Reflection on Mass readings for Dec. 15 (Third Sunday of Advent) Zep 3:14-18a Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 Phil 4:4-7 Lk 3:10-18   As I sit to write this reflection, my mind is drawn to my recent texts. I see the outgoing message to a dear friend, “I’m just feeling really discouraged today.” And a little earlier: “So exhausted and frustrated with all of humanity. Ugh.” First, I admit I tend toward the hyperbolic. Second, and far more importantly, the Lord reached into this place of heaviness and drew me to his Word, so he could tell me that I had “no further misfortune to fear” (Zep 3:15). It’s like he’s on the other end of the smartphone, replying, “Do not…