The readings from the Fourth Sunday in Advent opens the way to Christ’s birth. And Mother Teresa gives us some reflection on the words of Mary, “…be it done to me according to your word.” Mother Teresa says, Mary trusted that God’s word to her would be fulfilled. At the visitation, Mary is called ‘Blessed’ by Elizabeth. She is blessed because of her perfect trust in God. A perfect trust is based not on ourselves but on the infinite perfections of God:His infinite goodness, His infinite compassion, His infinite power, His infinite love.
Mary reached out to Elizabeth in her time of need. Now Mary reaches out to us in her Divine Son in the Blessed Sacrament who says to us in all our needs, no matter how great, no matter how small, “Yes, as clay is in the potter’s hand, so you are in Mine…” “Be still and know that I am God.”
He who loves you infinitely more than you can think, imagine or desire, and who can do infinitely more for you than you can even ask for. “God will supply every need of yours according to His riches.” The greater our need, the more tender His love. “The Lord is compassion and love. I was helpless so He saved me.” No matter how deep the pit we fall into, His love always finds us. “I waited, I waited for the Lord and He stooped down to me.” With all our faults and failings, Jesus comes to us in the Eucharist and says, “My heart is moved with compassion.” “For I am the Lord, your God, who holds your right hand: it is I who say to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you’.” “Anything you ask me in My name I will do.”
This is the joy of trust. God in His tender compassion continues to visit us in the Holy Eucharist that we may come to Him with confidence. “In Christ and through faith in Him, we can speak freely to God, drawing near to Him with confidence.”
Today Jesus visits us in the Blessed Sacrament to inspire us to have total confidence in the wisdom of His will and childlike faith in the goodness and power of His divine love. “Truly I have set my soul in silence and peace, as a child has rest in his mother’s arms, even so my soul in You.” THE MORE WE TRUST JESUS, THE MORE WE PLEASE HIM.
Life’s burdens are too heavy, only if we try to carry them alone. The obstacle to trust and the cause of all discouragements is pride. Pride centers our attention on ourselves, instead of the Lord. Humility opens our heart to trust, and with the light of faith, changes our bad thoughts into good ones by turning our attention from looking at our limits to centering our belief and absolute trust in the infinite perfections of God. “Grace enfolds the man who trusts in God.” “God has called you and He will not fail you.” “ Dismiss all anxiety from your minds. THE LORD IS NEAR.”








