Sometimes my contemplation of the Sunday readings leads me to one word. And so this Christmas: Behold! Beyond dictionary definitions of "look at, observe," I discern a deeper meaning. "There is more here than meets the eye. Look closer." And so through a divine dream Joseph looks beyond his pregnant fiance (not me!) and sees the opportunity of being a just, faith-filled father figure. The angel helps Mary to accept God's will that her planned world be turned upside down. And us? Are we beholding the humble presence of the Christ Child in our world?
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Sermon in a Bottle
The Nativity of the Lord. "Behold!"
Sometimes my contemplation of the Sunday readings leads me to one word. And so this Christmas: Behold! Beyond dictionary definitions of "look at, observe," I discern a deeper meaning. "There is more here than meets the eye. Look closer." And so through a divine dream Joseph looks beyond his pregnant fiance (not me!) and sees the opportunity of being a just, faith-filled father figure. The angel helps Mary to accept God's will that her planned world be turned upside down. And us? Are we beholding the humble presence of the Christ Child in our world?
Sometimes my contemplation of the Sunday readings leads me to one word. And so this Christmas: Behold! Beyond dictionary definitions of "look at, observe," I discern a deeper meaning. "There is more here than meets the eye. Look closer." And so through a divine dream Joseph looks beyond his pregnant fiance (not me!) and sees the opportunity of being a just, faith-filled father figure. The angel helps Mary to accept God's will that her planned world be turned upside down. And us? Are we beholding the humble presence of the Christ Child in our world?
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