Monday, December 26, 2022

The real spirit of Christmas (von Balthasar / Coolidge)

Christmas is not an event within history 
but is rather an invasion of time by eternity.

--Hans Urs von Balthasar, 
Light of the Word 

Christmas is not a time or a season, 
but a state of mind.
 To cherish peace and goodwill,
to be plenteous in mercy,
is to have the real spirit of Christmas. 

 --Calvin Coolidge 

Image source: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/12/25/being-peacemakers-goodwill-men-sam-r-hall/95800176/
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