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What’s in Your Heart?
3 min
Gospel
Lk 1:57-66
Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son. Andher neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and theyrejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and theywould have named him Zechari´ah after his father, but his mother said, “Not so; he shallbe called John.” And they said to her, “None of your kindred is called by this name.” Andthey made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked fora writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all marveled. And immediatelyhis mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear cameon all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill countryof Judea; and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will thischild be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
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Transcript
What’s in Your Heart?
Welcome back to Radical
& 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.
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