O Emmanuel - God is with us!

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

December 24, 2020: 2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16; Luke 1: 67-79

The Lord takes flesh, takes a home, comes into a human family, as a human being... God becomes human and stays with us, forever. The Lord's home is not made of bricks and sand, but of flesh and blood, of heart and soul, of persons and relationships. That is the true home into which the Lord shall be born. 

The first reading speaks of the home that David wants to build and the home that the Lord wishes to have built. It is the house, a generation, a progeny, a people, a nation, a humanity that belongs to God, remains united to God and finds meaning in the Lord.

The Gospel presents the prophecies that were coming true in the events around the birth of John the Baptist. The tongue of Zachariah gets loosened and he sings of the prophecies, the plan of God unfolds itself, the revelation of God unravels itself. 

The atmosphere and the Word today, creates the mood of Christmas... inviting us to create a home for God becoming flesh. It is in our flesh,in our heart and in our lives that we have to house the Lord. It is not merely crib or the church buildings, but our hearts and the bindings of our heart that have to truly house the Lord. 

God is with us! Becoming aware of it and becoming worthy of it is the urgent call,by now. It's the hour and the day!