![]() ![]() Praise: “O Radiant Dawn, Splendor of eternal light, Sun of justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. Promise: “The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby leapt in my womb for joy.” -Lk 1:44 Prayer: Father, thank You for putting the timeless in my heart (Eccl 3:11) and then sending Jesus to fulfill my heart’s desires. However, we don’t have to be under such “time constraints.” Jesus was conceived and born in time so that we can live beyond time. Even those having a so-called “merry Christmas” are sometimes haunted by the thought of this being their or a loved one’s “last Christmas.” They wish they had “Christmas past” when their spouses, parents, children, and friends were still alive. Many people feel the tyranny of time at Christmas time. If we live for Jesus, time will not have the last word in our lives instead, Jesus will have the last word, for He is the eternal Word (Jn 1:1). Time will pass away, but we will live forever (see 1 Jn 2:17). Although time appears to be running out on us as we get older, the fact is, rather, that we’re running out on time. How can the past be also the present? God’s power makes this possible. Although Jesus died on the cross almost two thousand years ago, His sacrifice on Calvary is made present at every celebration of the Mass. The King's Academy, a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, recently presented Alan Menken's musical version of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' on its main stage. ![]() Although it’s wintertime outside for many of us, by God’s grace it can be springtime inside. Is this the weather report for the Southern Hemisphere, or is the Church out of touch with reality? By selecting this reading, the Church is saying that we who have eternal life in Christ transcend time in some way now and will eventually transcend it completely forever. The flowers appear on the earth” (Sg 2:11-12). ![]() On the first day of winter, the Church reads to us: “The winter is past, the rains are over and gone. ![]()
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