We spend this Christmas Season beholding the great miracle of the Incarnation, by which God has come to be present to us in Jesus, born of a woman, and so redeemed us--as says His name, "Yahweh saves", given to Him by the angel, who declared His purpose before birth. Indeed, in Jesus, God's face shines upon us, and we know the blessing of God, because we come face to face with God in Jesus, Who forever makes Him present to us, and invites us to grow in relationship with Him.
That is why we join with the Shepherds to encounter His presence and rejoice in those encounters. We also follow in the example of Mary, who, as Father Hurlbert insightfully indicated in his homily this morning at Mass, reflected on this mystery in her heart as she pondered the child she held in her arms.
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