Blog of Deacon Stephen O'Riordan

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Christmas note

At Christmas we are well reminded that the transcendent God comes to be with us in a surprising and wondrous fashion; small and weak and to be simply loved within a family. This tells us a lot about our relationship with God through his son Jesus. Pope Francis reminds us with this thought “Let us try to enter into the real Christmas - that of Jesus, who drew near to us, God with us, near us - in order to receive the grace of this holiday, which is a grace of closeness, love, humility and tenderness,”

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