Spending Advent With Mary, The Mother Of Jesus
December 18, 2013 │ Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Advent
Mary’s Gift
Reflection
This period of December is usually filled with shopping and gift buying as people around the world prepare for Christmas. We can become very busy with baking, decorating, and parties.
But let’s pause today and think together about Mary’s Gift. We often hear about this gift in the Gospel. In one story, John’s followers go to Jesus to ask if he is indeed the one for whom they were waiting. Jesus responded that they should return to John and tell him what gifts they saw God giving to us through him and his ministry: sight, speech, healing, and good news! What gifts!
Advent is a time for us to ponder Mary’s Gift, her son, Jesus Christ. How we receive this gift is more important than all the shopping and decorating of a thousand Decembers! Like Mary, we
must be ready for this re-birth into our lives. Be ready as during Advent your intimacy with Christ grows to an ever-greater level. Be ready to allow the Spirit to turn your heart to him, to trust him in prayer.
Share with others or ponder alone
Describe those moments when you are alone with Christ. What is your prayer like? How is Christ a gift in your life?
Take action
Christ is present to us through one another. Give someone a gift today! Give them your time. This will be, like Mary’s Gift, the gift of Christ.
Prayer for today
Mary, help me prepare to enter into ever deeper intimacy
with Christ. Open my heart to receive your gift into my life. Amen.
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Author: Bill Huebsch