This Our Day of Good News,
Light and Salvation by Sam Miller
“Happy the people who know You,
Lord, who walk in the radiance of Your face!” (Psalm 89:16)
“The people
who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the
land of gloom a light has shone…For a child is born to us, a son is given us;
upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero,
Father-Forever, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah
9:1, 5)
“Announce his salvation, day after day.” (Psalm 96:2b)
“Beloved: The grace of God has appeared, saving all” (Titus 2:11)
“The angel
said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news
of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a
savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord.” (Luke 2:10-11)
“A light will shine on us
this day: the Lord is born for us.” (Responsorial
Psalm Response)
“Beloved: When the kindness and generous love of
God our savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but
because of his mercy, He saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by
the Holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our
savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of
eternal life.
(Titus 3:4-7)
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad
tidings, announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation…all the ends of
the earth will behold the salvation of our God.” (Isaiah 10:7, 10)
“All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation
by our God.” (Psalm 98:3b)
(God) “He has spoken to us through the Son, whom he
made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe, who is the
refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all
things by his mighty word.” (Hebrews
1:2-3a)
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to
be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to
be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…The true
light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the
world, and the world came to be through him…But
to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God (John 1:1-5, 9-10a, 12a)
Piety
Maranatha! Lord of Life, Love,
Power and Salvation, open the door of my heart to receive You anew. My Lord,
“Who all the world cannot contain, come in my heart to dwell.”
Study
So, which Mass do I choose for
this one Daily Tripod? Seems like just concentrating on the Mass During the Day
might leave out some important information. I obviously checked out all of the
readings, from the Vigil Mass through the Mass During Christmas Day and
discovered lots of connections! Each Mass speaks of light, Good News, Salvation
or saving power and Sonship or power to become heirs, children of God.
Paraphrasing Beth
DeCristofaro’s, December 14 citing of Fr Richard Rohr’s teaching, mentions: In
preparing for Christmas, we’re not talking about waiting for a little baby to be born, but welcoming the universal, cosmic
Christ! We need to prepare as John was preparing the Way. We need to make room!
That really got my attention. Since then, I’ve
heard, on different occasions, how worldly distractions crowd into the room
we’re preparing, like shopping, baking, decorating, and more. The real grabber
was when I heard something called “Mary’s Dream” on the Catholic Channel,
Sirius XM. Mary was telling Joseph about a dream she’d had about parties with
decorations and gifts. Though the parties were for Jesus, none of the gifts
were for Him and He wasn’t even invited to attend! Please, Lord, bring me back
to the proper preparation for You always!
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through Him, and
without Him nothing came to be.”
WOW, Wonder of Wonders!!! ALL that HISTORY, FROM
THE BEGINNING, ALL that POWER, ALL that CLOSENESS, CONNECTEDNESS
and ONENESS consented, said “YES”, to appearing in human form for my salvation,
to overcome my darkness!!! By my accepting Him, through His power to save, I am
HIM-powered to become a child of God!!!!
Action
In celebration of the
wonder of this day, I’m reminded of a dear Priest who could NOT give an
extemporaneous homily, he had to have prepared notes. He explained that
shortly after his ordination, the pastor encouraged him to try an impromptu
presentation and he just froze. Nothing came out when he opened his mouth! So,
at a Saturday Vigil, when our Deacon was supposed to bring the homily and
didn’t show up for Mass, Father “L” was at a loss. He read the Gospel and
immediately said “Let’s take a few moments to reflect on what we’ve just
heard.” and sat down to do some reflecting himself!
Reflect today on the
Gift, the Love, the Light, the Saving power, the Present received and SHINING through
our Lord, Jesus Christ!!!
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