Simbang Gabi 2013, Day 6: And Now, for Something Entirely New

Our celebrant at this morning’s 5 a.m. Simbang Gabi Mass had a confession. Just as when he celebrated last year, when his alarm clock went off at 3:45 a.m., it took him a few minutes to recall what was going on and why he had to be up so early. Something entirely new was afoot, not an emergency or a mistake.

“Something Entirely New” was the theme for Father Dundon’s homily. He noted that at the Visitation, Elizabeth’s thought was not of herself or her own pregnancy: “She cried out to Mary, ful...