CHRISTMAS DAY

DAY 360

On this Christmas day, two messages from today’s homily at Mass that were worth sharing:

1. WE HAVE LOST OUR ROOTS

Unless a Christmas tree is artificial, it is will wither when left long enough. The reason for this is because ‘they have lost their roots’ because Christmas trees are cut from the soil and transported to the locations where they are to be decorated.

Our story is no different because it appears we have also lost our roots in the message of the season. That what we really celebrate is not a short lived few days of merry making and exchange of gifts, but the very mystery of the incarnation ‘the word becoming flesh and dwelling among us’.

2. LOOKING FOR GOD

Many people look for God in places  in things and somethings in people. The quote of interest today is ‘we look for God in books, we will only find Him on our knees’. This is our invitation back to our knees, to the place of prayer where we hold on to the horns of the altar.

If you want to stand tall, keep your knees close to the ground.

Merry Christmas and I pray this Christmas becomes what it’s really meant to be: a real exchange of love between us.

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