The Lord himself will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Emmanuel, a name which means “God-is-with-us”.

4th Sunday in Advent

The Lord himself will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Emmanuel, a name which means “God-is-with-us”.

Before Christmas we may be caught up in the whirlwind of preparations and forget what is essential.

Let us take the time to welcome the Emmanuel, this God who is near, who comes to overturn our images of an all-powerful, stifling God.

 

“We are approaching the adorable mystery of Christmas; we must walk in this light. ‘The Lord is near, he is coming... he will not delay and he will illuminate the depths of our darkness’. Yes, that is it. Jesus will illuminate our darkness but he reveals to us that in this darkness there is a beginning of light because, ultimately, there is in us an immense aspiration towards greatness and that is good, very good. It is to greatness that we are called and true greatness is to go beyond ourselves, to be free of ourselves.”  

 

Maurice Zundel: Ta Parole comme une source