Welcome, we have made it to another Christmas Eve Service with family, friends, and loved ones, to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.
My mom told me that when people gather on Christmas Eve for service, they don’t want to hear something new, they want to hear the old story about God loving the world so much that God comes to live among us in flesh and blood. The old story that rings loud and true of how God intersects our lives with the divine and the divine is intersected with humanity. The old story that grounds us and gives us hope in how God comes to enlighten us, to show us how to live in a loving relationship with God and with our neighbors. The old story of the remarkable things God had done way back when, with conception in Mary by the Holy Spirit and how faith too, is conceived in our hearts today by the work of that same Spirit. The old story of how Mary was informed by God’s angelic messenger and the messengers of God we have today through the Bible, our neighbor, our family, those of faith who love us and have informed our hearts of God’s activity. The old story of Jesus being born in the city of his royal ancestor highlighting his Messianic identity through an ancestral faith that also becomes our spiritual heritage through Christ when we believe. The old story celebrating the birth of the Savior for all the people, as an ever-expanding compilation of the people of God. The old story of God’s love being so great that adopts all of us as children of God with forgiveness of our sins just as a parent’s love bridges all kinds of divides. The old story of Shepherds on the hill side, who received the first invitation to come and see. The working homeless of the day doing a job nobody wanted to do, but was all they could do to provide for their families, watching stinking flocks at night, away from their families, shelter less in the cold. Cordially invited to come, go and see. The old story of the angelic choir providing the musical accompaniment to the Good News singing; Glory in the highest and on Earth peace. The old story of a trip to Bethlehem where the Christ child was wrapped in swaddling cloth and placed in a manger. Indicating a welcome that is still extended to us today. The Same old story with a divine invitation to dance together through life and into eternity. The same old story of Jesus and his love.
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