CẢM NGHIỆM SỐNG REFLECTION 4TH SUNDAY-B-CHRISTOPHER
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Mo NguyenCẢM NGHIỆM SÔNG LC - CHRISTOPHERFOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR B
20 December 2020
MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF GOD
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD
MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF GOD (Luke 1: 26-38)
If the history of God’s dealings with us teaches us anything, it is that God’s ways don’t always match up with what we expect. David’s rise to power was an unexpected one. He could not have foreseen being chosen from among his brothers, or that he could have defeated Goliath. He knew that behind all these events the God of Israel had been at work. As soon as his kingdom was firmly established, he set out to build a Temple to the God who had made it all possible. Despite his good intentions God had other plans. Rather than David building a house to honour God, it is God who will build a royal house of David.
The last thing Mary would have expected was that the promises made centuries before to David would come to fruition in her own life and that the child born to her would be both Son of God and Israel’s king. Two thousand years later we are still coming to terms with the meaning of Gabriel’s annunciation to Mary – what must it have been like for her? And yet, it is in the midst of this unsettling and unexpected news that her remarkable faith and confidence in God shines through as she responds: ‘Let what you have said be done.’
Years later, as Paul concludes his letter to the Christians of Rome, he ponders all mysterious ways of God. He invites us to respond with praise and wonder to the gift we have been given in Jesus, God’s most unexpected and most welcome surprise.
CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP
God Moves in a Mysterious Way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aGfOeic54
XIN VÂNG / YES, LORD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUjKYsSWUQ8