For each week of Advent, we have released short podcasts that are meditations on one aspect of Mary's life related to Advent. This is the fourth and final episode of our Advent Marian Meditations, and it is about the Nativity. We hope you can pray with this podcast, perhaps as a new prayer practice for Advent. This podcast features a Scripture reading, reflection questions, and soothing music to lead you deeper into prayer. We invite you to take some time away from the busy-ness of shopping and Christmas parties to reflect on the mystery we celebrate: God becoming flesh and dwelling among us, all through the cooperation of a young woman.
Listen in the mini-player below. See a transcript of the meditation here.
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Published on 22 December 2017. Hosted and produced by Gabby Bibeau, FMI from the North American Center for Marianist Studies (NACMS). Scripture narration by Tom Redmond, SM. Scriptural reflection taken from Enfleshing the Word: Prayer and the Marianist Spiritual Journey by Enrique Aguilera, SM and Jose Maria Arnaiz, SM. Copies can be purchased here from the NACMS bookstore.
Music credits in order (all used with permission under Creative Commons License):
- "Emmanuel" by Jon Sayles
- "The Curious Roe" by Axletree
- "Surface Tension 3" by Podington Bear
- "Nirvana VEVO" by Chris Zabriskie
- "Holding Hands" by Podington Bear
- "Little Babe Born of Mary (James Kevin Gray)" by Oxford Academic (OUP)