Merry Christmas!
Today we celebrate God’s love as is made manifest within this small crib. Here we come to discover the Messiah whom all of scripture has pointed towards. Here we come to discover not just a child, but rather God who takes on our human flesh and comes to dwell with us in the second person of the Holy Trinity. Here we come to discover Jesus Christ who comes to dwell with us out of love and that love does not end here, but rather we see it displayed to us from the wood of the cross when He died upon it for the sake of our sinfulness.
What a special night that we celebrate today. From this moment angels come and they sing “Glory to God in the highest.” From this moment shepherds come to this child who happens to be the Savior of the world. From this moment a star shines which brings forth kings who come to do Him homage. Truly this is a special night for on we it gather together to celebrate these Sacred Mysteries as we to come to sing “Glory to God the highest.” As we too travel to acknowledge Him as our Savior. As we too come to do Him homage in this small crib in which He had been laid by His parents.
The little town of Bethlehem was truly blessed by this most wondrous birth. To fathom our own disposition if we were present at this time and made fully aware of who this child truly was. We would allow nothing to get in our way of coming to see this child who would bring about our salvation. We would not approach as if this were any child whom we have encountered in the past, but rather this is God who dwells with us out of love. During this Christmas season come to pray before the manager and truly fathom this great love that God shows to us through this little child.
Yes, how wondrous it would be for us to be present with Him on that first Christmas. The interesting thing is that we are made present with Him. How so, but through the Eucharist. It is here that we come to encounter Jesus Christ who is present with us Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity through the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. What would we do and how would we act if we were present with the Messiah at the manager should be the same concerning what we would do and how we would act when we come to encounter the Eucharist.
