On the fourth Sunday of Advent, we are invited to reflect on the light of God’s love.
How often are we like Joseph, caught in a seemingly impossible situation, trying to do the right thing but struggling to figure out what that is? The Lord Himself gave Joseph a sign, coming to Joseph when he was most vulnerable, in his dreams, telling him not to be afraid of the work of the Spirit of Holiness but to act in response to what was shown to him.
Through the Spirit of Holiness, Jesus comes to be the light of God’s countenance, that we might be saved and find ourselves where we belong. Jesus comes to be our Immanuel, the sign that God is with us, the One who knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good and who shows us how to do the same.
Through the Spirit of Holiness, may we find ourselves, as Mary did, pregnant with Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love, pregnant with possibility.