REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF ADVENT 19TH DECEMBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF ADVENT 19TH DECEMBER 2023 Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps.71; Luke 1:5-25 Jesus comes to make the Impossible Possible As Jesus’ coming draws near, the aroma (foretaste) of his mission is perceived in today’s readings. Particularly, Jesus came to save man by gaining for him pardon for sins and reconciliation with God the Father. This is something only God can do. If another could do that which Christ came to do, then his coming will bear no uniqueness. Now, sin is ultimately an offence against God. This is something all men are guilty of. Therefore, man cannot be of help to his fellow men. Only God can forgive sins. In the first reading of today, an angel of the Lord appeared to a woman who was married to Manoah and was barren. Her situation was one that no one could help. When the angel made known to the woman the coming and mission of a son through her, she believed because she recognized the speaker to be a man of God whose countenance ...