The Word was made man and he lived among us – John 1:14
In 9 months we will celebrate Christmas. Because of this the church in the west and the east recognizes today as the feast of Annunciation. This is the day we remember the day God first initiated his saving work of incarnation by becoming flesh in the womb of the virgin Mary. For me this festival has a great amount of significance this year. Many of us within Churches that came out of the reformation have lost how important the annunciation is. God offered his plan to one woman in a poor and oppressed region. I can sense all of creation holding it’s breath as the angel awaits Mary’s response to God’s offer to clothe himself in flesh through her…
and she simply responds,
“I am the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.”
and nothing is ever then same again…
Look at the icon above. The red banner show us that there is now a physical bridge between heaven and earth which is being nurtured and cared for by the body of a simple woman. It is not a tabernacle of Gold, but of flesh.
We too as Christians have been called to be physical bridges between heaven and earth. Empowered by the holy spirit we too are tabernacles of God in this world.
today let us pray with the church throughout the world:
May we become more like Jesus Christ
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