God Has a Thing for Empty Wombs | Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | December 19, 2025

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Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | Friday of the Third Week of Advent | December 19, 2025

Two women separated by over a thousand years. Both barren. Both had given up hope. Both received angelic announcements that changed everything. If you pay attention to how God works throughout Scripture, you start to notice a pattern. He has a thing for empty wombs.

Manoah's wife carried the weight of her barrenness every day. Elizabeth did everything right, observed every commandment, and still her womb remained closed for decades. Both had stopped expecting anything to change. And then God moved.

Your prayer has been heard. The angel told Zechariah words that must have shocked him. Which prayer? He had stopped praying that prayer years ago. But God heard it anyway. God remembered it when Zechariah had forgotten it.

God specializes in situations that have gone past the point of possibility. He waits until hope has dried up, until the circumstances are impossible. And then he fills the emptiness. Because when a baby is born to a barren woman, everybody knows a miracle when they see one.

Maybe you have an empty womb of your own. Not literally. But you know what it feels like to carry around an emptiness that everyone can see. A dream that died. A prayer you stopped praying. God sees it. He has not forgotten.

📖 Readings
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a
Psalm 71
Luke 1:5-25

⏱️ Timeline
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Reading I - Judges 13:2-7,24-25a
02:42 Psalm Response - Psalm 71
07:33 Gospel - Luke 1:5-25
10:08 Reflection - God Has a Thing for Empty Wombs

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