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God works in strange ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved when we saw a theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge from a rasping, grasping old miser into a lovable, generous old man who, late in life, becomes determined to make amends for all his extreme selfishness and his public denunciations of charity.
After a tossing-and-turning Christmas Eve night, during which he has dreams showing him lonely in his youth, showing present suffering he could easily alleviate, and showing future rejoicing at his death, he awakes on Christmas morning a new man. He immediately parts with some of his wealth to the very people and institutions he formerly rejected, makes amends with relatives he had ignored, and his heart swells with joy a joy he had never known.
Taking Christmas Seriously
God works in strange ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved when we saw a theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge from a rasping, grasping old miser into a lovable, generous old man who, late in life, becomes determined to make amends for all his extreme selfishness and his public denunciations of charity.
After a tossing-and-turning Christmas Eve night, during which he has dreams showing him lonely in his youth, showing present suffering he could easily alleviate, and showing future rejoicing at his death, he awakes on Christmas morning a new man. He immediately parts with some of his wealth to the very people and institutions he formerly rejected, makes amends with relatives he had ignored, and his heart swells with joy a joy he had never known.
The Tablet
Detail of “The Adoration of the Kings, 1564,” by Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Oil on oak. (Photo: Courtesy of the National Gallery, London)
In recent years I have moved away from criticizing the secularization of the feast of Christmas and come to think of the Incarnation as an event and mystery that embraces and changes everything. Probably the least correct way to think of the Incarnation of the Son of God is as an isolated event that only influenced those who were contemporaries of Jesus. No! The Incarnation is a cosmic event and its power extends to all peoples throughout history and even to the material universe. I believe it is impossible to overemphasize the power of the Incarnation. It is at the center of God’s revelation. Everything that God has told us is related to the Incarnation.
Taking Christmas seriously means humility, charity and abandonment to His will Follow Us
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God works in strange ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved when we saw a theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge from a rasping, grasping old miser into a lovable, generous old man who, late in life, becomes determined to make amends for all his extreme selfishness and his public denunciations of charity.
After a tossing-and-turning Christmas Eve night, during which he has dreams showing him lonely in his youth, showing present suffering he could easily alleviate, and showing future rejoicing at his death, he awakes on Christmas morning a new man. He immediately parts with some of his wealth to the very people and institutions he formerly rejected, makes amends with relatives he had ignored and his heart
Live Nativity brings Christmas to Northeast Phila. street
Students from Blessed Trinity Regional Catholic School participated in a Dec. 11 live Nativity at adjacent St. Timothy Parish in Northeast Philadelphia. (Gina Christian)
By Gina Christian • Posted December 14, 2020
A parish and a Catholic school brought Bethlehem to the busy streets of Northeast Philadelphia this past Friday, while helping babies and seniors in the community.
St. Timothy Parish and Blessed Trinity Regional Catholic School teamed up to host a live Nativity Dec. 11. The parish grounds, which face the heavily traveled Levick Street, were transformed into a petting zoo and staging area for costumed students, who portrayed Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds and Magi on the church steps.