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b'(Zec. 2:14-17;\\xa0\\xa0 Lk.1:46-55;\\xa0\\xa0 Lk.1:29-47) \\u201cSilence, all mankind, in the presence of the LORD! for He stirs forth from His holy dwelling.\\u201d And His own stirring forth causes John the Baptist to stir forth, to \\u201cleap for joy\\u201d \\u2013 thus is opened the mouth of the one who will proclaim His way. On this the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe we celebrate the Lord\\u2019s stirring forth in astounding fashion in the Americas.\\xa0 As the Lord looked upon His humble servant Mary to bring forth the only Son of God, so He smiles upon the humble Juan Diego, to bring the conversion of a continent.\\xa0 His Mother comes humble and with child to bring new birth to a land in darkness\\u2026\\xa0 And how that land sits in darkness now, awaiting renewal by the graces from His hand.\\xa0 \\u201cHe has looked upon His handmaid\\u2019s lowliness\\u201d once, and again; let us pray a humble spirit He shall once more find in this place and on this earth, that indeed \\u201cthe hungry shall be filled with good things,\\u201d that He who has \\u201clifted up the lowly\\u201d will remember them now that they are trodden down, now that the most humble are destroyed in the womb. \\u201cMany nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day.\\u201d\\xa0 And many have.\\xa0 But how sincere is their commitment to Him?\\xa0 Are they truly \\u201cHis people,\\u201d and so will \\u201cHe dwell among\\u201d them?\\xa0 Have we cause to \\u201csing and rejoice,\\u201d to be as she who \\u201cproclaims the greatness of the Lord\\u201d \\u2013 or to cry tears of sorrow for the land to which we have come?\\xa0 For the womb is barren; the spirits are proud \\u2013 and in these the Lord takes no joy. Silence before Him we must find once again, that He might turn to us and bring new birth to this land. \\u201cStir forth, O Lord, from your holy dwelling,\\u201d \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 and renew our languishing souls. Written, read & chanted by James Kurt; produced by Roger Fortney. Music by Roger and Carie Fortney; used by permission. ******* O LORD, may our hearts stir to life at the sound of Mary\\u2019s voice, at the approach of your Son.\\xa0 YHWH, you sent the Mother of your Son to a land in darkness, to a barren place, that the people might be converted to the faith, that the blood upon their hands might be washed away.\\xa0 May she come again to this continent and this world that unholy sacrifice might again be stopped by her humble presence.\\xa0 O LORD, bring us new life! LORD, we would rejoice in you and in your presence in our midst.\\xa0 We would see all the nations gathered into your arms.\\xa0 But how can you come to a place that despises life, that kills its children in the womb?\\xa0 Have pity on us, dear LORD, and send Mother Mary to prepare the second coming of your Son. The Baptist awoke and leapt in his mother\\u2019s womb when Mary brought his Savior to him.\\xa0 O let us awake this day, dear God, awake from our slumber in such darkness and come into the light of your day.\\xa0 Let us be humble and lowly as she who bore your Son, and we shall be lifted with her to your side.\\xa0 Save us, O LORD our God.'