Christmas – Mass During the Night
Is 9:1-6; Ps 96; Titus 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14
The Old Testament readings for the Christmas season are an expression of overwhelming joy. We can identify with their message because we, as sinners, have known the darkness that searches for light.
In our frailty we have sometimes experienced life as a yoke bearing down, a bar across the shoulders. Thus the birth of the Saviour will always be celebrated as a grace that promises light and peace to a troubled world.
“A people that walked in darkness has seen a great light, on those who live in a land of deep shadow a light has shone. For there is a child born for us, a son given to us. Wide is his dominion in a peace that has no end.”
