Friends, on this Fourth Sunday of Advent, we come to the Advent figure par excellence: the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. What I want to do in this homily is to look at some of the Church’s classical titles of Mary. These are not simply pious exclamations, but rather very substantive insights into her role in bringing Christ to birth—both in history and in us today. Mass Readings Reading 1 — Mi 5:1-4a Psalm — Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19. Reading 2 — Heb 10:5-10 Gospel — Lk 1:39-45 ———VIDEO LINKS——— The Fall—and Rise?—of Men: What Struck Me About Prague: Ep. 38 | Behind Closed Doors with Reagan & Nixon — Ken Khachigian: ———WATCH——— Subscribe to this Channel: Word on Fire Institute Channel: @word-on-fire Word on Fire en Español Channel: @WOF-ES ———WORD ON FIRE——— Word on Fire: Word on Fire Español: FREE Daily Gospel Reflections (English or Español): ———WORD ON FIRE INSTITUTE——— Join Bishop Barron and over 20,000 evangelists inside the Word on Fire Institute at ———SOCIAL MEDIA——— Bishop Barron Instagram: Bishop Barron Facebook: Bishop Barron Twitter: Word on Fire Instagram: Word on Fire Facebook: Word on Fire Twitter: Word on Fire en Español Instagram: Word on Fire en Español Facebook: Word on Fire en Español Twitter: ———SUPPORT WORD ON FIRE——— Help Bishop Barron continue to produce videos like this: Word on Fire Store: