First Reading: 2 Samuel 7: 1 - 5, 8 - 12, 14, 16
1 Now when the king dwelt in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent."
3 And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you."
4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,
5 "Go and tell my servant David, `Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
8 Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David, `Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel;
9 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,
11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.
12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men;
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.'"
Psalms 89: 2 - 5, 27, 29
2 For thy steadfast love was established for ever, thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
3 Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:
4 `I will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.'" [Selah]
5 Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O LORD, thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
27 And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
29 I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
Second Reading: Romans 16: 25 - 27
25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages
26 but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith --
27 to the only wise God be glory for evermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Gospel Reading: Luke 1: 26 - 38
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"
29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."
34 And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?"
35 And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
36 And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing will be impossible."
38 And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.
Sermon/Preaching/Homily - Sr.Francine
Luke has finely painted picture of a sublime annunciation. It says in the prologue of his Gospel, taking good information, perhaps in the family of Jesus, perhaps even to Mary that we described two occasions "kept all these things in her heart" (2, 19.51).
The account he gives us is entirely composed of reminiscences from the Bible, like the sublime words of the annunciation to Sarah and Abraham: "Is there anything too wonderful for the Lord? "(Genesis 18, 14) or the cry of joy in the design of Anne of Samuel:" My heart exults in the Lord "(1 Samuel 2, 1). How the evangelist could he put into words the unique experience of God's Word made flesh and hosted by Mary, without draining the vocabulary and images of the First Testament?
Luke juxtaposes two birth announcements: that of John the Baptist in Jerusalem and that of Jesus of Nazareth, the first in the prestigious Temple, the second in a village lost, one to a priest who does not, the other a girl who opens her whole being to God and life ...
The phrase that the girl of Nazareth pronounced is one of the best a human being can speak to God. Let me highlight a simple point of grammar of the Greek text of the Gospel to grasp the depth of the response of the Virgin. When Matthew tells us the Lord's Prayer, he says, for example: "Thy kingdom come! "It uses an imperative which expresses a clear desire. Marie here uses the same Greek verb form but γινομαι optative, expressing a wish much finer. With exquisite delicacy, calls upon the Lord, if he wishes, if they so desire, to enter the heart of his life and let it rise in the mystery he has to propose its messenger.
If you wish, then, that your project take birth in me and he lives he lives entirely in the heart of my being. As the little Jewish slave of the wife of Naaman, the Syrian general who said simply, "Ah! If only my master spoke to the prophet in Samaria! He would deliver him from his leprosy ... "(2 Kings 5, 3), Marie lets go through it with ease amazing work of God. It is difficult to find best model of Advent.
For the angel of God is sent to each of us to be the messenger of the birth of God in every man. 'God creates at all times his Son in you ", exclaims the poet German mystic Angelus Silesius. Everyone is expected to receive in itself the seed of divine life, to house God, to become the home where God's Word takes flesh. Each can be covered by the cloud of the Shekinah, the Divine Presence in the sanctuary of his heart.
We ask Mary to get some of its simplicity and availability. Suffice it to say really "yes" to our desert flourish and be fruitful land of our heart. - Sr.Francine
1 Now when the king dwelt in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent."
3 And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you."
4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,
5 "Go and tell my servant David, `Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
8 Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David, `Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel;
9 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,
11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.
12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men;
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.'"
Psalms 89: 2 - 5, 27, 29
2 For thy steadfast love was established for ever, thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
3 Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:
4 `I will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.'" [Selah]
5 Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O LORD, thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
27 And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
29 I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
Second Reading: Romans 16: 25 - 27
25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages
26 but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith --
27 to the only wise God be glory for evermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Gospel Reading: Luke 1: 26 - 38
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"
29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."
34 And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?"
35 And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
36 And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing will be impossible."
38 And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.
Sermon/Preaching/Homily - Sr.Francine
Luke has finely painted picture of a sublime annunciation. It says in the prologue of his Gospel, taking good information, perhaps in the family of Jesus, perhaps even to Mary that we described two occasions "kept all these things in her heart" (2, 19.51).
The account he gives us is entirely composed of reminiscences from the Bible, like the sublime words of the annunciation to Sarah and Abraham: "Is there anything too wonderful for the Lord? "(Genesis 18, 14) or the cry of joy in the design of Anne of Samuel:" My heart exults in the Lord "(1 Samuel 2, 1). How the evangelist could he put into words the unique experience of God's Word made flesh and hosted by Mary, without draining the vocabulary and images of the First Testament?
Luke juxtaposes two birth announcements: that of John the Baptist in Jerusalem and that of Jesus of Nazareth, the first in the prestigious Temple, the second in a village lost, one to a priest who does not, the other a girl who opens her whole being to God and life ...
The phrase that the girl of Nazareth pronounced is one of the best a human being can speak to God. Let me highlight a simple point of grammar of the Greek text of the Gospel to grasp the depth of the response of the Virgin. When Matthew tells us the Lord's Prayer, he says, for example: "Thy kingdom come! "It uses an imperative which expresses a clear desire. Marie here uses the same Greek verb form but γινομαι optative, expressing a wish much finer. With exquisite delicacy, calls upon the Lord, if he wishes, if they so desire, to enter the heart of his life and let it rise in the mystery he has to propose its messenger.
If you wish, then, that your project take birth in me and he lives he lives entirely in the heart of my being. As the little Jewish slave of the wife of Naaman, the Syrian general who said simply, "Ah! If only my master spoke to the prophet in Samaria! He would deliver him from his leprosy ... "(2 Kings 5, 3), Marie lets go through it with ease amazing work of God. It is difficult to find best model of Advent.
For the angel of God is sent to each of us to be the messenger of the birth of God in every man. 'God creates at all times his Son in you ", exclaims the poet German mystic Angelus Silesius. Everyone is expected to receive in itself the seed of divine life, to house God, to become the home where God's Word takes flesh. Each can be covered by the cloud of the Shekinah, the Divine Presence in the sanctuary of his heart.
We ask Mary to get some of its simplicity and availability. Suffice it to say really "yes" to our desert flourish and be fruitful land of our heart. - Sr.Francine
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