Christmas is many different things to many different people.
For Christians, Christmas is something that we experience.
Christmas is about experiencing an abundance of Life and Love and joy. An abundance of God.
It is not something you can merit.
Its not something you deserve.
Whether your life is in good shape, or if it is a mess.
Whether you do good things or you do bad things.
The gift of Christmas is there for everyone, for all of us, to simply say yes to and to enjoy.
We are to experience and enjoy the abundance of lavish love.
This lavish love is not only for us, it is in us.
This is what happened in Mary so many years ago. She conceived of Love and gave birth to Love. This Love was in her.
Christ was in her.
Christmas is for us to say yes to the abundant Divine Life and Love that is already within us.
It is for us to learn to live out of that deep well of Love.
It is for us to share that Love.
Not one of us deserve it.
But it is ours anyway.
It is just there. It is who we really are.
Jesus has done this and shows us the way to fullness of life.
“Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord.”
