The Season of Christmas distracts us from the true meaning of Christmas which we find deep in the story of Christmas, of Christ's coming. So let's return to the story of Mary and Elizabeth's greeting. Mary proclaims how the world should be through God's vision.
Luke 1: 45-56
[Elizabeth said:]
Blessed woman, who believed what God said,
believed every word would come true!
And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news;
I'm dancing the song of my Savior God.
God took one good look at me,
and look what happened -
I'm the most fortunate woman on earth!
What God has done for me will never be forgotten,
the God whose very name is holy,
set apart from all others.
His mercy flows in wave after wave
on those who are in awe before him.
He bared his arm and showed his strength,
scattered the bluffing braggarts.
He knocked tyrants off their high horses,
pulled victims out of the mud.
The starving poor sat down to a banquet;
the callous rich were left out in the cold.
He embraced his chosen child, Israel;
he remembered and piled on the mercies,
piled them high.
It's exactly what he promised,
beginning with Abraham and right up to now.
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months
and then went back to her own home.
Questions to ponder:
What do you think of a God who would sit the starving poor down to a banquet and leave
the callous rich out in the cold? What do you think someone like Mary thought of a God like that?
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