The will to visit

Whose will be done? As the Christmas season approaches, we may be asking this question in many contexts. In the Roman Catholic Lectionary for today, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the author of Hebrews express the answer of Jesus. It is to do the “will of the Father” that Jesus is given a body. The “Incarnation” is the will of the Father. It is the “thy will be done” of the Lord’s Prayer. We like Mary are to carry Jesus. We like Mary, in today’s Gospel from Luke, are to carry Jesus to others. Our visits, at this time, and always are to bring the joy of spirit that Elizabeth experiences from Mary's visit to others. Simple? Easier than following Laws? Not always.