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So let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

And let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

In some way, we could say that the history of the chosen people begins with the story of a woman who is too old to have kids.

This is the drama of Abraham's call. His call to go to a promised land and be the father of the chosen

people. The core drama of that call revolves around the fact that his wife, Sarah,

is too old to have any children. So what can become of God's call? But God, despite Abraham and

Sarah's skepticism, shows that he can grant the gift of new life

when and how he pleases and throughout the Old Testament over and over again

he grants the joyful miracle of new life to those who had stopped expecting it. Rebecca, Rachel, Hannah, the mother of Samson,

the Shunamite woman who was blessed by Alicia, and finally Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.

God showed that he was more powerful than barrenness,

and that he could grant the gift of new life. And nothing is more joyful, more wondrous,

than new life, especially when it comes as a surprise.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallow would be your name.

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