Dec 22 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Christmas and Your Predominant Fault

Homily #141222n ( 04min) Play - Father comments on the entrance antiphon: "O Gates, lift high your heads." He tells us these "gates" can symbolize two very different things. The first is our predominant fault, that which keeps out Our Lord, and although He wants to enter into our lives and very selves, we have the key to this gate. However, if we but turn the key (be willing to open up to Him) then He will open the gates which are rusted shut (that is, beyond our power to overcome) by the outpouring of His Grace. Secondly, these gates refer to the Virginal Conception and Birth of Our Lord. Let us turn to Our Lady, who is the "aqueduct" of grace, She is not in the way, but is the way, and will "Prepare the way of the Lord" in our own hearts.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Weekdays of Advent - Dec 22 - Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1sa 1:24-28
Resp: 1sa 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8
Gsp: luk 1:46-56

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