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Christmas Night Meditation Lord, tonight I sit at the foot of the feedbox Mary laid you in, having no other bed for you, her precious son, treasure beyond compare, a loving God's gift to a coldhearted, often indifferent and aching world, the most precious thing ever gifted, and even in your coming, mostly ignored. O Lord, how small you are as your mother picks you up with all the love a mother can offer, you, master and king, creator of all that was created, held in the loving hands of part of your creation. Unbound by space and time and...

Dear Friends, Please join me today in prayerfully remembering the reason for the season and in sharing the glad tidings of Christmas where we remember the birth of our Lord, and what it can mean for mankind. Merry Christmas Sweet, perfect child laying in Our Lady's lap, how amazing to think of who you are. Dim the light in this stable tonight, and yet, the Light of the world has come to join us. Sweet, perfect child laying in our Lady's lap, how amazing to think of who you are. Straw and the lowing of cattle tonight greet your coming,...

O sweet Mary, You, with your yes as big and generous as the heart of humankind can get, with the help of the Father through the workings of the Spirit have given us the most precious gift human has ever given human: Emananuel, God with us, Jesus, whose very name proclaims this truth: God saves. O Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the church, whose advice to us has always been and always will be "Do whatever he tells you," as Christmas fast approaches, let us who know why there is a reason for joy, like you, ponder all these...

Light like a candle in the darkness, like hope in despair, like touch to the lonely, like water to a thirst, like a starry night filled with angels singing. Light, like the mysterious light filling a tomb to shatter finally the hold of the darkness. The gift of light, first among all the gifts, a love song of God, a love story, a baby's cry in the night announcing Emmanuel, God with us.

The Reason for the Season There is a marvelous interplay in many of the old masters' paintings of the Madonna and Child. Mary often looks sad and pensive, staring away into the distance, already our Lady of Sorrow. Sometimes Jesus is depicted with arms outstretched, or in postures that are reminiscent of the Deposition, forshadowing in this moment of joy at the beginning of his life, the moment of his death. The Virgin of the Eucharist - Botticelli These two events go totally together. Without the Incarnation, there can be no Passion. Without Christ's birth, there is no Ressurection. In...