Fourth Sunday of Advent–V (I)

There is urgency in the readings and prayers of today. We ask the Father to “drop” and to “rain” the Savior upon us, the human race, in order that we may “speedily” be delivered. “Come and tarry not!” is our cry. “Prepare the way of the Lord” for an immediate coming is the Gospel thought. And Mary we hail as the mediatrix of our pressing desire. Great indeed is our need for grace.