…”AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US…” John 1:14
On Christmas we remember that in the ‘fullness of time’ God came aong us. Heaven touched earth and earth has been elevated! The all-powerful God who made both heaven and earth became a vulnerable baby and chose to give Himself to His creation. The eternal entered time and time has been forever sanctified.
O, the mystery of this moment, the grandeur of this Feast! The importance of preparing for the coming(s) of the Lord! For too much of our history as a Christian people, we have missed the profound foundational truth of the entire Christian Mystery. The Incarnation continues!
Thw Word still becomes flesh in and through each of us who have been baptized into Him. His tent is still being “pitched” among all men and women. That tent is His Body, His Church. His Body, all those who are now incorporated into Him through Baptism, are called to spread the tent-pegs and make room in the tent for the entire human race.
The same Word, through whom the Universe was made is the Word through whom it is now being redeemed and re-created. That transformation will finally be completed when all things are reconstituted in Him in the New Heaven and New Earth.
On the wonderful day called ‘Christ-Mass’ the entire world pauses. The great event of Christmass touches every man, woman and child. The entire world is again presented with the claim – ‘the word became flesh and dwelt among us.’
Let us use this season to prepare and let those of us who have embraced the truth of this claim now manifest in our own lives and families – the fruits of the incarnation. Let us become a ‘Christmas people’ and offer through our lives - of love – the greatest gift of all.
Let us continue to manifest the beauty of the Incarnation to the world!
A Blessed Christmas A Grace-Filled New Year!
With prayerful wishes in the new-born King,
MCST Sisters
Sr. Marilou
Sr. Eflaida
Sr. Aurea
Sr. Maria Gracia
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