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(2Sm.7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16;\xa0\xa0 Ps.89:2-5,27,29;\xa0\xa0 Rom.16:25-27;\xa0\xa0 Lk.1:26-28)\xa0 \u201cThe Lord God will give Him the throne of David His father.\u201d\xa0 \u201cI have made a covenant with David my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant: forever will I confirm your posterity and establish your throne for all generations.\u201d\xa0 Here is the promise made to King David.\xa0 Upon his seeking to build a house for the Lord, \u201cthe Lord\u2026 reveals to [David] that He will establish a house for [him].\u201d\xa0 Through the prophet Nathan, the Lord declares to His humble servant: \u201cWhen your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm.\u201d\xa0 This would seem like all the world to refer to the great King Solomon, but it does not.\xa0 For, like the earth itself, Solomon and all his gold \u2013 and even \u201cthe rest from all [his] enemies,\u201d the peace the Lord establishes under his reign \u2013 will pass away; they cannot \u201cendure forever\u201d and neither can such a kingdom.\xa0 The prophet speaks of a kingdom established in heaven (where all by nature endures forever), not one of the earth. And so it is not Solomon of whom the prophet and the psalmist speak, but Jesus, He whose coming is hailed today by the angel\u2019s words to the Blessed Virgin: \u201cHe will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.\u201d\xa0 For Abraham has died and Jacob has died and David has died and Solomon has died\u2026 and their graves are with us to this day.\xa0 But Jesus, Jesus lives; Jesus lives forever at the right hand of His Father. It is indeed Jesus who most truly says to the Lord God, \u201cYou are my Father, my God, the Rock.\u201d\xa0 It is He who is His only Son: it is He who is God Himself, one in being with the Father.\xa0 This is \u201cthe revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages but now manifested through the prophetic writings\u201d; this is \u201cthe command of the eternal God, made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith\u201d: Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the only Son \u2013 and we must worship Him. Come now, brothers and sisters, to this Child Mary bears by the power of the Holy Spirit.\xa0 In Him your peace shall be established in the Father\u2019s kingdom.\xa0 Come to His holy throne, enter into His eternal reign\u2026 and with His humble king, and with His humble Mother, you shall be blessed forever. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Removing the Log from my Eye" (first part) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, let the Mother of our Lord come to us, too, that new life may stir in us as well. YHWH, blessed is the womb of Bethlehem, of Israel, of Mary the Mother of your Son.\xa0 For in her you have prepared a body, the body of Jesus, the Word made flesh, that shall be as offering for our sins.\xa0 In Him we are saved, for in Him your majesty reigns, and so your glory is now in our midst. O let us leap like John the Baptist at the approach of your Son and His Mother!\xa0 Bring to life what has remained dormant for such a long time.\xa0 Arouse within us the joy of new life that we might be stirred to proclaim your glory.\xa0 He has come who shall shepherd us, LORD; let us be filled with the Holy Spirit. The sacrifices of old now pass away as all prophecy is fulfilled in the flesh of your only Son.\xa0 And so we pray, let your will be done.\xa0 Let your greatness reach to the ends of the earth and your peace reign in every heart by the power upon Jesus the Christ.\xa0 O LORD, let us be consecrated to you in His holy offering.