A press release on May 7 from the Jamaica Defence Force stated that a tiger cub escaped after being smuggled into Jamaica, however, subsequent reports revealed that it was not a tiger cub but another #BadNews #StElizabeth

https://yardhype.com/4-monkeys-12-parrots-1-ocelot-etc-smuggled-onto-the-island/

Advent IV — Hear

SCRIPTURE

In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”

Luke 1:39–45

READING

You make me feel that it’s not impossible
To follow in your footsteps, O Queen of the elect.
You made visible the narrow road to Heaven
While always practicing the humblest virtues.
Near you, Mary, I like to stay little.
I see the vanity of greatness here below.
At the home of Saint Elizabeth, receiving your visit,
I learn how to practice ardent charity.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Why I Love You, O Mary!, PN 54, st. 6

All scripture references are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America as accessed from the Bible Gateway website.

Thérèse of Lisieux, S & Kinney, D 1995, The Poetry of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: This image of an Advent wreath comes from Austrian photographer Mario Sormann. Image credit: Mario Sormann / Flickr (Some rights reserved)

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