This year we celebrate Christmas and the feast of the Holy Family on consecutive days. The two are intimately linked. In the manner and unfolding of his birth, Christ embraced the family as the nursery of salvation.
The scriptures describing the birth of Jesus reach from the touching details of shepherds and wise men to the cosmic significance of these events. The birth of the Christ was nothing less than a new creation, an expression of the Father’s love that breathed new life into the heart of fallen man.
