Taking time to consider what it would have been like to be in Bethlehem on that holy night can radically influence our vision for the celebration of Christmas. We are not simply invited to recall that this was a nice event in history that we can remember with delight. We are not merely asked to be joyful because a baby was born 2,000 years ago.
Pope St. Paul VI once said, “We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.”
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