John Foley, SJ
Love and human life are meant for each other. This infant’s very tiny passage through life showed that fact with mysterious clarity.
Ron Rolheiser
What goes on in the mind of a child when she or he looks at the infant, Jesus, sleeping in a manger of straw, surrounded by Mary, Joseph, the shepherds and the various animals?
Eleonore Stump
When Christ is born, a great light is shined in our darkness because God is in our midst now.
Larry
Gillick, SJ
The “littlest star,” the “littlest tree,” the “littlest snowflake” and even a laughed-at-reindeer, all speak of how God blesses our lowly condition and raises us all to the dignity of God’s family.
Gerald Darring
The “tidings of great joy [are] to be shared by the whole people,” and no one is to be left out.
Anne Osdieck
When Jesus came, God was speaking directly to us. Does he still speak to us today through the Holy Spirit?
J Janda
How could it be that the Creator of the Universe would come to me
as a helpless baby lying in straw in a manger?