For see, the winter is past,
the rains are over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of pruning the vines has come,
and the song of the dove is heard in our land.
the rains are over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of pruning the vines has come,
and the song of the dove is heard in our land.
may provide an opening of the heart to the graces that are God's gift to you as we draw so close to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. If we genuinely make the effort to open our hearts to God's desire for us to accept his Son, our lives could be at the outset of a change. With the coming of Jesus among us, with the opening of the heart to accept what this gift of God truly is, we can consider ourselves as having the same experience that occurred in the life of Elizabeth when her pregnant relative, Mary, has traveled to be with her during her most unusual pregnancy. God has come to us time and time again. By why is there, at times, the longing in our the heart to experience the joy that Elizabeth felt when Mary called to her as she arrived at Elizabeth's home. "The winter is past ...." Indeed it is past when we open the door of the heart to welcome the "Panis Angelicus," we hear sung by (hopefully) angelic choral voices. When we receive that "Bread of Angels" in the Eucharist, we do receive the possibilities to have peace return to our hearts.
