The Day Has Come!

Merry Christmas!

I thought I'd share from the Magnificat, a daily devotion that we have been using during the season of Advent. It really touched me this morning and I hope it does the same for you. May you all have a great birthday celebration today!

"For all of human history people have been searching for God. The search has expressed itself in the worship of imaginary gods who jealously grasped at power; it has expressed itself in the philosophical idea of an impersonal god who is remote and distant; it has expressed itself in the human attempt at power and self-glorification. And what do we find today? We find that God does not grasp for power, but empties himself of it in order to express his true authority, which springs from love. We find that God does not want to watch us from a distance but instead has become flesh, i.e., a member of our family. And who are those who recognize this unexpected presence of God in our midst?  Not the prideful and powerful, but those who humble acknowledgment of their weakness leads them to beg for a Savior and joyfully welcome him in the gloriously lowly way he has chosen to come. In Jesus, the Word has become flesh, God has revealed himself to the simple-hearted. And blessed are we who celebrate this day as the greatest discovery of all time - the discovery that God, for whom we groped in the darkness, has pierced the darkness with his humanity and has found us. May all who have walked in darkness today welcome the light: Jesus Christ, Emmanuel."

Reflection based on Luke 2:1-14
Father Richard Veras

Loving Father increase my faith in the incarnation of your Son, increase my awareness of how this has changed human history and my personal history, and increase my recognition of his divine and human presence as he pierces the darkness of this world today and every day.