HOMILY FOR 21ST DECEMBER. (3)

HOMILY FOR 21ST DECEMBER.

THEME: Blessed are they who carry Jesus to others through thier visits.

BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Song of Songs 2:8-14
Psalm 32:2-3,11-12,20-21
Luke 1:39-45

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
PURPLE/VIOLET

HOMILY FOR 21ST DECEMBER.

THEME: Blessed are they who carry Jesus to others through thier visits.

BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA.

 

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Song of Songs 2:8-14
Psalm 32:2-3,11-12,20-21
Luke 1:39-45

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
PURPLE/VIOLET

*INTRODUCTION*
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is likely that most of us will all be visiting people over the coming days of Christmas and people will be visiting us. It is one of the good traditions of Christmas. We go out of our way to visit family members, friends, those who may be alone at this time of the year. We make a special effort to welcome those who visit us and to make them feel at home.

*ABOUT THE GOSPEL OF THE DAY*
According to the gospel reading we have just heard, Mary set out on a journey to visit her older cousin Elizabeth to be with her in her pregnancy, and she stayed with Elizabeth three months. This was a visit that seemed to bring out the best in both women. Because of Mary’s visit, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and the child in her womb leapt for joy, and Mary herself was moved to pray the great prayer that we know as the Magnificat. Both women, the visitor and the one visited, were the better for Mary’s visit.

RELATED: HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21.

*CONCLUSION*
Mary’s visit to Elizabeth sets the tone for all our visits. Mary brought the Lord to Elizabeth, and Elizabeth, in turn, recognized the coming of the Lord through Mary. The Lord was at the heart of their meeting. We too are called to bring the Lord to those we visit and to recognize the Lord in those who visit us. The Lord is to be at the heart of the visits we make to each other. At this Christmas time of the year, we celebrate the most fundamental visit of all, God’s visit to us in and through Mary’s child. Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, declared in his great prayer, ‘God has visited his people’. We are called to make that great visitation of God to us in Jesus real and concrete in our visits to each other at this Christmas time.
May God bless us all, as we draw near to our festive season.

 

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