{"id":14089,"date":"2024-12-22T08:09:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=14089"},"modified":"2024-12-22T08:09:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T13:09:52","slug":"called-into-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/give-us-this-day\/called-into-the-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Called Into the Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman---no-indent--9b\"><em>My reflection from today\u2019s Gospel (Luke<span class=\"Verse-no- _idGenCharOverride-5\"> 1:39-45) <\/span>in Give Us This Day:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman---no-indent--9b\">As I prepare for an upcoming trip, I\u2019m torn between catching a flight or hopping in the car for a five-hour drive. They\u2019ll take about the same time once you factor in airport time, so I\u2019ve got two good choices. Mary did not have that luxury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman---no-indent--9b\">In today\u2019s Gospel, we hear that Mary \u201cset out in haste\u201d to visit and support her cousin Elizabeth, who is herself far into an unlikely pregnancy. That word \u201chaste\u201d almost makes it seem as though this was a quick jaunt, maybe just a few hours by donkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman\">Alas, there was nothing quick or easy about what Mary chose to do. It was a dangerous trip, across one hundred miles of rough terrain. She went anyway, trusting that all would be well, and that this visitation was necessary, not just for the physical support it would provide but for the spiritual strength it would foster between the two women and the unborn sons who would go on to change the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman\">When Mary arrives, Elizabeth says: \u201cBlessed are you who believe that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.\u201d How often does God speak to us, but we are too afraid to follow the call? It is easier for us to stay firmly rooted in the comfort of the familiar rather than risk a journey into the unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman\">Today we look to Mary and Elizabeth and pray that we, too, will be willing to go in haste to wherever God is leading us.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary DeTurris Poust, \u201cCalled Into the Unknown,\u201d from the December 2024 issue of Give Us This Day, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giveusthisday.org\/\">www.giveusthisday.org<\/a>\u00a0(Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024). 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