Holy Family (A)/Christmas 1A

A Word that breathes distinctly Has not the power to die Cohesive as the Spirit It may expire if He– “Made flesh and dwelt among us” Could condescension be Like this consent of Language (This loved Philology, second stanza, from “A Word Made Flesh is Seldom,” by Emily Dickinson) We celebrate this day because “the Word became flesh,” and the human words he will speak to us over the course of his lifetime will initiate a new round of interpretation, which continues with us. Every legitimate interpretation will be tested by one criterion: does it produce more “grace and truth?”

("I was going through our household accumulation of videos and DVDs the other day and was sorting the children's movies into live action and animated and modern stories and fairy tales when suddenly I realized just how many fairy tales and children's stories have as a basic theme an evil ruler threatened by a special child; who then has to be protected and/or rescued by agents of good....")

("There was once in a faraway country where few people have ever traveled, a wonderful church. It stood on a high hill in the midst of a great city; and every Sunday, as well as on sacred days like Christmas, thousands of people climbed the hill to its great archways, looking like lines of ants all moving in the same direction...")

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