Saturday, December 24, 2016 4th Week of Advent
1st Reading: 2 S 7:1-5,8-12,14,16 Gospel: Luke 1:67-79
Zechariah, filled with holy spirit, sang this canticle, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has come and redeemed his people. He has raised up for us a victorious Savior in the house of David his servant, as he promised through his prophets of old, salvation from our enemies and from the hand of our foes.
He has shown mercy to our fathers and remembered his holy covenant, the oath he swore to Abraham, our father, o deliver us from the enemy, that we might serve him fearlessly as a holy and righteous people all the days of our lives. And you, my child, shall be called prophet of the Most High, for you shall go before the Lord to prepare the way for him and enable his people to know of their salvation when he comes to forgive their sins. This is the work of the mercy of our God, who comes from on high as a rising sun shining on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, and guiding our feet into the way of peace.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life
Experience)
Circumstances in life made Zechariah mute. But the desire to praise God restored his power of speech. These came to be called the Canticle of Zechariah – a song that ends with an acknowledgement that the Messiah would come to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Christmas is round the bend and we shall celebrate once more the historical coming of the Messiah who came to guide our feet into the way of peace. It is also an opportune time to reflect why up to now peace is still elusive. In his Encyclical Letter of 11 April 1963 entitled Peace on Earth, Blessed John XXIII wrote that Peace should be established in truth, justice and charity.
The pope opened his encyclical with an observation of the “astonishing order” reigning both in living things and in the forces of nature. Such order however is in stark contrast with the “turmoil of individual men and peoples”.
The irony of it all is that God had installed human beings as lord of creation. It was in view of this designation that God had imprinted in human hearts an order which conscience reveals to human beings and enjoins them to obey.
Thus it is clear that the obligations of the law are written in the human hearts. These obligations pertain not only between human beings and nature but also among human beings themselves interacting in society. “The order which prevails in society is by nature moral. Grounded as it is in truth, it must function according to the norms of justice, it should be inspired and perfected by mutual love, and finally it should be brought to an ever more refined and human balance in freedom.” –Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM.
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