As we approach this wondrous celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I marvel at the fact that God sent His Son to become one of us - divinity mixing with humanity. Jesus experienced everything we experience, or so say the Gospels.
Really? I wonder what happened when his right knee swelled up to the point he had truble with stairs, and finding a comfortable position sleeping at night? That thought occured to me as I sat in the doctor's office yesterday getting FOUR vials of fluid drained and a shot of cortesone injected. For me to go to a doc means it must be getting bad, and when my balky knee locked during the funeral Mass yesterday morning, I broke down and called - more because I feared not being able to do Christmas Masses if it got worse, than anything. The doc worked his magic and I was able to tie my shoes and wipe my feet after my morning shower once again this morning. Hooray!
But I also knew what Jesus felt when I heard of a family who was only going to have pasta for Christmas dinner because that was all they could afford this year. So I gave them the turkey in my freezer and bought some fixings for them and gave them a couple of gift cards to buy a couple of presents for the kids, and the daughter asked her mom on the way home how cool it was that Fr. Nick and St. Nick had the same name!
I think humanity mixed with divinity when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but I also think divinty mixes with humanity every time we continue the work of Jesus in the word around us! Merry Christmas!
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