{"id":6743,"date":"2024-12-20T08:53:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T07:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2024-12-19T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:34:46","slug":"preparing-for-christmas-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/2024\/12\/20\/preparing-for-christmas-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6743\" class=\"elementor elementor-6743 elementor-6720\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2984844 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2984844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0e9d1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0e9d1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is selfless love which leads Mary to travel miles to the home of Zachariah and Elizabeth. Imagine her excitement when she finally reaches their home and the tenderness with which she and Elizabeth embrace each other. Try to feel the tenderness of their embrace.  <\/p>\n<p>Listen intently to Elizabeth\u2019s exclamation of joy:<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why should I be honored with a visit from the mother of my Lord?\u201d<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Luke 1:42<\/h6>\n<p>Reflect on Elizabeth\u2019s question. Ask yourself, \u201cWhy should I be honored by my Lord who dwells within me?\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;For the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leaped <br \/>for joy.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Luke 1: 43<\/h6>\n<p>Let your own inner spirit experience the excitement of fulfilled promises and the spiritual joy this final week of Advent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a30c7b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a30c7b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26c6c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26c6c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/website_NEWS_2024-Avent_4_ill2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6728\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/website_NEWS_2024-Avent_4_ill2.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/website_NEWS_2024-Avent_4_ill2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbac836 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbac836\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e35c9f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e35c9f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Visitation in the Church of the Annunciation in Ein Karen, Israel.<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf7b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbf7b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For Mary, all comes from God THEREFORE all praise and thanksgiving belong to God. Spontaneously, she responds to Elizabeth with her song of thanksgiving: <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cMy soul proclaims the greatness of my God<br \/>Who has done marvels for me\u2026\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>Advent calls us to embrace a heart full of gratefulness for God\u2019s goodness to us in the past and especially now as we journey through this final week of Advent. What is your prayer of gratefulness for the marvels God has done for you yesterday, last week, last month or in past years? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Rejoice! Rejoice! <\/strong><br \/><strong>Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!<\/strong><\/h4><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4th week of Advent *** Prayer savoring the JOY of Elizabeth and Mary as they glorify God for the child Mary is carrying in her womb. We join them in prayer based on the Ignatian method of prayer. 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