Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor
on Wednesday of the 3rd week of Advent
Gospel – Luke 7:19-23
“Are you the one who is to come or have we to wait for someone else?” Our life should be the answer as we have the life of Christ in us. The life of Christ which we have received in the sacrament of Baptism. That presence of Jesus in us should do the miracles, should give sight in those moments in my life when I become blind with selfishness; should cleanse the leprosy in me, leprosy of racism; should let me hear in those moments of my life when I become deaf to the cry of the poor; should let the dead parts of my life with revenge be raised to life by forgiveness and pardon. This transformation in us and around us is the testimony of the presence of Jesus in us. Advent is the time to underline the presence of Jesus in us with our testimony.