Meditation 41
THE DIVINE BIRTH
1. The Ingratitude of His Own People.
See how literally the words of the Gospel are fulfilled: They who were His own gave Him no welcome. What ignorance of the things of God! If only those people had suspected what was going to happen that blessed night! When there is a real submission to the Will of God, we should not care as to the why and wherefore of God's dispositions.
On the other hand if those people of Bethlehem could find an excuse in their ignorance, have not we ourselves been granted a thousand proofs to enable us to know the things of God and so ascertain Who He is and where He can be found?
Ask pardon from Our Lord for the very many times you barred your heart against His entrance; for the many times He wanted to perform some good through you and you hindered Him.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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