Responsorial Psalm (1 Sm 2)
And Hannah prayed: “My heart exults in the LORD, my horn is exalted in my God.
Gospel (Lk 1:46-56)
Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.”
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122222.cfm
The Song of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, and Mary’s Hymn of Praise mirror each other and sing the praises of the King of all nations who comes to rescue the poor.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Thursday, Week IV, Advent—O KING OF ALL NATIONS, December 22
