Dear Friends in Christ -
Today is the 5th day of Christmas. We are given a season of Christmas instead of a day so that we can have some small chance, during this time, of understanding what incarnation actually is. The idea is so strange to us: GREAT BIG GOD stripping himself of all his powers and stuffing himself into a human suit. It just makes me have to ask why He would do such a thing. God was both very smart and very familiar with the nature of the other humans Jesus was be surrounded by. Surely God must have at least sensed the potential for disaster. So the only reasonable conclusion is that God must have a really good reason for this unorthodox, seemingly unwise move on the cosmic chessboard. We're given the gift of time in this holy season to ponder it, to turn it over and over in our minds like a Rubic's cube, to see if we can make heads or tales of it. (spelling "mistake" intentional)
In this holy season, please take some time to join Blessed Mary in pondering these things in your heart.
Faithfully pondering with you,
Janet+
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