The Lowly
This time of year we get so caught up in the bright lights, perfect gifts, joyful parties...all the excitement and exuberance of the season permeates the air around us.
Yet today's readings offer a discomforting reminder - God reaches for the lowly, the forgotten, those down trodden or desperate. During this season when our own concerns, our own celebrations, our own traditions dominate our thoughts it is challenging to remember those of whom Mary sings in today's Gospel.
Today's Gospel reminds us to remember the lowly. Remember those who are suffering cold, hunger, loneliness, pain, and trauma in our own homes, neighborhood, and city. Remember those who are suffering throughout the world from hunger, displacement, war, lack of medical care, drought, and poverty. Remember that God hears the lowly. God calls us to be like him, so let us hear the cry of the lowly and answer. How may you be the hands, feet, and heart of God today?
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