Christmas Eve Reflection: Born to Save
The Wonder and Paradox of Christmas No one knows the exact day that Christ was born. It’s really not important. December 25 th is the day that the Church has chosen to celebrate his coming. But we do know that the true meaning of Christmas has been under attack for quite some time now. I don’t want to rehearse the stuff about whether or not we should say, “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” or whether or not public schools should sing Christmas carols. It does seem a bit hypocritical to me that we can use the word “Christmas” and sing the carols to draw big audiences and sell products in our culture, but to actually believe the story and the Bible from which it came is deemed somehow bigoted and uninformed. The limitations that the world imposes on the Gospel aren’t fair. But when has the world ever been a friend to God? Let’s lay that aside. We get ourselves sometimes so worked up over the cultural battles that we can be distracted from noticing our own shortcomi