Tuesday, December 22, 2015 4th Week of Advent 1st Reading:1S1:24–28 Gospel:Lk1:46–56 And Mary said:“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit exults in God my savior! He has looked upon his servant in her lowliness, and people forever will call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great things for me, Holy is his Name! From age to age his mercy extends to those who live in his presence. He has acted with power and done wonders, and scattered the proud with their plans. He has put down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up those who are downtrodden. He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.He held out his hand to Israel, his servant, for he remembered his mercy, even as he promised our fathers, Abraham and his descendants forever.” Mary remained with Elizabeth about three months and then returned home.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE (Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience) Our reflections throughout the Misa de Gallo days had been about “Mercy and Compassion”. After alloca-ting four columns for mercy, we began our series of reflections on compassion yesterday. Before the sufferings of another, the heart of a compassionate person is at its weakest. “When Jesus came upon the widow of Nain ta-king her son out for burial, he felt great compassion for the immense suffering of this grieving mother, and he gave back her son by raising him from the dead (cf. Lk 7:15)” (Misericordiae Vultus, 8). The mother was mise-rable enough being a widow. Must she also lose her only son? Jesus who had the power to bring comfort to this mi-serable woman was filled with compassion and raised up her son back to life. Compassion seeks with passion to bring comfort to the misery of another. In the misery of that grieving mother Jesus saw in advance her mother Mary holding his lifeless body in her arms at the foot of the cross. The experience was too much to bear even for the heart of a God. At this very moment Jesus withheld no power to alleviate the misery of the widow. Compassion withholds nothing from a miserable person but seeks instead with passion to employ all powers and resources available to bring comfort to the suffering person. We are called to be as compassionate as the Master we follow. We will have our reward, anyway. Our God takes it personally what we do to others because Jesus said, “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me”. In another Gospel passage we are told: “the measure you measure with will be measured back to you. God cannot be outdone in generosity. He will fill us to overflowing in good measure, pressed down, and flowing over. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email:dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website:www.frdan.org.
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