Today we celebrate the moment when God became human in Jesus. This Mystery infinitely surpasses human comprehension. Within Mary's womb a child begins to grow who is completely divine as well as completely human. John Duns Scotus, a 13th century theologian taught that the Incarnation was willed through all eternity as an expression of God's love. Jesus not only shows us how to be human but enables us to show love and mercy to the poor and the sick and the outcast. Like his whole life, his death on the cross was an expression of God's love and compassion. In Christ's resurrection God gathers Jesus and all humanity into this eternal love. We are saved by the Incarnation.
Henry Ossawa Tanner in his painting, Annunciation, expresses brilliantly the Holy Spirit's presence in the moment.
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