Once again I am waxing nostalgic over this reading today. The times this was chanted by we seminarians in chapel for evening prayer was glorious. And that my friends, is how you get distracted. This is how one can fail to be present in the moment of every day life and living. Being present at this time of year is especially important. The readings today speak volumes to us and it is virtual symphony of the glory of God in the incarnation.
Each passage today ( Micah 5:2-5, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-56 ) speaks volumes to our beliefs and the real message of the incarnation and God's love for us. The themes that permeate the readings today speak of utter simplicity, of salvation and answers to our clamoring for peace and justice. They speak of complete and boundless love that God has for each and every one of us. There is no room for haughtiness, worldliness, no will to power, no rules to restrain. God's love is, and so our love should also be, complete, satisfying, in the moment love, generous, fulfilling and completely glorious.
If we were madly in love with someone and were to compose the worlds greatest love song or poem, that is a mere glimpse of the love God has for us. For God entered this world not as a Trump, or a great military leader or almost anything that the world measures as rich and powerful, it is the exact opposite that God has done. God enters into our every day humanity and stays in the moment for us at all times, living and loving, sharing in all the simple and ordinary stuff of our lives to show us how to live and exalt our own very existence. Truly magnificent - Magnificat!
Magnificat
Luke 1:46‑55
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel,
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
The promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever
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