4th Sunday of Advent 10.30 am Solemn Mass at Hockley Celebrant & preacher, Fr. Bob White http://www.salvationhistory.com The Mystery Kept Secret: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourth Sunday in Advent Readings 2 Samuel 7:1-5 , 8-11 , 16 Psalm 89:2-5 , 27 , 29 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 What is announced to Mary in today’s Gospel is the revelation of all that the prophets had spoken. It is, as Paul declares in today’s Epistle, the mystery kept secret since before the foundation of the world (see Ephesians 1:9 ; 3:3-9 ). Mary is the virgin prophesied to bear a son of the house of David (see Isaiah 7:13-14 ). And nearly every word the angel speaks to her today evokes and echoes the long history of salvation recorded in the Bible. Mary is hailed as the daughter Jerusalem, called to rejoice that her king, the Lord God, has come into her midst as a mighty savior (see Zephaniah 3:14-17 ). The One whom Mary is to bear will be Son of “the Most High”