These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

CHRISTMAS DAY, December 25

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.
But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, 
to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation 
nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God. (John 1:1-18)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122521-day.cfm
As the ancient fathers and mothers of the church would say, “The Son of God became the Son of Man so that men and women could become the dear children of God.” Merry Christmas—Feliz Navidad. Today we have a truly Colombian Christmas Carol: Tutaina.