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Scripture tells us that “the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14). Every Christmas, we celebrate the Son of God coming among us as a helpless baby.
As one of the Christmas Octave antiphons proclaims, “Marvelous exchange! Man’s creator became man… . We have been made sharers in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.” The Incarnation is the greatest act of love in history. Gazing on the child lying in a manger, we can see how deeply Jesus desired to join himself with us, how deeply he wanted to embrace us.
So what can we do to experience this embrace? How can we come in touch with this boundless love? One thing we can do is meditate— with all our heart and soul—on the mystery of the incarnation. Our meditation can move us to give the only response we can possibly give: to embrace Jesus just as he embraced us. Without question, this is the best possible…
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