“This day He Who Is, is born; and He Who Is becomes what He was not.” —St. John Chrysostom
“And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear. And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.” —Luke 2:6-11
Merry Christmas! Today, over 2000 years ago, the world was forever changed as God was born a little baby in a humble stable in Bethlehem. He was a Savior for all men, but particularly the poor, the humble, the poor in spirit. His crib was a feeding trough and the first to hear of his birth were shepherds. And then kings, the wisest and richest in earthly terms, came and bowed before this baby and offered him the most precious gifts they had. Shepherds and wise men alike knew that this baby lying on straw was more important that any other person on earth, because he made the earth. I would like to share a few thoughts from great saints and theologians about this feast day.
“Dearly beloved, today our Saviour is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness. No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing. Our Lord, victor over sin and death, finding no man free from sin, came to free us all.” —St. Leo the Great
“In the Christian story God descends to re-ascend. He comes down…down to the very roots and sea-bed of the Nature he has created. But He goes down to come up again and bring the whole ruined world up with Him.” —CS Lewis
“Exiled from the earth, our Lord is born under the earth, for the stable was in a cave. He was the first caveman of recorded history, and there he shook the earth to its very foundations. Because he’s born in a cave, all who wish to see him must be bend, must stoop, the stoop is the mark of humility. The proud refuse to stoop. Therefore they miss divinity. Those, however, who are willing to risk bending their egos to go into that cave, find that they are not in a cave at all; but they are in a universe where sits a babe on his mother’s lap, the babe who made the world.” —Fulton Sheen
“Christ is born, glorify Him! Christ from heaven, go out to meet Him! Christ on earth, be exalted! Sing to the Lord all the whole earth; and that I may join both in one word, let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, for Him who is of heaven and then of earth. Christ in the flesh, rejoice with trembling and with joy; with trembling because of your sins, with joy because of your hope.” —St. Gregory Nazianzen
“Christ’s birth was not necessity, but an expression of omnipotence, a sacrament of piety for the redemption of men. He who made man without generation from pure clay made man again and was born from a pure body. The hand that assumed clay to make our flesh deigned to assume a body for your salvation. That the Creator is in his creature and God is in the flesh brings dignity to man without dishonour to him who made him.” —St. Peter Chrysologus
“Sacred silence, laden with the adored presence, opens the way to mystical silence, full of loving intimacy.” —Robert Cardinal Sarah
“For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.” —Isaias 9:6
“Arise, all ye nobles and peasants; Mary invites all, rich and poor, just and sinners, to enter the cave of Bethlehem, to adore and to kiss the feet of her new-born Son. Go in, then, all ye devout souls; go and see the Creator of heaven and earth on a little hay, under the form of a little Infant; but so beautiful that he sheds all around rays of light. Now that he is born and is lying on the straw, the cave is no longer horrible, but is become a paradise. Let us enter; let us not be afraid.” —St. Alphonsus Liguori
“Man’s maker was made man, that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother’s breast; that the Bread might hunger, the Fountain thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired on its journey; that the Truth might be accused of false witness, the Teacher be beaten with whips, the Foundation be suspended on wood; that Strength might grow weak; that the Healer might be wounded; that Life might die.” —St. Augustine
“The mystery of the Incarnation and the mystery of evil belong together. The dark night of sin stands in stark and sinister contrast with the Light which came down from heaven. The Child in the manger extends his little hands and his smile seems to be saying what would come forth later from the lips of the Man: ‘Come to me all you who are weary and heavy burdened.’” —St. Edith Stein
And so, as George Washington wrote a relative at Christmas 1797, “We…all unite in offering you, & yours, the compliments of the season; and the return of many, many more, and happy ones.”
All - virtually everyone in these times ... is significantly off track (deceived) ... in terms of getting your immortal soul to Heaven. Must know Dogma listed here > www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com
Because of the Catholic Dogma on *automatic* excommunication ... from the Catholic Church … for heresy … almost *no one* is in the justified state where they can get to Heaven.
I list this Dogma on Section 13.2 of > www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com
Fewness of the saved citations on Sections 22 & 22.1.
The dogmatic fact is that there is not ... a single Catholic Priest or Bishop on the face of the earth and there hasn't been since 8 December 1965 ... is identified here > www.Gods-Christian-Dogma.com/section_13.6.html
There are well over 200 heresies ... against Catholic Sources of Dogma from *Catholic* Councils (Trent, Vienne, Florence, Lateran, Constantinople, etc.) ... in the sixteen (16) "vatican-2 council" documents.
Every single (apparent) Bishop at the close of the "vatican-2 council" ... signed his approval of the heresy in the documents.
They were *all* automatically excommunicated for heresy on 8 Dec 1965. Physical participation in the ... vatican-2 heretic cult (founded on 8 Dec 1965) ... causes you to be automatically excommunicated ... Dogma listed here > www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_13.2.2.html
After falling outside the Catholic Church for heresy ... or for participation in a heretic cult one must re-enter the Catholic by ... the steps on Section 2.1 of my site.
The remedy ... for *everyone* on the planet ... in terms of having a chance of getting to Heaven is ... the four steps on Section 2.1 of my site.
This singular remedy involves making a Formal Abjuration of heresy ... available on Section 40 of the site. Dogma that we must Abjure ... is listed on Section 40.1.