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Advent Week Four - Wednesday
By Pat Lee | December 21, 2011
Wednesday - December 21st: Joyful Anticipation of the Messiah
Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Psalm 33:2-3,11-12,20-21 Luke 1:39-45
Reflection: Mary was given the “blessedness” of being the mother of the Messiah, the Son of God.
When Elizabeth greeted Mary and recognized the Messiah in Mary’s womb they were filled with the Holy Spirit and with joyful anticipation of the fulfilment of God’s promise to give us a Saviour. God fills not only Elizabeth’s heart with his Holy Spirit but the child in her womb as well. John the Baptist, even before the birth of the Messiah, pointed to his coming and leapt for joy in the womb of his mother.
The Holy Spirit, given to us in our baptism, enables us to know and experience the presence of God and the power of his kingdom in our day-to-day lives. The Holy Spirit is the way in which God acts today in and through Jesus’ church. In Advent we reflect on the reality of God’s presence with us through his Holy Spirit.
“Lord Jesus, touch me with God’s Holy Spirit and help me to experience you more deeply. Increase my faith in your promises and help me to love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength and to love my neighbour as myself.”
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