1. There is an association, almost a one-to-one correspondence, between the gift and the nature of the giving.
  2. Preaching is the first line of defense and catechetical offensive against these corrosive falsehoods.
  3. Preach the full council of God even as it focuses on the Virgin Mary who was the virginal handmaid of the Lord and through whom Immanuel, “God with us,” happens.