Monday, January 08, 2007

Angelic Voices

"The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the most high will overshadow you." -Luke

These angelic words have haunted me. I have long considered Mary's meditations and her magnificant. It has been my hope and my prayer. Many times I have plead with the Lord who understands our infirmities who has tasted our fraility. How true it is that God has been there.

Dangerous words mind you. To suggest that you know how someone feels in the midst of their plight. When in reality you are clueless as to their pain. Especially if you have not tasted their particular reproach. Yet not so with the Christ. He knows, he feels, he has been there and now travels with us through our own valleys of the shadow of death.

My Jesus you have been there. You know this weakness of the human embroy, the fraility of the fetus, the tension of birth and the humility of humanity. Did the Holy Spirit shelter you in the womb? Protect you from all that is dark and all that can be wrong with our outer shell?

Having known this journey I plead with you. I offered smoke from this altar with the hope that my petitions would rise with the warm wind. Be his shelter in the time of storm, cover him as your glory fell upon the Mercy Seat of old. And so my prayers have been answered. This child is of the Holy Spirit. The psalmist is always right. Children are a heritage of the Lord. Sola Gracia, WHB