December 21
Go in haste to serve God Luke 1:39-45 The reading from the Song of Songs is way too inspiring. "I hear my Beloved. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills. My Beloved is like a gazelle, like a young stag." (Song of Songs 2:8) Could there be someone who's as excited and passionate to meet his lover than the Beloved? In the Gospel, Mary went in haste to her cousin Elizabeth. "Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit." (Luke 1:39) The next four days will help us prepare to be like a gazelle or a stag, journey in haste to serve our Lord and our brothers and sisters. Is that how we feel we go to Church activities? What do we need to put energy into our faith and parish lives? First, God calls The one who calls us to service is God Himself, not the voice of evil, materialism or greed. Only in knowing the loving God could we have...