“God is so great that he can become small. God is so powerful that he can make himself vulnerable and come to us as a defenseless child, so that we can love him.” (Pope Benedict XVI, December 24, 2005)
Christmas is a feast of love, a feast on which we celebrate God’s great love for us by becoming like us in all things but sin. Yes, on Christmas we celebrate the mystery of God becoming man and dwelling among us so that we can love him and learn from him how to love others.
I recommend a prayer called The Angelus that can be prayed on the remaining days of Advent and throughout the Christmas season and, for that matter, throughout the year.
The Angelus
- The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
- And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary…
- Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
- Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary…
- And the Word was made Flesh.
- And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary…
- Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
- That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let Us Pray
Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an Angel, may by his Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of his Resurrection; through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
