Finding room for God on earth
James Cathcart
December 13, 2025
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Luke 1: 26-38 (NIVUK)
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you.’
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favour with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants for ever; his kingdom will never end.’
34 ‘How will this be,’ Mary asked the angel, ‘since I am a virgin?’
35 The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[a] the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.’
38 ‘I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May your word to me be fulfilled.’ Then the angel left her.
With Mary, room was found for Christ in humanity. This Advent let’s remember the courageous openheartedness of this woman who agreed to carry Christ into the world.
Heaven knows a true one
heaven knows a woman’s strength
heaven knows quiet struggle and dauntless faith
heaven knows the cost
heaven knows the joy
heaven knows the hurt
heaven knows the wonder
heaven knows the stirring
heaven knows first breath
heaven knows
room was left.
Prayer:
Dear God,
Comfort us
in the depth of your love.
Amen.
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