On this most joyous feast, we earnestly pray that you have a very merry Christmas!
For today we celebrate an irrefutable sign of God’s love for us, the greatest act of humility ever recorded, the mystery of our finite human nature being hypostatically united to God’s divine nature in one person; the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
By the power of the Holy Spirit and the faithful cooperation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the fulfillment of the entire Old Testament as well as the fulfillment of our every hope came to be in one person, Jesus, Emmanuel, “God with us”.
Most of us have heard of the Incarnation our whole lives such that we might be tempted to miss out on just how wonderful this great mystery is.
Consider that God is infinite, beyond our fullest comprehension or reach.
He is eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good and holy, and the source of all that is.
We on the other hand are finite, weak, and sinful.
Therefore, the gap in His nature and ours is infinite.
How then could we ever dare to hope to be with Him?
Yet, while we were still sinners, the Son of God humbly and mercifully took on human flesh, became a fragile baby, was born in a manger to a poor family, and eventually was crucified, raised, and ascended into Heaven all so we might share in His divine life!
This is the miracle of miracles, the wonder of wonder!
And what humility and love on God’s part that He would stoop down and redeem us from the depths of human darkness and misery!
This mystery is truly beyond our full comprehension, yet let us not then excuse ourselves with being swept by worldly things this Christmas instead of pondering this mystery.
Rather, let us be like the Blessed Mother who contemplated all these things in her heart (Lk. 2:19).
Let us listen to Our Lady of Fatima and turn away from sin so we might have more of the purity which She had to receive the Lord properly.
Let us remember Her today and each day that we approach the altar, that by Her intercession we might be better prepared to receive Jesus the way She did.
And lastly, let us give honor and thanksgiving as well, for if it were not for Her “Yes” then we would not have anything to celebrate today at all.
Merry Christmas to you all!
In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Christopher P. Wendt
International Director
Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima
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