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Fourth Sunday of Advent
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16
Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
Romans 16:25-27
Luke 1:26-38
Summary
Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel and willingly accepts to be the mother of
Jesus.
Reflection
Sometimes God whispers in his call, and sometimes there has to be something
more drastic. We called from the moments of our births to be the hands and
feet of Jesus. When Gabriel visited Mary it was to tell her that she was chosen,
even when she doubted her own ability to do what God was asking, her faith in
God washed that doubt away. Mary accepted her role as mother and protector,
even when the path that was in front of her was not something she had ever
done before. Her faith in knowing that God would journey with her, that each
step might not be smooth, that the unknown test her,
but never giving up.
We are all called to go forward and do God’s work. We are called to be Children
of God, whether it be as wife, parent, single, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, deacon,
priest, Nun or Brother. God calls us all toVocation, to be the light for our fami-
lies, community, city, state, country,World. We are called to make our world a
better place, our time, treasure and talent are freely given by our Creator to
help our families, our community, those who are on the margins see the light of
our Savior in all of us.
Mary questioned if she was truly called to be the vessel and mother of Jesus, not
knowing if she could fulfill the task. We all doubt, is this the right time to get
married, to have children, to commit to a religious order, donate time, our lim-
ited time, to the betterment of our fellow per-
sons, if God was truly calling me. Like Mary, we
must listen to what God is asking us to do, we
may not be visited by an Angel, or perhaps we
are, by those who are involved in our lives and
see that good and strength that already resides
within us. It is through faith, like the faith and
love Mary had for God that we say yes when