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The Catholic Calendar for Tuesday, December 2, 2003
First Week of Advent
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Isaiah 11:1-10
Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,12-13,17
Luke 10:21-24
A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. (Luke 10:23)
In this first week of Advent we begin a review of God's plan for humanity's deliverance from sin, God's plan for our salvation. The prophet Isaiah states that our Savior will come to us in human flesh, but will be endowed with all the divine attributes, so that in Him we will see fulfilled the goodness, love, truth, mercy and justice of God.
Isaiah also reveals the humility of our Creator, for He will come to us as a naked, helpless little child. He who created millions of suns, formed and populated the earth with many different creatures before creating man in His own image, now entrusted Himself to us as an infant, offering us His new life so we could be reborn in the likeness of God.
We may be puzzled by Christ telling us that the message of salvation will be hidden from the wise and learned and instead revealed only to the child-like. God excludes no one; we exclude ourselves when worldly riches, knowledge and power render us prideful, self-righteous and self-sufficient, feeling no need of a Savior. The poor, the needy, those humble in spirit and hungering for peace and security will be most open to Christ's message.
Blessed Lord,
shed Your light upon us
that we may see ourselves as we truly are
and so come to You for forgiveness of our pride,
the healing from all our sin.
Amen.
- Marie Bocko, ocds (mlbocko at borg dot com)
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