23^rd Day of Advent

“Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.  Every valley shall be filled; and every mountain and hill shall be brought low.“

The voice of John the Baptist is heard inviting us to prepare “the way of the Lord”.  This invitation is especially a call to humility:  John was not only the herald of this virtue, but its model too.  We know by the testimony of Jesus Himself, that he was “more than a prophet” and that “there hath not risen among them that are born of women one greater than John the Baptist”.    John claimed to be nothing more than a mere voice, “the voice of  one crying in the wilderness:  Make straight the path of the Lord”. One greater was coming whom he declared himself  “unworthy to untie His sandal”.  And he added, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” 

 John the Baptist gives us the profound sentiments of humility with which, in our heart, we ought to make smooth “the way of the Lord”.  If the valleys, that is, our deficiencies, are to be filled up with love, then the mountains and hills, that is the vain pretense of pride, must be made low by humility.  A heart filled with self-love and pride cannot be filled with God, and too small will be the place reserved in it for the sweet Babe of Bethlehem.

                                                                                                            ~Divine Intimacy p. 64

 

Pro-Life Challenge:

Do I put aside my human concerns and boldly work to bring others to Christ?