Today Is Born A Savior

With the recent news coverage of the needed repairs to the space station, our TV's are filled with images far above the earth, yet  they are just on the fringe of a wider, seemingly endless universe, for what we see is nothing relative to the whole.  The omnipotent Creator of all of this has, this day sent his Son, equally all-powerful into our world as a helpless, dependent baby. In the words of Pope Francis, addressed to Jesus, "You are immense and you made yourself small; you are rich and you made yourself poor; you are all powerful and you made yourself vulnerable." Indeed, the first to receive the news of the Savior's birth and the first to come and see him, were shepherds, considered, in to be at that time according to Pope Francis, "the last and the outcast." He was not born in a clean house, or on a clean bed, but in a stable, on a bed of hay and surrounded by animals.  What better place of insignificance for the God of Surprises?  His message is clear as St. Paul put it, "...He existed in the form of God but did not regard equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men."  (Phil 2: 6-7). His humility took him to obedience, to death in the lowest form of execution at the time, on a cross.  The contrast between Might and Powerlessness is stark and unmistakable. Yet in so doing, God has raised up the human race, not only by forgiving our sinfulness, but inviting us to share his divinity.  So, this child then becomes the source of the light and joy we celebrate today. Merry Christmas.
Bro. Rene