The texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary orient us
to our mission to bring joy and fullness by living in the Presence of God. The
passages from the Book of Joel and the Psalms describe a Kingdom of the
righteous which is filled with good things from Providence and in which those
who have battled against the people of Israel are judged and justice is
enacted. The response of the woman in the Gospel of Luke today as she blesses
the Mother of Jesus for her birthing and nurturing role is used to illuminate
our role, as Friar Jude Winkler comments, to make Jesus Present today and
always by our hearing of His call to serve and surrender our will to the Will
of God. The “yes” of Mary to the will of God is our continuous model of how to
respond to the Word we hear. The Word continues to bring joy and fullness to
life.
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