Daily Meditation - Saturday 8th Dec 2007 - God's Plan for My Life

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Saturday, December 08, 2007

Meditation

Luke 1:26-38
Readings for Today’s Mass:
usccb.org/nab/120807.shtml

The Immaculate Conception of Mary

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Have you ever wondered why there are so many beautiful works of art portraying the early life of Mary? Why do imaginative stories like those of the birth of Mary to Anne and Joachim, her dedication as a young girl in the Temple, and her betrothal to Joseph have such a strong appeal? ………
…for each one of us is just as fantastic as his plan for Mary. We may not have had the grace of an immaculate conception, but that doesn’t mean that we are barred from the glory of heaven that Mary knows right now. And neither does it mean that we have to wait for our final salvation before we can begin enjoying the adventure God wants to give us. …….for full text, go to:
wau.org/meditations/meditations.asp?month=12&day=08&year=2007&x=19&y=6
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ocarm.org/lectio/anno_a/ora39eng.htm
) A key to the reading:
*Though we take again the themes of Matthew and Mark, the Gospel of Luke is an original composition under many aspects. The Evangelist inserts into his narrative new material in regard to the other Gospel narratives. In the first two chapters which deal with the infancy of Jesus, Luke follows the Jewish tradition, with many direct and indirect references to the Old Testament. The Theology, the symbolism and the whole of the account of the infancy of Jesus have and find their roots in the Semitic world, different in many verses from the world and the Greek thought. *
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          The Evangelist places the beginning of his narrative in the milieu of the ‘anawim, the poor of the Lord, that is, those who are submitted with altruism to God’s Will, firm in faith that the Lord will send them salvation in the opportune time. To the ‘anawim the Lord promises to send the Messiah, sent to bring the news to the afflicted, to soothe the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, release to those in prison, to proclaim a year of favour from Yahweh and a day of vengeance for our God, to comfort all who mourn, to give to Zion’s mourners...” (is 61, 1 ff).*
*This promise of God is fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth who *
…to read on go to:
ocarm.org/lectio/anno_a/ora39eng.htm
 
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