Reflect on the astonishing mystery of Christmas

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St. Gregory Nazianzen provides a beautiful meditation on Christmas and how remarkable it truly is.​

The incarnation of Jesus Christ is astonishing, though we often fail to reflect upon it at Christmas time.

Our days are often filled with planning for parties and presents, instead of quietly reflecting on the beauty of Christmas.

The Church provides a rich sermon from St. Gregory Nazianzen in the Office of Readings that can help us stand in awe at the mystery of Jesus’ incarnation.

The very Son of God, older than the ages, the invisible, the incomprehensible, the incorporeal, the beginning of beginning, the light of light, the fountain of life and immortality, the image of the archetype, the immovable seal, the perfect likeness, the definition and word of the Father: he it is who comes to his own image and takes our nature for the good of our nature, and unites himself to an intelligent soul for the good of my soul, to purify like by like.

Even St. Gregory is stupefied by such a remarkable event.

Continued below.

Reflect on the astonishing mystery of Christmas

To prepare our hearts, St. Gregory Nazianzen provides a beautiful meditation on Christmas and how remarkable it truly is.

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