THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. SOLEMN HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION.
NATIVITY OF THE LORD. SOLEMN HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION.
Today is the First Day of the Glorious Christmas Season.
"When the angels went away from them to heaven,
"the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”
"So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.
"All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds.
"And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.
"Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them." (Luke 2: 15 - 20).
Wednesday 25th December 2024, the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Solemnity of Christmas. Mass at Dawn.
Our key Scripture for this Christmas Day proclaims how God's grand and mysterious Providence comes to us. They come through SIGNS. God is a spirit and invisible. We humans are flesh and blood and material. This is why the Word of God became flesh and was born of the Virgin Mary. We can see Him and touch Him.
In the Christmas story, let us imagine ourselves for a moment to be Mary, Joseph, Simeon, Anna, Jesus' grandparents Anne and Joachim, the Magis. All these people were able to touch Jesus physically. These people are exceptionally blessed.
We are also exceptionally blessed because we are able to touch Jesus in the Eucharist. In the Eucharist, Jesus is fully present to us: His soul, body, blood and divinity.
Without faith, the touching of the infant Jesus by Mary, Joseph, Simeon, Anna, Jesus' grandparents Anne and Joachim, the Magis is meaningless. Without faith, our receiving of Jesus in the Eucharist is totally meaningless. Like consuming a tiny waffer.
Faith is the key to a Happy Christmas.
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"Mary was conceived without original sin. This grace and privilege are fitting in view of the birth and death of her Son Jesus Christ, who is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
"O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, did prepare a worthy dwelling place for Your Son, we beseech You that, as by the foreseen death of this, Your Son, You did preserve Her from all stain, so too You would permit us, purified through Her intercession, to come unto You."
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