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The Catholic Calendar for Thursday, December 18, 2003
Thursday of the Third Week of Advent
O Come,
Leader of ancient Israel,
giver of the Law of Moses on Sinai:
rescue us with your mighty power!
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Jeremiah 23:5-8
Psalm 72:1,12-13,18-19
Matthew 1:18-24
A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
"Which Means, 'God Is With Us'"
We approach Christmas rapidly and we hear about the birth of the long-awaited One -- Him for whom the world pined even when it did not know for what it was longing.
And Jesus came as a sign of many things. One of those things was a reminder to the people who awaited Him. God is with us. He was always with the chosen people, and His express desire was that all should become part of the chosen people.
Today, God is with us still. He is with us in our every-day lives. He is with us in the extraordinary events of the day. He is with us in our sorrows when we turn to Him and notice Him. And He is with us in our joys, when all too often we forget and neglect Him. He patiently awaits us. He longs for us to turn to Him and recognize Him as the One for whom we have thirsted and waited so long. We waited so long for His coming to us because we never opened the door outside of which He has been standing and gently knocking for many, many years.
Jesus is Emmanuel--God is with us.
Let's make a point of remembering that every single day.
- JuandelaCruz, (sriddle415 at yahoo dot com)
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