If you knew… Part 3

12)  At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially but then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. 13) For faith, hope, love, remain; but the greatest of these is love.  Corinthians 13

On the first Sunday of advent we had a guest priest and his homily was based on three words: waiting, remembering, and hope. He went back to the period in history when the Jews returned to Israel after their captivity in Babylon. They found everything destroyed, their beloved Jerusalem in ruins. It seemed hopeless after waiting forty years to see their homeland. How did they regain their hope? It was by remembering the past: being miraculously led out of Egypt by Moses, the cleansing of the Temple by Judas Maccabees, etc etc. 

Fr Paul related this to the season of Advent, a time of waiting and remembering and finding hope in those remembrances. The miraculous entry of God’s Son into our world as one of us, born of a virgin, His life, death, resurrection, ascension into heaven, and the promise of His return. All this because of His love for us.

This brings me to the third image that turned up one day  a few years ago that reminded me of the Little Jesus picture and the painting of the Infant Jesus of Mary Alice. World travelers and good friends of ours brought back a handkerchief from Medjugorje with an embroidered picture of the Blessed Mother on one corner. They stood in line in order to touch the cloth to the knee of  statue of Jesus oozing fluid. The words on the handkerchief were: If you knew how much I love you you’d cry for joy. These are Memories found to bring Hope and Love in this time of waiting for Christmas. Now we know in part…                ( Scroll Down to read Part 2 and Part 1 )