O Root - the root of true joy

THE WORD IN EXULTATION

December 22, 2020: Fourth Tuesday in Advent

1 Samuel 1: 24-28; Luke 1: 46-56

The Root of Jesse is not merely recalling history, it is projecting a sense of hope and and anticipation and aresultant exulting in the Lord. The Lord Reigns! And that is enough reason for us to exult.

Against the background of the current pandemic and the newest escalation of the same crisis, the Word clarifies to us the role of hope that the Lord gives us. Mindful of it, every person in the Lord is called to exult in the coming of the Lord. 

The Lord came, in history, to ensure that humanity knew its roots, the image and likeness in which it is made. 

The Lord comes in every experience and person which acts as the root of meaning to life and life's choices.

The Lord shall come wherever and whenever there is a search for the roots that can offer hope and meaning to life that is ahead. 

The Word made flesh was the root of Jesse, a descendent of David, the Son of Man, who identified with us - a great reason to rejoice and exult. True joy comes from the fact that we are united in the root, from where comes the real meaning of life. No success or failure, no social status or title, no accomplishment or lack can define me. It is only the deep rooted image of God within me that can give me true joy! This day invites us to contemplate this image of God, made flesh, become human and nourishes as the root  of our very being and of its true joy.