We continue to reflect on the Holy Father's homily from Midnight Mass:
"The mystery of Christmas,which is light and joy, challenges and unsettles us, because it is at once a mystery of hope and of sadness. It has a taste of sadness inasmuch as love is not accepted, and life discarded. Such was the case with Joseph and Mary, who met with closed doors, and placed Jesus in a manger, "because there was no place for them in the inn" (v. 7). Jesus was born rejected by some and regarded by many others with indifference. Today, too, that same indifference can exist whenever Christmas becomes a holiday with ourselves at the center rather than Jesus, when the lights of shop windows push the light of God into the shadows; when we are enthused about gifts but indifferent to our neighbors in need. This worldliness has kidnapped Christmas; we need to liberate it!"
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