Fr. Michael Reflects:
This morning I celebrated Eucharist for a small group of retreatants and others who can’t come for one reason or other to our 10:30 celebration. Here is the brief reflection that was shared.. Have a joyous feast, Michael
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+We have just celebrated the glory of Christ’s resurrection and today we reflect on His birth. What can seem as a strange arrangement or composition is actually a happy combination. There is a real way that celebration of Christ’s resurrection in our own lives is deeply akin to allowing him to be born again in our day and age by allowing His life to live in us, allowing His Spirit to overshadow our own lives so that we become living examples in our world today of what the Incarnation was intended to bring about so many years ago.
It is in our lives today, where Christ comes alive for all to encounter and believe in, as we become living examples of the Good News of the gospel. It is grace that overshadows our own lives, makes possible the goodness and love God came into our world to leave as a lasting fruit of what took place over 2000 years ago. Each of us is to say with Mary: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to your word.”