THANKS TO DIVINE REVELATION
(Luke 10:21-24)
In the Gospel of today, Jesus
rejoiced in the Holy Spirit. His great joy is because it pleased God to reveal
to the little ones what He didn't reveal to the mighty.
We join Jesus in thanksgiving for
this holy season of advent when we anticipate the coming of God in the lowliest
form to save and redeem us in our lowliness, to dwell with us, taking our
nature and replacing it with His own divine
nature.
It is in Jesus Christ that God
has revealed to us the unseen God because Christ is the image of the unseen God
in whom we have redemption. We are called upon to take up child-like nature in
order to welcome Christ who is coming to us like a child. This childlikeness
takes us back to the innocence and purity we received at baptism when we got
our rebirth.
Jesus comes to reveal to us the
way to heaven which we lost through disobedience in Adam and Eve. In Him,
through Mary, the revelation of God through incarnation is made possible.
We should appreciate the daily
opportunities we have to see what God reveals to us. We should ensure that this
year's advent is properly utilized to open our spiritual eyes to see beyond
material and bodily preparations, to grasp the spiritual undertones of the
grace God offers us this advent.
Our blessedness depends on what
we see, how we accept this season, how we visualize what this season stands
for. May God from above look down and see our effort and really rejoice in the
Holy Spirit for what God is going to reveal to us about our life, about our
ways, about decisions, about our celebrations, about our relationships, about
our challenges, about our holistic wellbeing etc.
Let us pray
Thank You Lord God for your joy
in the Holy Spirit over us even in our nothingness. We believe in you. We know
you are rejoicing because of what you will make out of our nothingness. We hand
over our little faith to you. Make of us what is your will and help us to work
well with the grace You lavish on us this period through Christ our Lord. Amen
God bless your Tuesday. (Advent
Week 1)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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