This is it! Christmas Eve. Our fifth candle, the Christ-Child, the promise fulfilled: “the rising Sun has come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death—to guide our feet into the path of peace” (Luke 1:78-79). We can so celebrate—because our role in this great story is not to generate the Light that dispels darkness or transforms death into a passing shadow. It is to receive Him who does all that, to embrace again the Gift of our God who “humbled Himself” so He could be with us and save us. Let’s come like the wise men—seeking, like the shepherds—adoring, like Mary—treasuring. Come.
