is always much closer than we acknowledge, and it is often linked to divine requests. Perhaps we do not recognize sufficiently these quiet requests from God for love and sacrifice. John the baptist is an elcellent model to prompt recognition.
His words, "he must increase, I must become less," epitomize a soul giving itself completely to Jesus Christ. Our most imprtant preparation in Advent can be to become humble, lowly, less; in doing so, our souls become docile, accessible to Jesus coming again to us in every opportunity we have to be generous in love.
Reflection based on Mattherw 17: 9a, 10-13
Father Donald Haggerty
Loving Father, help me to make a perfect gift of myself to you.
Advent offers u
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