Message of 12-23--14

Published: Tue, 12/23/14

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Tuesday: December 23, 2014
Message of the Day

The purpose of the incarnation is to establish full communion between God and humanity so that in Christ humanity may find adoption and immortality, often called deification by the Fathers: not by emptying human nature but by fulfilling it in the divine life, since only in God is human nature truly itself.
- Olivier Clement, The Roots of Christian Mysticism

(What does the coming of the Christ mean to you? How can you keep this meaning primary in the days ahead?)
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Daily Readings
 
MAL 3:1-4, 23-24;    PS 25:4-5, 8-10, 14;    LK 1:57-66

R.  Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand.

Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.

Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.

All the paths of the LORD are kindness and constancy
toward those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him,
and his covenant, for their instruction.

USCCB Lectionary
 Reflection on the Scriptures
 
Today's gospel offers images of waiting. Elizabeth had many months to ponder the name of her unborn baby...which family member would be honored with a namesake? Contrary to customs, she awaited God's choice: "he will be called John."  One wonders how she knew. How long do we wait for God’s guidance in our own decisions? And Zechariah, having just as many months waiting in silence, affirmed Elizabeth's choice. Can we wait in silence, holding our tongue, until we hear God's voice?

How will I recognize God's presence? The birth of Jesus reminds us to look closely and carefully for something that may be small or vulnerable or tender or seemingly insignificant, in an unlikely place and time.
- by Diane Jorgensen

Creighton Online Ministries

Spiritual Reading

Selected Quotes from the Writings of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

* God has arranged all things in the world in consideration of everything else.

* With nature's help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.

* All of creation God gives to humankind to use. If this privilege is misused, God’s justice permits creation to punish humanity.


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