REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT 21ST DECEMBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT 21ST DECEMBER 2023 Song of Solomon 2:8-14 or Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Ps.33; Luke 1:39-45 Little acts of Kindness The visit of the angel to Mary left her with two knowledge that were beyond human imagination: first, she is the mother of the expected Messiah and this has happened without the biological intervention of a man; second, her kinswoman Elizabeth whom people concluded was barren and who has exceeded the age of childbearing, is now six months pregnant. Most probably, Mary must have had other friends and relatives but she chose to go to Elizabeth to whom this grace of God is particularly concerned. Here, Mary teaches us how to handle information. One cankerworm that is eating deep into the fabrics of human relationship is gossip. To gossip means to talk behind someone (of whom the issue at hand concerns), before another person who is not directly involved. What makes gossip wrong is not what is said but to whom and how it was s...