On this Fourth and final Sunday of Advent, we find ourselves amid the company of Mary, her cousin Elizabeth, and the in utero John the Baptist. As Tony explains, though yet unborn, the Baptist helps teach us one of the most important and basic lessons about what it means to be a human creature.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Micah 5:1-4a
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
Reading 2: Hebrews 10:5-10
Gospel: Luke 1:39-45
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.