If you haven't taken down your Christmas decorations, this weekend is the time. You might want to leave the crèche up till Sunday evening, when "Ordinary Time" begins with the conclusion of Vespers. Those ubiquitous needles from the Christmas tree will keep popping up for months as reminders of the season of joy, giving, and celebrating, but hopefully a deeper appreciation for the goodness of God in sending his Son to be one of us in order to show his love and give us the blueprint for salvation will remain strong and life-giving rather than be a nuisance like the needles. The first letter of St. John in today's epistle concludes with the instruction: "Children, be on guard against idols.: (1 Jn 5:21)...not idols of metal or plaster, but people, ambitions, opinions or material goods that can blur the truth and realities we have just celebrated and pondered during Advent and for the past several weeks since Christmas Day. We might continue some of the helpful Advent practices we observed, on we might keep a small nativity set up to remind us in the days ahead of the great mystery that God has become one of us, and remains with us. Instead of relying on God to be close to us, why not take the initiative to be close to him?
Bro. Rene
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