Christmas

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The Word made flesh. This is what we celebrate at Christmas. God’s gift of His Beloved Son to us for the revelation of the Truth, the teaching of the Way, and the granting of Life everlasting. From Jesus's birth to his crucifixion and resurrection has one goal in mind: to save us from sin and death. We all came into the world through the Word and we shall all pass out of it through Jesus. He shall judge us before His father for all we have done and failed to do. Under His enlightening gaze all will be revealed to us and we shall know what we did right and wrong and we shall be convicted to Heaven, Purgatory, or Hell based on our words and deeds. We can only hope that we keep the light of Jesus alive in our hearts because alone we are nothing, but with Him we are made worthy to play in Paradise.

Do we listen to the Word of God? Do we thank God for our own beginnings, our own lives? What can we do to keep our eyes open to the light of Jesus?

O Lord, help us keep you always in our sight so that we might pass through the darkness and into your light.

Amen.