Waiting in Speechlessness The angel replied: “I am Gabriel, who stand in attendance before God. I was sent to speak to you and bring you his good news. But now you will be mute – unable to speak – until the day when these things take place, because you have Read more…
Waiting for an Angel Such was his intention when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream and said to him, “Joseph, son of David, have no fear about taking Mary as your wife. It is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived this child. She is Read more…
Waiting Like the King of the Beasts Judah, like a lion’s whelp, you have grown up on pray, my son. He crouches like a lion recumbent, the king of beasts – who would dare rouse him? The scepter shall never depart from Judah, or the mace from between his legs, Read more…
Waiting for a Love Story To Unfold For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great tenderness I will take you back. In an outburst of wrath, for a moment I hid my face from you; but with enduring love I take pity on you, says the Lord, your Read more…
Waiting from of Old Who announced this from the beginning and foretold it from of old? Was it not I, the Lord, besides whom there is no other God? There is no just and saving God but me. Turn to me and be safe, all you ends of the earth, Read more…
Waiting in Obedience “Which of the two did what the father wanted?” They said, “The second.” Jesus said to them, “Let me make it clear that tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.” (Mt 21:31) Jesus told a story to the chief priests and elders Read more…
Waiting with Eyes Unveiled The utterance of one who hears what God says, and knows what the Most High knows, of one who sees what the Almighty sees, enraptured, and with eyes unveiled: How goodly are your tents, O Jacob; your encampments, O Israel! (Num 24: 4-5) In the 13th Read more…