CHRISTMAS was perfect. How can that be? Did everyone get what they wanted? Maybe not, but we sang carols. Was everyone on time for supper? Maybe not, but we prayed for those with less than we, for those without shelter or a home country, for those incarcerated for a crime or not.
Did everyone refrain from arguing? Yes, in fact, we did. We love each other, we love our communities, we love our country. We had nothing to argue about. Did we find sustenance from our churches? Yes we did. My husband and I attended the local Catholic church with family. The priest prayed for the safety of immigrants, for food security, for freedom to speak our hearts in this time of great crisis. He prayed for our country and our democracy. He was bold.
So yes, Christmas was perfect. The Christ child was born again. We too, if we cared to, were born again with him. He was born in a manger because Mary and Joseph were going to be registered so that all the world could be taxed. Caesar Augustus wanted money.
Christmas was perfect because it always is. Whether we are sick or confused or under siege, whether a baby is born again with Herod at the helm, with only shepherds to follow the star, whether we're not sure what year it is: 1968, 1973, 200l, 2021--Christmas says, "Come and behold Him, born the King of Angels."
AMEN
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