Gospel: Luke 1:67-79
Zechariah his father, filled with the Holy
Spirit, prophesied, saying:
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; for
he has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty
Savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through his prophets he
promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all
who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and
to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath he swore to our father
Abraham: to set us free from the hand of our enemies, free to worship him
without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life. You, my
child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the
Lord to prepare his way, to give his people knowledge of salvation by
the forgiveness of their sins. In the tender compassion of our God the dawn
from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and
the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
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Reflection:
When do you feel that you are full of the
Holy Spirit? It’s when you make prayer part of your daily life. You pray not
once a day, not twice a day, not thrice a day, not four times a day, not even five
times a day. You pray more than the sum total of the numbers that was
mentioned.
Many of us do not pray often everyday because
we think that it takes time to pray, no it doesn’t take time to pray. We can
even pray even for a few seconds because the efficacy of our prayer is not measured
by its length it’s measured by our focus and intensity.
In our gospel we have the father of John
named Zechariah. He is not only a priest he is also a holy man and as such he
is a prayerful man; he prays with focus and passion. Because of his prayerful
life it was already automatic for Zechariah to be filled with God the Holy
Spirit.
The canticle of Zechariah was not only his
own making it was also largely influenced by God the Holy Spirit whom he was
always in-touch with thru his prayerful life. It was the Holy Spirit who
empowered Zechariah to compose his canticle or song of praise for God.
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