My dear friends:
Christmas is about Christ. But it´s also a special moment to look at the impact that that event had in the life of the holy persons, spiritual and human, who are for us examples in our way to heaven, particularly today in which we not only remember the “mixed cup” that was the moment in which the Messias came to share with us the joys and troubles of our human existence, but also the impact that Christmas has in our lives today, in these challenging times we live, in which is more than evident that His return is for us our only hope, strength and guide. μαράνα θά.
The announcement of the Angels reminds us that if we want true peace in our lives, we have to have good will, that is, to look in every moment and even in the smallest details of our daily work, to do the will of God. The Holy Innocents remind us that we were destined to eternal death, but the sacrifice of Christ was the gift that opened the doors of heaven to those “qui credunt in nomine ejus”, which also implies that we should be ready to make sacred our lives (sacrum facere) for the Truth. The shepherds remind us that we should train our souls to listen constantly to the inspirations of God and answer to them promptly. The Magi remind us that we should be wise, prudent and perseverant in our way on earth, because there are many temptations that can lead us astray from Christ. St. Joseph reminds us that we should always trust in God and keep our peace, even during storms, just as he kept his peace through an angel visit, a surprise baby, and a barn birth. And finally, our beloved Mother Mary reminds us that, we must keep our sight always placed in Christ, which means to love Him above all things, so we can walk towards Him even in the midst of the storms and dark waves in which the world seems to be submerged today.
More than two millennia ago “Tu scendi dalle stelle” (from the starry skies You descended) -as Our Father St. Alphonsus said- to a dark cave to be born, bringing peace to the whole world and illuminating with the divine light the shadows of human nature. At the end of Your life, you came out of another cave, Conqueror, victorious, in radiance and splendor, with the only light that could lead us back home: The light of God that shined in the New Adam.
Oh sweet Jesus, Word of God whose steps in the Garden of Eden caused fear to our first parents but here you are crawling as a baby not to scare us, in this Christmas, give us the grace of having the firm purpose of every day “drawing closer to Thee”. You are the reason of the season.
