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Today's Gospel
Your Heart’s Hidden Treasure
3 min
Gospel
Lk 1:57-66, 80
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. But his mother said, “No; he is to be called John.” They said to her, “None of your relatives has this name.” Then they began motioning to his father to find out what name he wanted to give him. He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And all of them were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began to speak, praising God. Fear came over all their neighbors, and all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea. 66 All who heard them pondered them and said, “What then will this child become?” For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.
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Transcript
Your Heart’s Hidden Treasure
Welcome back to Radical and Relevant, where each day we explore the genius of the Gospel and look for ways to apply it to our daily lives. Today's reading is from the Gospel of Luke 1:57-66.
"Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son, and her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord God had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they would have named him Zechariah after his father. But his mother said, 'Not so. He shall be called John.' And they said to her, 'None of your kindred is called by this name.' And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they all marveled, and immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts saying, 'What then will this child be for the hand of the Lord was with him?'"
What jumps out at you today? Remember each day we're looking for a word or a phrase or an idea to anchor our day in the life-changing, the life-giving message of the Gospel. Something that jumped out at me, it's sort of just an afterthought in a sense. Second last line, the people are seeing all these amazing things. They're experiencing these amazing things. Zechariah can't talk, and then John gets born. And the name and the return of his speaking functions. And it says, "All of these things were talked about all through the hill country of Judea. And all who heard them laid them up in their hearts."
I thought to myself, "Okay, what are we laying up in our hearts? What are you laying up in your heart today? Are you laying up gratitude? Are you laying up generosity? Are you laying up forgiveness? Are you laying up thoughtfulness, care, concern? Or are you laying up anger, resentment, and all these other poisons of the heart, mind, and soul that we fall into so often and so easily? What are you laying up in your heart?" Let's reflect on that as we move through our day-to-day. Have a great day and remember, Be Bold, Be Catholic.
