Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 / Luke 1:57-66
As the feast of Christmas comes just around the corner, the season of Advent still has many lessons of faith for us.
The season of Advent is a season of the mystery of the ways of God.
There is the Annunciation in which Mary was told that God chose her to bear His only Son.
Before that, the conception of John the Baptist was announced to Zechariah but he didn’t believe it and he was struck dumb.
All the happenings in the season in Advent are just beyond human reasoning and human understanding.
But the plan of salvation and God becoming man in Jesus Christ, is in the first place truly beyond reasoning and understanding.
Today’s gospel passage is another instance where the ways of God are so unexpected and interesting.
Elizabeth wanted her child to be named John, but the relatives objected.
They then asked Zachariah and he wrote on a tablet that the child’s name is John, and then Zachariah got back his power of speech.
Even though the season has only a couple of days left, God will still reveal His mysterious ways to us.
May we be about to understand and comprehend in our human ways the love that God has for us in sending us His Son to save us.