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It is the Fourth Sunday of Advent and God draws closer wanting to be with us. The Holy Presence has a way of sneaking up and startling us: speaking to us, silencing us, spiriting  new life within us. The first Chapter of the Gospel of Luke retells the story of how God came to be with two Galilean women, Elizabeth and Mary. We hear that story again today, waiting to see how God will show up in our hearts and lives.

 "In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you."  --Luke 1:26-27