Homily for December 22, 2021
Collect
Luke
1: 46-56
Ursulines,
Willow Dr., New Rochelle, N.Y.
We prayed in the Collect that the fallen
human race might merit the company of God’s Only-begotten Son as their
Redeemer.
We, of course, are that fallen race, well aware of our sins. We’re here because we repent them and desire the company of our Redeemer.
God graciously sent our Redeemer to show his
“mercy on those who fear him in every generation” (Luke 1:50), even unto
us. He accompanies us constantly with
his mercy. (Isn’t it wonderful how much
our Holy Father emphasizes God’s mercy!)
We can’t “merit” our Redeemer’s company, not
on our own. God’s will to redeem us of
itself makes us worthy of grace, worthy of the company of his Son.
His Son becomes our company, the guest of our
souls and of our hearts when we celebrate the Eucharist. He walks in our company thruout the day when
we welcome him by prayer and by practicing the presence of God. His company as our Redeemer also enables us
to reveal his mercy, his loving-kindness, to our sisters and to others—sharing
his company with them.
We pray on the Last Day to merit the company
of our Redeemer; we hope that he’ll address us as his good and true servants,
his beloved whom he desires to keep in his company forever, “proclaiming the
greatness of the Lord,” of God our Savior (cf. Luke 1:46-47).
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