In this Christmas season we contemplate the Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God. We will never cease to amaze ourselves before this infinite gift. In it there is everything: the plan of salvation prepared by God the Most High Father, which is fulfilled in the availability of the Son, in coming to "put his tent among us'' (Jn 1:14). But not only that, in the Mystery of the Incarnation there is also the presentation of the Redemption, with all its strength, which if on the one hand, raises our gaze from earth to Heaven, on the other hand, we know that the reopening of the gates of Paradise took place on the merits of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, in meekness and in the delivery of Himself: supreme manifestation of Love. We think of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph who, in their wonder of having Love made flesh in their arms, surely wondered what would be the way in which the Redemption of all humanity would be accomplished. These mysteries come out of our ability to fully understand, but we can sense some light, by his grace.
An example of light for me was the Word we heard this second Sunday of Christmas: the Prologue of John. This is how it begins: ''In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God'' (Jn 1:1). Yes, we recognize it, it has a somewhat difficult language because the Apostle writes in Greek. But I would invite you, in your prayer, with great respect, to specify who this ''Word'' is. It is Jesus! Consequently, without taking anything away from the original text, we could listen again to the whole Prologue of John with these or similar words: ''In the beginning was Jesus, the Son of the Most High; He was with God and Jesus was God! '' ... ''He was in the beginning with God: all things were made through him, and without him nothing was made of all that exists'' (Jn 1,2-3). Beautiful! With wonder we are taken by the hand by the Evangelist who a little later says: ''And the Word became flesh..." (Jn 1:14). And Jesus, the Son of the Most High... ''made himself flesh, and pitched his tent among us; and we saw his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth''.
This is just a small example … But contemplating, praying to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, we will be able to listen to Jesus himself who tells us this immense Mystery, which precedes us, which envelops us and takes us by the hand! Let us praise, thank, bless the Lord today and always for his immense love towards us his little children. Let us ask for the gift of being able to grow in faith in Him in this particular time.
Happy New Year!
(Ps: the underlined part is our interpretation)
