Although we have two days left in Advent season I can’t help but wish all of you a blessed Christmas season. In his apostolic exhortation Evangelic gaudium, Pope Francis reminds us: “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salutation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew.” This reminder that joy is born anew is in essence what we celebrate at Christmas-not the birthday of Jesus, but rather the Incarnation of the Word made flesh, when God broke into human life to take on human flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Indeed the words of Isaac Watts’ traditional Christmas carol are true, “Joy to the world, the Lord is come.”
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