While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. (Lk 2:1-20)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122525-Night.cfm
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122525-Dawn.cfm
In simple words the mysterious plan of God unfolds, not with power and might, but cradled in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. With the shepherds we too glorify and praise God for making it known to us. Gloria in excelsis Deo! https://youtu.be/vkZ4dBOcq2I?si=h_NrpaKanxxtDruA
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 Eve, December 24
