December 13, 2014
Luke,
Chapter 1, verse 10-12:
10 Then,
when the whole assembly of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense
offering, 11the angel of the
Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense. 12Zechariah was
troubled by what he saw, and fear came upon him.
Zechariah was troubled and he was
afraid. I do not think this was Holy
fear for Zechariah’s faith did not equal his fear and he was filled with
unbelief. His intellect outweighed his
heart and as a result he was left unable to speak until the birth of his son as
the angel told him. That son was John
the Baptist. There are times when we must listen to our hearts and not our
heads.
Today is also the feast of St. Lucy. Lucy is an excellent example of a person whose heart is filled with faith. She is one of the church’s incorruptibles. That is her body is still intact long after death. She had a great heart of great courage.
Father Kenelm Digby Best knew her
example of fearlessness when he penned in his book “A Priest’s Poems”[1] on
St. Lucy:
Flames might not
harm her: Saint Lucy stood fearless, Still as a statue's the neck which
they smote: Scarcely another save, Lucy, was tearless. When the sharp dagger
was plunged in her throat.
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