Somehow, I realized that songs, music, good feelings, beautiful liturgies, nice presents, big dinner, and many sweet words do not make Christmas. Christmas is saying yes to something beyond all emotions and feelings. Christmas is saying yes to a hope based on God’s initiative, which has nothing to do with what I think or feel. Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God’s work and not mine. Things will never look just right or feel just right. If they did, someone would be lying… But it is into this broken world that a child is born who is called Son of the Most High, Prince of Peace, Savior.
--Henri Nouwen
Image source: Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Christ Child (15th c.), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Christ_Child_(Honthorst)#/media/File:Gherardo_delle_Notti_o_Gheritt_van_Hontorst_-_Adorazione_del_Bambino_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
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