REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT 20TH DECEMBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT 20TH DECEMBER 2023 Isaiah 7:10-14; Ps.24; Luke 1:26-38 Embracing Daily Conversion In the gospel reading of today, we find an interaction between man and the divine, between Mary and the Angel Gabriel. It was a unique experience for Mary. The visit and message of the angel first caused Mary to be greatly troubled because she did not understand what it was all about. The message of the angel meant that henceforth, Mary will now share deeply in the life of the Lord. The kind of conversion Mary experienced here is not one that involves a movement from sin to purity or from darkness to light; but one of from light to brighter light. The Lord had a plan for Mary but that plan rested on Mary’s virtue of purity. She thought that her virginity would constituted a hindrance to the realization of the message of the angel; little did she know that it was on her virginity that Christian faith and theology will rest. If Mary was not a virgin,...