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Nativity of the Lord Christmas
December 25, 2012



Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, S. J.

I love to be loved

Here is a transcription of a conversation about Christmas.
Don’t worry, I made it up.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser, OMI

Giving Birth to God

In looking at how Mary gave birth to Christ, we are given a blueprint that invites imitation not admiration. Mary is the model of faith.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

In Dark of Night and Winter Cold

We ourselves are a study in contrasts. We are dark and cold. The darkness in our lives, the coldness in our hearts, makes us a winter to ourselves. And yet there is a longing in each one of us that will not be still.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Tidings of Great Joy

The nearer we are to our God, the nearer we should become to those lowly ones who are God’s special ones.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Who would be the most likely candidate to be born in a stable, the child of a president, a homeless person’s child or the child of a soldier?

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A Poem
to Sit With

J. Janda

Burning Bush

colors suddenly

as sunlight breaks
through

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