We have arrived at the Fourth and final Sunday of Advent, and this Sunday we see God’s plan for the human family fully revealed in the Annunciation. As Tony explains, it is in Mary that God’s purpose for the Incarnation of the Son comes to light. God desires not simply to be close to the human family, but to dwell within them and thereby make all things new.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
Reading 2: Romans 16:25-27
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:26-38
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.