“At this dark moment in time…what is being announced is hope. Mary, we’re told, was troubled at what she heard. But what follows is a message for all of us. In our moments of confusion, when we are troubled by what God brings to us…nothing is impossible.

Angels will speak. The Spirit will come. A light will break through the skies and guide the world to a savior in a stable.

How can this be?

It can…because nothing is impossible with God.”

— From my Advent homily on The Annunciation, December 2008.
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